52

26 Boney was a warrior 54

FORE-SHEET OR SWEATING-UP SHANTIES:

27 Johnny Boker 55

28 Haul away, Joe 56

29 We'll haul the bowlin' 58

BUNT SHANTY:

30 Paddy Doyle's boots 59

ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF SHANTIES

PAGE

Billy Boy 2

Blow, my bully boys 32

Blow the man down 34

Boney was a warrior 54

Bound for the Rio Grande 4

Cheer'ly, men 36

Clear the track, let the Bullgine run 10

Dead Horse, The 48

Good-bye, fare ye well 6

Good morning, ladies all 38

Hanging Johnny 40

Haul away, Joe 56

Hilo Somebody 42

Hog's-eye Man, The 24

Johnny Boker 55

Johnny come down to Hilo 8

Lowlands away 12

Oh run, let the Bullgine run 44

Paddy Doyle's boots 59

Reuben Ranzo 46

Sally Brown 16

Santy Anna 18

Shenandoah 20

Stormalong John 22

Tom's gone to Hilo 50

We'll haul the bowlin' 58

We're all bound to go 28

What shall we do with the drunken sailor? 30

Whisky Johnny 52

Wild Goose Shanty, The 26

INTRODUCTION

APOLOGIA

It may reasonably be asked by what authority a mere landsman publishes
a book on a nautical subject. I may, therefore, plead in extenuation
that I have all my life been closely connected with seafaring matters,
especially during childhood and youth, and have literally 'grown up
with' shanties. My maternal ancestors followed the sea as fa