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Songs of American Sailormen

Joanna C. Colcord: Songs of American Sailormen

Joanna C. Colcord,
Songs of American Sailormen.
Enlarged and Revised Edition,
New York: Bramhall House, 1938.

The Songs

The songs are referenced by page numbers.

I. The Singing Sailors

II. Short-Drag Shanties

  1. Boney (Roud 485)
  2. Haul Away, Joe (Roud 809)
  3. Haul on the Bowline (Roud 652; G/D 1:1)
  4. Paddy Doyle(’s Boots) (Roud 4695; Henry H53c)
  5. Johnny Boker (Roud 353)
  6. Round the Corner (Roud 4697)

III. Halliard (or Halyard) Shanties

  1. Whiskey Johnny (Roud 651)
  2. Blow Boys Blow (Roud 703; G/D 1:2)
  3. The Black Ball Line (Roud 2623)
  4. Blow the Man Down (Roud 2624)
  5. Juley (Roud 4694)
  6. Sing Sally O! (Roud 4699)
  7. Liza Lee (Roud 4698)
  8. Shallo Brown (Roud 2621)
  9. Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye (Roud 4709)
  10. Roll the Cotton Down (Roud 2627; G/D 1:3)
  11. Poor Old Man (Roud 3724)
  12. Run With the Bullgine (Roud 4711)
  13. Alabama (Roud 4710)
  14. A Long Time Ago (Roud 318)
  15. Huckleberry Hunting (Roud 328)
  16. Reuben Ranzo (Roud 3282)
  17. Tom’s Gone to Hilo (Roud 481; Henry H53d)
  18. Hanging Johnny (Roud 2625)
  19. O Billy Riley! (Roud 4701)
  20. Bottle O! (Roud 314)
  21. So Handy (Roud 814)
  22. Cheerly, Man (Roud 395)
  23. The Drunken Sailor (Roud 322; G/D 1:4)

IV. Windlass or Capstan Shanties

  1. Sally Brown (Roud 2628)
  2. Shenandoah (Roud 324)
  3. Santy Anna (Roud 207; Henry H496)
  4. Rio Grande (Roud 317)
  5. A-Roving (Roud 649; G/D 7:1479)
  6. Stormalong (Roud 216)
  7. Rolling King (Roud 325)
  8. The Codfish Shanty (Roud 325)
  9. Up She Goes (Roud 4690)
  10. Heave Away (Roud 93)
  11. Highland Laddie (Roud 4691)
  12. Drei Reiter am Thor
  13. Slav Ho! (Roud 4692)
  14. Bangidero (Roud 3222)
  15. Clear the Track (Roud 810)
  16. Lowlands (Roud 681; Henry H469)
  17. Johnny Come Down to Hilo (Roud 650)
  18. John Cherokee (Roud 4693)
  19. The Hog-Eye Man (Roud 331)
  20. Sacramento (Roud 319)
  21. Paddy Works on the Railway (Roud 208)
  22. Can’t You Dance the Polka? (Roud 486)
  23. Mademoiselle from Armentières (Roud 4703)
  24. Le Retour du Marin
  25. Good-Bye, Fare You Well! (Roud 927; G/D 1:5; Henry H53a)
  26. One More Day (Roud 704)
  27. Galloping Randy Dandy O! (Roud 4702)
  28. Fire Down Below (Roud 813)
  29. Mobile Bay (Roud 4696)
  30. Across the Western Ocean (Roud 8234)
  31. Leave Her, Johnny (Roud 354; Henry H53b)
  32. Paddy Get Back (Roud 653)

V. Forecastle Songs

  1. The Stately Southerner (Roud 625; Laws A3)
  2. Ye Parliament of England (Roud 2078)
  3. The ‘Constitution’ and ‘Guerrière’ (Roud 626; Laws A6)
  4. The ‘Jamestown’ Homeward Bound (Roud 4700)
  5. The Countersigns
  6. Derby Ram (Roud 126; G/D 3:645; TYG 59)
  7. Sailors’ “Come-All-Ye” (Roud 2022)
  8. You Gentlemen of England (Roud 18526)
  9. Old Sailor’s Song (Roud 4705)
  10. Captain Kidd (Roud 1900; Laws K35)
  11. The ‘Flying Cloud’ (Roud 1802; Laws K28; G/D 1:44)
  12. The Fair Princess Royal (Roud 528; Laws K29; G/D 1:47)
  13. Bold Daniels (Roud 1899; Laws K34)
  14. Greenland Fishery (Roud 347; Laws K21; G/D 1:9)
  15. High Barbaree (Roud 134; Child 285; Laws K33; G/D 1:38)
  16. The ‘Golden Vanity’ (Roud 122; Child 286; G/D 1:37)
  17. Andrew Rose (Roud 623; G/D 1:6)
  18. Franklin’s Crew (Roud 487; Laws K9; G/D 1:16; Henry H815)
  19. Ten Thousand Miles Away (Roud 1778; G/D 6:1102)
  20. The Sailor’s Grave (Roud 2676; G/D 1:68)
  21. Believe Me, Dearest Susan (Roud 4689)
  22. Her Bright Smile (Roud 4353)
  23. Home, Dearie, Home (Roud 269; Laws K43; G/D 7:1429; TYG 10)
  24. Boston (Roud 613)
  25. The ‘Dreadnaught’ (Roud 924; Laws D13; Henry H194)
  26. Van Diemen’s Land (Roud 519; Laws L18; G/D 2:252)
  27. The Banks of Newfoundland (Roud 1812; Laws K25)
  28. The ‘Shenandoah’ (Roud 7989)
  29. Row, Bullies, Row (Roud 928)
  30. The Girls Around Cape Horn (Roud 4706; Henry H539)
  31. The ‘Dom Pedro’ (Roud 2236; Laws D12)
  32. The ‘River Lea’ (Roud 351)
  33. Abram Brown (Roud 4704; G/D 8:1759)
  34. Sindbad (Roud 4712)
  35. In de Mornin’ (Roud 4713)
  36. Rocks in de Mountens (Roud 4708)
  37. King Edwards (Roud 4707)
  38. The Boston Come-All-Ye (Roud 472)
  39. There She Blows! (Roud 2004)
  40. Blow ye Winds (Roud 2012)
  41. Coast of Peru (Roud 1997; Laws D26)
  42. Diego’s Bold Shore (Roud 2006)
  43. Rolling Down to Old Maui (Roud 2005)
  44. The Lass of Mohea (Roud 275; Laws H8; Henry H836)
  45. The Cruise of the ‘Bigler’ (Roud 645; Laws D8)
  46. The ‘Persia’ ’s Crew (Roud 2230; Laws D4)
  47. Rules of the Road (Roud V17263)