My name is Jessica Floyd and I am a PhD student who is researching shanties. I will beginning work on my dissertation this summer. I am in the process of trying to track down information about three shanties, one of which is listed above. I will be opening another thread concerning another song of interest: "The Good Ship Venus."

In terms of "The Shaver," I am interested in learning more about its possible origins or of other possible versions/texts. I have a copy of Terry's The Way of the Ship, which contains a version of this song and I am also familiar with Hugill's version. I have not, as yet, been able to track down any other versions of this piece. I am aware of at least one similar version that is titled "The Bum Boy"; however, I am not aware of any others. Has anyone come across this shanty or know anything more about it? I have consulted Immortalia, Vance Randolph, Gershon Legman, The Roud Index, the Horntip collection, the Carpenter Collection, and the Inferno Collection. The Roud index took me to the Terry version.

Are there any other repositories of unexpurgated shanties that someone might know of that I have not consulted? Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you for your time.