and a version of "We'll Rant And We'll Roar" was sung by the grizzled old salt / shark hunter who was played by Robert ? (name escapes me at the moment) in the film JAWS. But everyone who ever was afloat anywhere on any body of water has "adapted" this song to their situation. It is a grand lyric and a more fun song to sing is nowhere in all of folksong. (Give a listen to Ewan MacColl and A. L. Lloyd's wonderful version of this one. Each of the songs you are looking for info on might be extensively researched, annotated and/or otherwise footnoted ad infinitum. You have a fun time ahead of you searching and singing...

Art Thieme