1906        Lubbock, Basil. _Jack Derringer: A Tale of Deep Water_. London: John Murray.

Fiction set aboard a Yankee hell-ship of clipper days. Recall that Lubbock had been at sea in 1899, so this would only reflect that experience and his readings.

RIO GRANDE mentioned in this passage. This was in Lubbock's experience.
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"Deadbeats and hoboes, every doggoned one
of them," growled the mate; "not a chanty in
'em, neither."

All hands were now tramping steadily round
the capstan.

"Heave an' bust her!" sang out the big bosun.
"Heave an' she comes!"

Presently a slim young Englishman with curly
hair struck up the well-known chanty, "Away,
Rio." …


Jack Derringer, who was a great exponent of
chanties, followed the lead of the curly-headed
one, and in a clean, strong baritone broke out
with:

"As I was walking out one day
Down by the Albert Docks."

There were evidently more sailormen aboard
than either the bosun or Black Davis had calcu-
lated on, for the chorus came with a roar :

"Heave a-way, my Johnnies, heave a-way!"

"I saw the charming maids so gay,
A-coming down in flocks,"

continued Jack.
Then again came the deep-sea roar of

"Heave away, my bully boys,
We're all bound to go! "
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HEAVE AWAY MY JOHNNIES comes from Davis/Tozer.


MOBILE BAY in the following passage comes from Davis/Tozer.
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The cockney went aft to relieve the wheel,
a somewhat comical figure in some Piccadilly
masher's discarded town coat, with velvet collar
and cuffs, whilst the rest of the watch were
turned out to man the pumps.

They started briskly to work at a cry of
"Shake her up, boys, from the bosun. …

Jack, of course, was not the man to let the
opportunity go by without a chanty, and started
on with :

"Were you never down in Mobile bay?"

The whole watch thundered in the chorus with
the exception of the gambler, who kept all his
breath for his mutinous talk in the foc's'le.

As they swung the bars, deep came the note:

"John, come tell us as we haul away."
(JACK) "A-screwing cotton all the day."
(Chorus) "John, come tell us as we haul away.

Aye, aye, haul, aye!
John, come tell us as we haul away."

Then Jack went on:

"What did I see in Mobile Bay?"
(Chorus) "John, come tell us as we haul away."

(JACK) " Were the girls all fair and free and gay?"
(Chorus) "John, come tell us as we haul away.

Aye, aye, haul, aye !
John, come tell us as we haul away."

(JACK) "Oh! This I saw in Mobile Bay/
(Chorus) " So he tells us as we haul away."
(JACK) "A pretty girl a-making hay."
(Chorus) "So he tells us as we haul away.

Aye, aye, haul, aye !
So he tells us as we haul away."
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A-ROVING here comes from Davis/Tozer.
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"Give us another!" was the general cry as the
last verse finished, and away went Jack again
with " A-roving" :

(JACK) "In Amsterdam there lives a maid
Mark you well what I say
In Amsterdam there lives a maid,
And she is mistress of her trade.
I'll go no more a-roving from you, fair maid!"
(Chorut) " A-roving, a-roving, since roving's been my ruin,
I'll go no more a-roving from you, fair maid!"
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ONE MORE DAY from Davis/Tozer:
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This also ran its course, then Curly struck up
"One more day for Johnnie":

(CURLY) "Only one more day for Johnnie."
(Chorus) "One more day!

(CURLY) " Oh! rock and roll me over ! "

(Chorus) " One more"

Then the bosun most rudely interrupted the
music.
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BLOW THE MAN DOWN is also from Davis/Tozer.
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And he hummed the
famous chanty:

"Blow the man down, Johnny, blow the man down!
To my aye, aye, blow the man down!
If he be white man or black man or brown,
Give me some time to blow the man down."
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I don't know the source of this BLOW YE WINDS:
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Taking the upper-topsail halliards to a small
capstan aft, they tramped round strongly to the
weird sailor song, in the wild chorus of which
even Tari joined :

"And it's blow, ye winds, heigh-ho!
Blow, ye winds, heigh-ho!
Blow away the mist and snow!
And it's blow, ye winds, heigh-ho!"
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LEAVE HER JOHNNY
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Jim hummed the famous chanty:

"Leave her, Johnny, leave her,
It's time for us to leave her."
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