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Thread #170027   Message #4179089
Posted By: GUEST,Phil d'Conch
13-Aug-23 - 02:42 AM
Thread Name: Whalers and chanteys?
Subject: RE: Whalers and chanteys?
I ran the English keyword list (anchor, capstan, chanty, song, windlass &c &c) through the Bullen bibliography on the same reasoning. Few or no lyrics, just scant mentions. I'm bound to have missed something though:

Log of a Sea Waif ,1899: Covered in the Advent thread starting back in 2011.
Deep Sea Plundering(s,) 1901: "Hurrah, my boys, we're homeward bound” chanty.
A Whaleman's Wife, 1902: "Away my boys," and a paragraph on why whalemen don't sing in the boats.
A Son of the Sea, 1908: Another "Hurrah, my boys, we're homeward bound”
Beyond, 1909: Chanty mention, ancient sailor song mention.
Fighting the Icebergs, 1910: Happy sailor songs.
A Bounty Boy, 1912: Rowing songs.


No other hits from your list. Not on the list, with a hit:
Frank Brown, Sea Apprentice, 1904: Lusty windlass song but Lasscars no savvy the English.
Call of the Deep: Being Some Further Adventures of Frank Brown, 1907: Sally Brown.
Young Nemesis, 1909: Grim silence instead of the usual singing.

Not on the list, no hits:
Advance Australasia, 1907
The Apostles of the Southeast, 1901
Back to Sunny Seas, 1905
Confessions of a Tradesman, 1908
Denizens of the Deep, 1904
Idylls of the Sea and Other Marine Sketches, 1904
Our Heritage the Sea, 1907
Told in the Dog Watches, 1910
With Christ in Sailor Town, 1901
Young Nemesis, 1909