LA Smith goes on to give a few of Haswell's chanties.

First, HANDY MY BOYS:

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"Handy Jim," a long-rope hauling chanty, I am told is a Portsmouth favourite:—

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Solo.—" I'm Handy Jim from Caro-line,
Chorus.—So handy, me boys, so handy."
(The chorus is throughout the same, and follows each line of the solo.)
Solo.—"I courted a girl named Sarah Jane,
    So handy, me boys, so handy.
Sarah Jane was a kitchen maid,
And ofttimes into her kitchen I strayed,
And had a good blow-out of something hot.
But one fine night, through my good luck,
The missus came home—in the copper I got;
But the missus had come the clothes for to wash.
The fire being lit the copper got hot,
And the missus she came to stir up the pot,
And out I jumped, all smoking hot,
The missus she fainted, and cried ' Stop thief!'
But I was off like a shot of a gun.
When the missus came to there was an awful row;
Poor Sarah, she got the sack next day,
Then she came to me straightway, and said,—
'I've lost my character, place likewise.'
Says I,' My dear, now never you mind,
Next Sunday morn' we'll go and get wed ;'
Next Sunday morn' I was at sea instead.
So now, my boys, when courting you go,
If the missus turns up, in the copper don't go,
If you're handy there, you're handier here.
One more pull, and up she will go,—
The mate cries ' Belay!' so below we will go."
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Then, BONEY. Funny though how she doesn't seem to recognize it as "Boney," though she has already given another version of it (??).

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The following "Bonny" is another hauling chanty, somewhat after the style of " Whisky Johnny."

1. Oh, Bonny was a warrior,
Chorus.—Wae! Hae! Ha!
2. Oh, Bonny was no Frenchman,
    Wae! Hae! Ha!
3. Bonny beat the Rooshins,
4. The Prooshians, and the Osstrians,
5. At the Battle of Marengo.
6. Bonny went to Moscow,
7. Moscow was o'foyre.
8. Bonny lost his army there,
9. Bonny retreated back again.
10. Bonny went to Elbow,
11. And soon he did come back again.
12. Bonny fought at Waterloo;
13. There he got his overthrow.
14. Bonny went a cruising,
15. In the Channel of Old England.
16. Bonny was taken prisoner,
17. On board the Bella-Ruffian {"Bellerophon")
18. Bonny was sent to St. Helena,
19. And never will come back again.
   Wae! Hae! Ha!

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The following are both good capstan songs:

HEAVE AWAY, MY JOHNNY.

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As I was going out one day, Down by the Clarence Dock;
    Heave away my Johnny, Heave away...
As I was going out one day, down by the Clarence Dock,
    Hand away, my jolly boys, we're all bound to go.

2. I overheard an emigrant conversing with Tap Scott
I overheard an emigrant conversing with Tap Scott.

3. "Good-morning, Mr. Tap Scott." "Good morning, sir," said he.
"Have you got any ships bound for New York, in the States of Amerikey?"

4. "Oh, yes! I have got packet-ships. I have got one or two,
I've got the Josey Walker, besides the Kangaroo.

5. I've got the Josey Walker, and on Friday she will sail,
With all four hundred emigrants, and a thousand bags o' mail."

6. Now I am in New York, and I'm walking through the street,
With no money in my pockets, and scarce a bit to eat.

7. Bad luck to Josey Walker, and the day that she set sail!
For them sailors got drunk, broke into my bunk, and stole out all my meal.*

8. Now I'm in Philadelphia, and working on the canal,
To go home in one o' them packet-ships, I'm sure I never shall.

9. But I'll go home in a National boat, that carries both steam and sail,
Where you get soft tack every day, and none of your yellow meal.

In this song each line is repeated, so that the anchor may be up ere it is finished.
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And, GOODBYE FARE YOU WELL, set to the "Dreadnought" ballad theme:

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GOOD-BYE, FARE YE WELL!

This is the last of the English chanties I shall quote. It is also a capstan song:—

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Solo.—It's of a flash packet, a packet I've seen,
Chorus.—Good-bye, fare ye well. Good-bye, fare ye well.
Solo.—She's a hearty flash packet—the Dreadnought's her name.
Chorus.—Hurrah, me boys! we're bound to go!

2. She sails to the westward, where stormy winds blow,
Bound away in the Dreadnought, to the westward we'll go.

3. It's now we are hauling right out of the dock,
Where the boys and the girls on the pier-head do flock.

4. They give three loud cheers, while the tears downward flow,
Bound away in the Dreadnought, to the westward we'll go.

5. Oh, now we are lying in the River Mersey,
Waiting for the tug-boat to take us to sea.

6. She tows us round the black rocks where Mersey does flow,
Bound away in the Dreadnought, to the westward we'll go.

7. It's now we are sailing on the wild Irish shore,
Our passengers all sick—and our new mates all sore.

8. The crew fore and aft—all round to and fro,
Bound away in the Dreadnought, to the westward we'll go.

9. Oh, it's now we've arrived on the banks of Newfoundland,
Where the water is green and the bottom is sand.

10. Where the fish of the ocean swim round to and fro,
Bound away in the Dreadnought, to the westward we'll go.

11. Now we are running down Long Island shore,
Where the pilot does "board " us, as he's oft done before.

12. Then back your main top-sail—rise your main tack also,
Bound away in the Dreadnought, to the westward we'll go.

13. It's now we've arrived at New York once more,
Where I'll see my dear Polly, the girl I adore.

14. I'll call for strong liquors, and merry will be,
Here's a health to the Dreadnought, where'er she may be.

15. Here's a health to the captain and all his brave
crew, Here's a health to the Dreadnought and officers too.

16. And this song was composed when the watch went below,
Bound away in the Dreadnought, to the westward we'll go.
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