> They weren't that rough by modern standards.

Thanks for the recollections, McGrath, especially that part. It confirms my belief.

It's still hard to imagine that only one person on Mudcat (Charley) can remember only one verse to only one song!

Here is a list of shanties from SSS that Stan said he "camouflaged." Maybe it will jog some memories.

Abel Brown the Sailor
A-Rovin'
Baltimore
Billy Boy
Blow the Man Down
Blow Ye Winds
Can't Ye Dance the Polka?
Cheerily Man/ Haul 'er Away/ Little Sally Rackett
Derby Ram
Dixie
Do Let Me 'lone Susan
Donkey Riding
Drunken Sailor
The Ebenezer
The Fireship
The Hog-Eye Man
Home, Home, Home
Jamboree
John, Come Tell Us as We Haul Away
Johnny Come Down to Hilo
Leave Her, Johnny, Leave Her
The Limerick Shanty
The Liverpool Judies
A Long Time Ago
Maggie May
The Milkmaid
Miss Lucy Long
Oh, Aye Rio
Paddy Doyle's Boots
Paddy Lay Back
Pretoria
Put Your Shoulder Next to Mine and Pump Away
Randy Dandy
Ratcliffe Highway
Rollin' Home by the Silvery Moon
Sacramento
Sally Brown
Saltpetre Shanty
Samuel Hall
Serafina
The Shaver
Shenandoah
Slack Away Yer Reefy Tayckle
To My Hero Bangidero
Yaw Yaw Yaw!