After near twenty five years of chanteying-up topsails, topgallants, royals, staysails & headsails aboard the bark Charles W. Morgan & ship Joseph Conrad, plus windlass and anchor work aboard the schooner LA Dunton and hauling whale boats from water to crane on the Morgan, my conclusion is there exists no practical application for the Wild Goose Chantey. It's asymmetrical rhythm renders it a useless labor enigma. Better to be sung in beer halls with harmony & friends.