Hugill does have a collection of Ranzo's. He offers 4 theories of Ranzo's origin (as does alot of others). In his Shanties from the 7 Seas he has 2 versions,1 of these also in his Songs of the Sea. 3 "Ranzo Ray's", 1 "We'll Ranzo Ranzo Ray", also called "Huckleberry Hunting" or "Wild Goose Shanty"-not the version that starts off 'Did you ever see a Wild Goose sailing or'e the ocean'pp.175-182. Doerflinger pp.23-25 gives 2 (one sings of him as the Captain of the Morgan, a whaler), he has it sung at the t'gallant halyards. Colcord has Huckleberry Hunting & RR both sung at the halyards pp.23. Whall has 1 very close to Hugill & Colcord, saying it was sung late 1870's pp. 63. Shay has it as a long haul (as does Adam's) shanty pp. 50. Adams has him in his Onboard the Rocket(1879) pp.313. The Ranzo's have also been collected by Sharp, Terry, Bullen & Bone leading me to believe that they're all from the sailor's/whaler's tradition. Barry