And another. From W. T. Moncrieff's "operatic extravaganza," "Giovanni in London," I, ii, in "The London Stage," Vol. III (London: Sherwood, n.d. [ca1825]). The "extravaganza" was written and performed in 1817 and is based on "Don Juan."

                SONG.- [sung by] Leporello

                   Air—"Hey randy dandy,O!"

Giovanni is leading his usual life;
Hey, randy dandy, O!
He's come here to make love to another man's wife,
With his galloping randy dandy, O!

Three bottles he drank at a tavern to-day,
Hey randy dandy, O!
So it's odds, but there'll soon be the devil to pay,
   With his galloping randy dandy, O!

I've brought him a ladder, and brought him a lamp,
Hey randy dandy, O!
For a notion I have, when he means to decamp,
That he'll find them dev'lish handy, O!

I don't know how it is, but I feel to-night,
Hey randy dandy, O!
So I'll go to the whiskey-shop down by the right.
And get a few quarterns of brandy, O!


[Later:]

Like master's my spirits are wondrous prime,
   Hey! randy, dandy, O!
So the ladder and lanthorn will come just in time,
   And he'll find them both devilish handy, O!


"For a Precious Row" (above) comes originally from John Poole's "Hamlet Travestie" (London: Richardson, 1810), p. 37.


The appearance of these "Randy Dandy" songs in the 1810s and '20s suggests that the shanty (i.e., its pattern) is really one of the earliest of the genre.