Sea Chantey Lyrics, MIDI tunes, & MP3's

Subject: Tune Add: BOUND TO GO
From: shipcmo
Date: 15 Feb 11 - 05:24 AM

X:1
T:BOUND TO GO
M:C
L:1/16`
K:A
A3 B | c6 A2 E4 (c2 B A | B6 A G A8) | E4 F2 G2 A4 c3 A | B2 A2 (A2 F2) E E3 A3 F2 | E6 C2 E2 A2 A3 B | c4 B3 A A4 ||
w:Heave a- way, John Brown A- -a a - a- ay! Three prey-ty girls bound for Bal- ti- mo re ci- ty, Heave a- way my bon-ny boy, we're all bound to go!

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Second Line:
You yellow girl, now let'a me go!

Subject: Tune Add: WAY DOWN LOW
From: shipcmo
Date: 15 Feb 11 - 04:55 AM

X:1
T:Way Down Low
L:1/8
M:C
K:D
D2 F2 | A3 A B2 d2 | A4 A4 | (B3 F) A4 | d2 d2 d3 A | B2 A2 F4 | F4 E4 | D8||
w:Ev'-ry day the sun goes down, Way down low! Ev' -ry day the sun goes down Way down low

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Subject: Tune Add: NANCY RHEE
From: shipcmo
Date: 15 Feb 11 - 04:43 AM

OK, now we're getting organized.

X:1
T:NANCY RHEE
M:C
L:1/16
K:Bb
G3 B | d8-d4 c e (d2 c) B | c12 B3 d | G12 ^F4 | G B7 A6 D2 | G12 D4 | G4 B2 B2 A4 G4 | D12 D4 | G2 B6 A6 ^F2 | G16 ||
w:Nan cy Rhe -e, O Na an cy Rhe e e e, My gal lant Nan cy Rhee! O, why don't you come a long, my gal lant Nan cy Rhee?

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Subject: Sea Chanty Lyrics and MIDI tunes
From: shipcmo
Date: 15 Feb 11 - 02:04 AM

In 1886 James Taft Hatfield made a passage on the bark Ahkera from Pensacola to Nice. While onboard he copied down some of the Chanties sung by the crew.
One of them, Shiny-O! has already been posted on the thread: Lyr Req: Shiny-O or Shiney-O.

Nancy Rhee lyrics

Nan-cy | Rhe- e, O Na - an -cy | Rhe-e-e-| e, My | gal-ant Nan-cy | Rhee! O, | why don't you come a- | long, my | gal-ant Nan-cy | Rhee? ||

The Austral is the ship for me!

I put bar lines in the text to give some idea how the words fit the tune.
If it would help, I can post the abc notation, with a link to an abc to MIDI program that would produce a score.
Cheers,
Geo