Chapter II: Part 2

But from Mr. Morley Roberts I had the following:

[Music illustration: Oh, pity poor Reuben Ranzo etc.]

Capt. Robertson's version ran thus:

[Music illustration:

Oh, poor old Reuben Ranzo,
Ranzo, boys, Ranzo,
Oh, poor old Reuben Ranzo,
Ranzo, boys, Ranzo.]

Whall gives another version on page 84.

Who Ranzo was must ever remain a mystery. Capt. Whall suggests that the word might be a corruption of Lorenzo, since Yankee Whalers took many Portuguese men from the Azores, where Lorenzo would have been a common enough name. He adds that in his time the shanty was always sung to the regulation words, and that 'when the story was finished there was no attempt at improvization; the text was, I suppose, considered sacred.' He further says that he never heard any variation from the words which he gives.

I think he is right about the absence of improvization on extraneous topics, but I used to hear a good deal of improvization on the subject of Ranzo himself. I knew at least three endings of the story: (1) where the captain took him into the cabin, 'larned him navigation,' and eventually married him to his daughter; (2) where Ranzo's hatred of ablutions caused the indignant crew to throw him overboard; (3) where the story ended with the lashes received, not for his dirty habits, but for a theft:

'We gave him lashes thirty
For stealin' the captain's turkey.'

I have also heard many extemporaneous verses relating his adventures among the denizens of the deep after he was thrown overboard.

23. THE DEAD HORSE

This shanty was used both for hauling and for pumping ship. It seems to have had its origin in a rite which took place after the crew had 'worked off the dead horse.' The circumstances were these: Before any voyage, the crew received a month's pay in advance, which, needless to say, was spent ashore before the vessel sailed. Jack's first month on sea was therefore spent in clearing off his advance, which he called working off the dead horse. The end of that payless period was celebrated with a solemn ceremony: a mass of straw, or whatever other combustibles were to hand, was made up into a big bundle, which sometimes did, and more often did not, resemble a horse. This was dragged round the deck by all hands, the shanty being sung meanwhile. The perambulation completed, the dead horse was lighted and hauled up, usually to the main-yardarm, and when the flames had got a good hold, the rope was cut and the blazing mass fell into the sea, amid shouts of jubilation.

24. TOM'S GONE TO HILO

This beautiful tune was very popular. I have chosen the version sung to me by Mr. George Vickers, although in the first chorus it differs somewhat from the version I learnt as a boy:

[Music illustration: Away down Hilo etc.]

It will be seen how closely the above resembles the version given by Whall on page 74. (It will be noted that he entitled it '_John's_ gone to Hilo.') I give Mr. Vickers's verses about 'The Victory' and 'Trafalgar,' as I had never heard them sung by any other seaman. I have omitted the endless couplets containing the names of places to which Tommy is supposed to have travelled. As Capt. Whall says: 'A good shantyman would take Johnny all round the world to ports with three syllables, Montreal, Rio Grande Newfoundland, or any such as might occur to him.'

25. WHISKY JOHNNY

This Bacchanalian chant was a prime favourite. Every sailor knew it, and every collection includes some version of it.

26. BONEY WAS A WARRIOR

I never met a seaman who has not hoisted topsails to this shanty. Why Jack should have made a hero of Boney (he frequently pronounced it 'Bonny') is a mystery, except perhaps that, as a sailor, he realized the true desolation of imprisonment on a sea-girt island, and his sympathies went out to the lonely exile accordingly. Or it may have been the natural liking of the Briton for any enemy who proved himself a 'bonny fechter.'

27. JOHNNY BOKER

This popular shanty was sometimes used for bunting-up a sail, but more usually for 'sweating-up.' Although I have allowed the last note its full musical value, it was not prolonged in this manner aboard ship. As it coincided with the pull, it usually sounded more like a staccato grunt.

28. HAUL AWAY, JOE

The major version of this shanty (which appears in Part II) was more general in the last days of the sailing ship; but this minor version (certainly the most beautiful of them) is the one which I used to hear on the Tyne. The oldest of my sailor relatives never sang any other. This inclines me to the belief that it is the earlier version. The verses extemporized to this shanty were endless, but those concerning the Nigger Girl and King Louis never seem to have been omitted. As in No. 27, I have allowed the last note its full musical value, but aboard ship it was sung in the same manner as No. 27.

29. WE'LL HAUL THE BOWLIN'

This was the most popular shanty for 'sweating-up.' There are many variants of it. The present version I learnt from Capt. John Runciman. In this shanty no attempt was ever made to sing the last word. It was always shouted.

30. PADDY DOYLE'S BOOTS

This shanty differs from all others, as (_a_) it was sung _tutti_ throughout; (_b_) it had only one verse, which was sung over and over again; and (_c_) it was used for one operation and one operation only, viz. bunting up the foresail or mainsail in furling. In this operation the canvas of the sail was folded intensively until it formed a smooth conical bundle. This was called a bunt, and a strong collective effort (at the word 'boots') was required to get it on to the yard.

Although the same verse was sung over and over again, very occasionally a different text would be substituted, which was treated in the same manner. Capt. Whall gives two alternatives, which were sometimes used:

'We'll all drink brandy and gin,'

and--

'We'll all shave under the chin.'

Mr. Morley Roberts also told me that a variant in his ship was--

'We'll all throw dirt at the cook.'

THE SHANTY BOOK.

PART I.

[Transcriber's Note: Fractions in brackets indicate that the original text has a music note symbol over the succeeding word, e.g., [1/4] = a quarter note. A vowel with an umlaut indicates that the word or syllable has two dots over it in the original text, presumably to indicate that it should be prolonged when sung. See the Glossary below.]

1. Billy Boy.

(NORTHUMBRIAN CAPSTAN SHANTY.)

[Music illustration:

1. Where hev ye been aeal the day,
Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Where hev ye been aeal the day, me Billy Boy?
I've been walkin' aeal the day
With me charmin' Nancy Grey,
And me Nancy kittl'd me fancy
Oh me charmin' Billy Boy.]

2. Is she fit to be yor wife
Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Is she fit to be yor wife, me Billy Boy?
She's as fit to be me wife
As the fork is to the knife
And me Nancy, _etc._

3. Can she cook a bit o' steak
Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Can she cook a bit o' steak, me Billy Boy?
She can cook a bit o' steak,
Aye, and myek a gairdle cake
And me Nancy, _etc._

4. Can she myek an Irish Stew
Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Can she myek an Irish Stew, me Billy Boy?
She can myek an Irish Stew
Aye, and "Singin' Hinnies" too.
And me Nancy, _etc._

_Glossary_:--

aeal = all. Pronounced to rhyme with "shall" only the vowel
must be very much prolonged.

kittled = tickled.

myek = make.

gairdle cake = girdle cake, i.e. a cake baked on a griddle.

Singin' Hinnies--i.e. a species of Sally Lunn teacake only
larger. Usually plentifully besprinkled with currants, in
which case it is designated by pitmen as "Singin' Hinnies
wi' smaea co fizzors" (small coal fizzers.)

2. Bound for the Rio Grande.

(WINDLASS AND CAPSTAN SHANTY.)

[Music illustration:

1. I'll sing you a song of the fish of the sea.
Oh Rio.
I'll sing you a song of the fish of the sea
And we're bound for the Rio Grande.
Then away love, away,
'Way down Rio,
So fare ye well my pretty young gel.
For we're bound for the Rio Grande.]

2. Sing good-bye to Sally, and good-bye to Sue, Oh Rio, _etc._
And you who are listening, good-bye to you. And we're bound, _etc._

3. Our [1/4]ship [1/8]went sailing out over the Bar
[1/16]And [1/16]we pointed her nose for the South-er-en Star.

4. Farewell and adieu to you ladies of Spain
[1/16]And [1/16]we're all of us coming to see you again.

5. [1/8]I [1/4]said [1/8 1/4]farewell [1/8]to Kitty my dear,
[1/16]And [1/16]she waved her white hand as we passed the South Pier.

6. The oak, and the ash, and the bonny birk tree
They're all growing green in the North Countrie.

3. Good-bye, fare ye well.

[Music illustration:

1. I thought I heard the old man say
Good-bye, fare ye well,
Good-bye, fare ye well.
I thought I heard the old man say,
Hooray my boys we're homeward bound.]

2. We're homeward bound, I hear the sound. (_twice_)

3. We sailed away to Mobile Bay. (_twice_)

4. But now we're bound for Portsmouth Town. (_twice_)

5. And soon we'll be ashore again. (_twice_)

6. I kissed my Kitty upon the pier
[1/16]And [1/16]it's oh to see you again my dear.

7. We're homeward bound, and I hear the sound. (_twice_)

4. Johnny come down to Hilo.

(WINDLASS AND CAPSTAN.)

[Music illustration:

1. I nebber see de like since I bin born,
When a big buck nigger wid de sea boots on,
Says "Johnny come down to Hilo.
Poor old man."
Oh wake her, oh, shake her,
Oh wake dat gel wid de blue dress on,
When Johnny comes down to Hilo.
Poor old man.]

2. I lub a little gel across de sea,
She's a Badian[1] beauty and she sez to me,
"Oh Johnny," _etc._

3. Oh was you ebber down in Mobile Bay
Where dey screws de cotton on a summer day?
When Johnny, _etc._

4. [1/16]Did [1/16]you ebber see de ole Plantation Boss
And de long-tailed filly and de big black hoss?
When Johnny, _etc._

5. I nebber seen de like since I bin born
When a big buck nigger wid de sea boots on,
Says "Johnny come down," _etc._

[Footnote 1: i.e. Barbadian, to wit, a native of Barbados.]

5. Clear the track, let the Bullgine run.

(WINDLASS AND CAPSTAN.)

[Music illustration:

1. Oh, the smartest clipper you can find.
Ah ho Way-oh, are you most done.
Is the Marget Evans of the Blue Cross Line.
So clear the track, let the Bullgine run.
Tibby Hey rig a jig in a jaunting car.
Ah ho Way-oh, are you most done.
With Lizer Lee all on my knee.
So clear the track, let the Bullgine run.]

2. Oh the Marget [1/16 1/16]Evans [1/16]of [1/16]the Blue Cross Line
She's [1/16 1/16]never a day behind her time.

3. Oh the gels are walking on the pier
[1/16]And [1/16]I'll soon be home to you, my dear.

4. Oh when I come home across the sea,
It's Lizer you will marry me.

5. Oeh shake her, wake [1/16]her, [1/16 1/8]before [1/8]we're [1/8]gone;
Oh fetch that gel with the blue dress on.

6. Oh I thought I heard the skipper say
"We'll keep the brig three points away."

7. Oh the smartest clipper you can find
Is the Marget [1/16 1/16]Evans [1/16]of [1/16]the Blue Cross Line.

6. Lowlands away.

(WINDLASS AND CAPSTAN.)

[Music illustration:

(INTRODUCTION.)

Lowlands, Lowlands, Away my John, Lowlands, away, I heard them say, My dollar and a half a day.

1. A dollar and a half a day is a Hoosier's pay.
Lowlands, Lowlands,
Away my John.
A dollar and a half a day is very good pay.
My dollar and a half a day.

2. Oh was you ever in Mobile Bay.
Lowlands, Lowlands,
Away my John.
Screwing the cotton by the day.
My dollar and a half a day.

3. All in the night my true love came,
Lowlands, Lowlands,
Away my John.
All in the night my true love came.
My dollar and a half a day.]

4. She came to me all in my sleep. (_twice_)

5. And her eyes were white my love. (_twice_)

6. And then I knew my love was dead. (_twice_)

7. Sally Brown.

(WINDLASS AND CAPSTAN.)

[Music illustration:

1. Sally Brown she's a bright Mulatter.
Way Ay-y Roll and go.
She drinks rum and chews terbacker.
Spend my money on Sally Brown.]

2. Sally Brown she has a daughter
Sent me sailin' 'cross the water.

3. Seven long years I courted Sally. (_twice_)

4. Sally Brown I'm bound to leave you
Sally Brown I'll not deceive you.

5. Sally she's a 'Badian' beauty. (_twice_)

6. Sally lives on the old plantation
She belongs the Wild Goose Nation.

7. Sally Brown is a bright Mulatter
She drinks rum and chews terbacker.

8. Santy Anna.

(WINDLASS AND CAPSTAN.)

[Music illustration:

1. Oh Santy Anna won the day.
Way-Ah, me Santy Anna.
Oh Santy Anna won the day.
All on the plains of Mexico.]

2. He beat the Prooshans fairly. Way-Ah, _etc._
And whacked the British nearly. All on, _etc._

3. He was a rorty gineral;
A rorty snorty gineral.

4. They took him out and shoet him.
Oh when shall we forget him.

5. Oh Santy Anna won the day
And Gin'ral Taylor run away.

9. Shenandoah.[2]

(WINDLASS AND CAPSTAN.)

[Footnote 2: The small notes in the piano part are to be played when there is no violin.]

[Music illustration:

1. Oh Shenandoah, I long to hear you.
Away you rolling river.
Oh Shenandoah, I long to hear you.
Away, I'm bound to go
'Cross the wide Missouri.]

2. Oh Shenandoah, I love your daughter. (_twice_)

3. 'Tis seven long years since last I see thee. (_twice_)

4. Oh Shenandoah, I took a notion
To sail across the stormy ocean.

5. Oh Shenandoah, I'm bound to leave you.
Oh Shenandoah, I'll not deceive you.

6. Oh Shenandoah, I long to hear you. (_twice_)

10. Stormalong John.

(WINDLASS AND CAPSTAN.)

[Music illustration:

1. Oh poor old Stormy's dead and gone.
Storm along boys,
Storm along.
Oh poor old Stormy's dead and gone.
Ah-ha, come along, get along,
Stormy along John.]

2. I dug his grave [1/8]with [1/8]a silver spade. (_twice_)

3. I lower'd him down [1/8]with [1/8]a golden chain. (_twice_)

4. I [1/8 1/8]carried [1/8]him [1/8]away to Mobile Bay. (_twice_)

5. Oh poor old Stormy's dead and gone. (_twice_)

11. The Hog's-eye Man.

(WINDLASS AND CAPSTAN.)

[Music illustration:

1. Oh the hog's-eye man is the man for me,
He were raised way down in Tennessee.
Oh hog's eye, oh.

Row the boat ashore for the hog's-eye.
Steady on a jig with a hog's-eye oh,
She wants the hog's-eye man.]

2. Oh who's been here while I've been gone?
Soeme big buck [1/16 1/16]nigger, with his sea boots on?[3]

3. Oh bring me down my riding cane,
For I'm off to see my darling Jane.

4. Oh [1/16 1/16]Jenny's [1/16]in [1/16]the [1/8 1/16]garden a-picking
peas,
And her [1/16 1/16]golden hair's [1/16 1/16]hanging down to her knees.

5. Oh a hog's-eye ship, and a hog's-eye crew,
And a hog's-eye mate, and a skipper too.

[Footnote 3: This verse was sometimes sung:--

"Now where have you been gone so long
You Yankee Jack wid de sea boots on?"]

12. The Wild Goose Shanty.

(WINDLASS AND CAPSTAN.)

[Music illustration:

1. I'm the Shanty-man of the Wild Goose Nation.
Tibby Way-ay Hioha!
I've left my wife on a big plantation.
Hilo my Ranzo Hay!]

2. Now a long farewell to the old plantation. (_twice_)

3. And a long farewell to the Wild Goose Nation. (_twice_)

4. Oh the boys [1/8.]and [1/16]the [1/4]girls went a [1/8. 1/16 1/8.
1/16]huckleberry hunting. (_twice_)

5. Then good-bye [1/8.]and [1/16 1/4]farewell yoeu rolling river.
(_twice_)

6. I'm the Shanty-man of the Wild Goose Nation.
I've left my wife on a big plantation.

13. We're all bound to go.

(WINDLASS AND CAPSTAN.)

[Music illustration:

1. Oh Johnny was a rover
And to-day he sails away.
Heave away, my Johnny,
Heave away-ay.
Oh Johnny was a rover
And to-day he sails away.
Heave away my bully boys,
We're all bound to go.]

2. As I was walking out one day,
Down by the Albert Dock.
Heave away, &c.
I heard an emigrant Irish girl
Conversing with Tapscott.
Heave away, &c.

3. "Good mornin', Mister Tapscott, sir,"
"Good morn, my gel," sez he,
"It's have you got a Packet Ship
All bound for Amerikee?"

4. "Oh yes, I've got a Packet Ship,
I _have_ got one or two.
I've got the _Jenny Walker_
And I've got the _Kangeroo_."

5. "I've got the _Jenny Walker_
And to-day she does set sail,
With five and fifty emigrants
[1/16]And [1/16]a thousand bags o' male."[4]

6. [1/8]Bad [1/8]luck [1/8]to [1/8]thim Irish sailor boys,
Bad luck to thim I say.
[1/16]For [1/16]they all got [1/8]drunk, [1/8]and [1/8]broke into me
bunk
And stole me clo'es away.

[Footnote 4: meal.]

14. What shall we do with the drunken sailor?

(WINDLASS AND CAPSTAN.)

[Music illustration:

1. What shall we do with the drunken sailor,
What shall we do with the drunken sailor,
What shall we do with the drunken sailor
Early in the morning?
Hooray and up she rises,
Hooray and up she rises,
Hooray and up she rises
Early in the morning.]

2. [1/16]Put [1/16]him in the long-boat until he's sober. (_thrice_)

3. Pull out the plug aend [1/16]wet [1/16]him all over. (_thrice_)

4. [1/16]Put [1/16]him in the [1/16 1/16]scuppers with a hose-pipe on
him. (_thrice_)

5. [1/16]Heave [1/16]him by the leg in a running bowlin'. (_thrice_)

6. [1/16]Tie [1/16]him to the [1/16 1/16]taffrail when she's yard-arm
under. (_thrice_)

15. Blow my bully boys.

(HALLIARD SHANTY.)

[Music illustration:

1. A Yankee ship came down the river,
Blow, boys blow.
Her masts and yards they shine like silver.
Blow my bully boys blow.]

2. And how d'ye know [1/8]she's [1/8]a Yankee packet?
The Stars and Stripes they fly above her.

3. And who d'ye think was skipper of her. (_twice_)

4. 'Twas Dandy Jim, the one-eyed nigger;
'Twas Dandy Jim, [1/8]with [1/8]his bully figure.

5. And what d'ye think they had for dinner?
Why bullock's lights and donkey's liver.

6. And what d'ye think they had for supper?
Why weevilled bread and Yankee leather.

7. Then blow my boys, and blow together.
And blow my boys for better weather.

8. A Yankee ship came down the river.
Her masts and yards they shine like silver.

16. Blow the man down.

(HALLIARDS.)

[Music illustration:

1. Oh blow the man down, bullies, blow the man down.
To me Way-ay, blow the man down.
Oh blow the man down, bullies, blow him away.
Oh gimme some time to blow the man down.

2. We went over the Bar on the thirteenth of May.
To me Way-ay, blow the man down.
The Galloper jumped, and the gale came away.
Oh gimme some time to blow the man down.]

3. Oh the rags they was gone, and the chains they was jammed,
[1/16]And [1/16]the skipper sez he, "Let the weather be hanged."

4. Aes I was a-walking down Winchester Street,
A saucy young damsel I happened to meet.

5. I sez to her, "Polly, and how d'you do?"
Sez she, "None the better for seein' of you."

6. Oh, it's sailors is tinkers, and tailors is men.
[1/16]And [1/16]we're all of us coming to see you again.

7. So we'll blow the man up, and we'll blow the man down.
[1/16]And [1/16]we'll blow him away into Liverpool Town.

17. Cheer'ly men.[5]

(HALLIARDS.)

[Footnote 5: Pronounced "Chee-lee men."]

[Music illustration:

1. Oh, Nancy Dawson, I-Oh.
Chee-lee men.
She robb'd the Bo'sun, I-Oh.
Chee-lee men.
That was a caution, I-Oh.
Chee-lee men.
Oh Hauly, I-Oh,
Chee-lee men.

If sung without accompaniment the portion within brackets may be omitted. If sung with accompaniment the note D (to the word "men") may be sung _crescendo_ and held on to the end of the bar.]

2. Oh Sally Racket. I-Oh, &c.
Pawned my best jacket. I-Oh, &c.
Sold the pawn ticket. I-Oh, &c.

3. Oh Kitty Carson
Jilted the parson,
Married a mason.

4. Oh Betsy Baker
Lived in Long Acre,
Married a quaker.

5. Oh Jenny Walker
Married a hawker
That was a corker.

6. Oh Polly Riddle
Broke her new fiddle.
Right through the middle.

18. Good morning, ladies all.

(HALLIARDS.)

[Music illustration:

1. Now a long good-bye to you, my dear,
With a heave-oh haul.
And a last farewell, and a long farewell.
And good morning, ladies all.]

2. For we're outward boeund to New York town;
With a heave, _etc._
And you'll wave to us till the sun goes down.
And good morning, _etc._

3. Aend when we get to New York town,
Oh it's there we'll drink, and sorrows drown.

4. When we're back once moere in London Docks,
All the pretty girls will come in flocks.

5. Aend Poll, and Bet, and Sue will say:
"Oh it's here comes Jack with his three years' pay."

6. So a long good-bye to you, my dear,
And a last farewell, and a long farewell.

19. Hanging Johnny.

(HALLIARDS.)

[Music illustration:

1. Oh they call me hanging Johnny.
Away, boys, away.
They says I hangs for money.
Oh hang, boys, hang.]

2. Aend first I hanged my daddy. (_twice_)

3. Aend then I hanged my mother,
My sister and my brother.

4. Aend then I hanged my granny. (_twice_)

5. Aend then I hanged my Annie;
I hanged her up see canny.[6]

6. We'll hang and haul together;
We'll haul for better weather.

[Footnote 6: Northumbrian equivalent of "so nicely" or "so gently."]

20. Hilo somebody.

(HALLIARDS AND INTERCHANGEABLE.)

[Music illustration:

1. The blackbird sang unto our crew.
Hilo boys, Hilo.
The blackbird sang unto our crew.
Oh Hilo somebody, Hilo.]

2. The blackbird sang so sweet to me. (_twice_)

3. We sailed away to Mobile Bay. (_twice_)

4. And now we're bound for London Town. (_twice_)

5. The up aloft this yard must go. (_twice_)

6. I thought I heard the old man say:--
"Just one more pull, and then belay."

7. Hooray my boys, we're homeward bound. (_twice_)

8. The blackbird sang unto our crew. (_twice_)

21. Oh run, let the Bullgine run.

(HALLIARDS.)

[Music illustration:

1. Oh we'll run all night till the morning.
Oh run, let the Bullgine run.
Way-yah, Oh-I-Oh, run, let the Bullgine run.]

2. Oh we sailed all day toe Mobile Bay.

3. Oh we sailed all night aecross the Bight.[7]

4. Oh we'll run from Dover to Caellis.

5. Oeh drive her captaein, drive her.

6. Oeh captain make her noese blood.

7. She's a dandy packet and a flier too.

8. With a dandy skipper, and a dandy crew.

9. Oh we'll run all night till the moerning.

[Footnote 7: Of Australia.]

22. Reuben Ranzo.

(HALLIARDS.)

[Music illustration:

1. Oh poor old Reuben Ranzo,
Oh Ranzo boys, Ranzo.
Ah pity poor Reuben Ranzo.
Ranzo boys, Ranzo.]

2. Oh Ranzo was no sailor
He shipped on board a whaler.

3. Old Ranzo couldn't steer her,
[1/8]Did [1/8]you [1/8 1/8]ever hear [1/8 1/8]anything queerer?

4. Oh Ranzo was no beauty
Why [1/8 1/8]couldn't he do his duty?

5. Oh Ranzo washed [1/8]once [1/8]a fortnight
He said it was his birthright.

6. They triced [1/8]up [1/8]this man so dirty
And gave him five and thirty.[8]

7. Oh poor old Reuben Ranzo
Ah [1/8 1/8]pity poor Reuben Ranzo.

[Footnote 8: i.e. 35 lashes.]

23. The dead horse.

(HALLIARDS, or PUMPING SHIP.)

[Music illustration:

1. A poor old man came riding by.
And they say so, and they hope so.
A poor old man came riding by.
Oh poor old man.]

2. I said "Old man your hoss will die." (_twice_)

3. And if he dies I'll tan his skin. (_twice_)

4. And if he lives you'll ride again. (_twice_)

5. I thought I heard the skipper say. (_twice_)

6. Oh one more pull and then belay. (_twice_)

7. A poor old man came riding by. (_twice_)

24. Tom's gone to Hilo.

(HALLIARDS.)

[Music illustration:

1. Tommy's gone and I'll go too,
Away down Hilo.
Oh, Tommy's gone and I'll go too.
Tom's gone to Hilo.]

2. Tommy's gone to Liverpool,
Away, &c.
Oh, Tommy's gone to Liverpool,
Tom's gone to Hilo.

3. Tommy's gone to Mobile Bay.
Oh, Tommy's gone to Mobile Bay.

4. Tommy's gone, what shall I do?
Oh, Tommy's gone, what shall I do?

5. Tommy fought at Trafalgar.
Oh, Tommy fought at Trafalgar.

6. The old Vic[1/16 1/16]tory led the way.
The brave old Vic[1/16 1/16]tory led the way.

7. Tommy's gone for evermore.
Oh, Tommy's gone for evermore.

25. Whisky Johnny.

(HALLIARDS.)

[Music illustration:

1. Oh whisky is the life of man.
Whiskey Johnny.
Oh whisky is the life of man.
Whisky for my Johnny.]

2. Oh whisky makes me pawn my clothes.
And whisky gave me this red nose.

3. Oh whisky killed my poor old dad.
And whisky druv my mother mad.

4. Oh whisky up, and whisky down.
And whisky all around the town.

5. Oh whisky here and whisky there.
It's I'll have whisky everywhere.

6. Oh whisky is the life of man.
It's whisky in an old tin can.

26. Boney was a warrior.

(HALLIARDS.)

[Music illustration:

1. Boney was a warrior.
Way-ay Yah.
Boney was a warrior.
John France-Wah.[9]]

[Footnote 9: Francois.]

2. Boney beat the Rooshians. (_twice_)

3. Boney beat the Prooshians. (_twice_)

4. Boney went to Moescow. (_twice_)

5. Moscow was a-fire. (_twice_)

6. Boney he came back again. (_twice_)

7. Boney went to Elbow. (_twice_)

8. Boney went to Waterloo. (_twice_)

9. Boney was defeated. (_twice_)

10. Boney was a prisoner
'Board the Billy Ruffian.[10]

11. Boney he was sent away,
'Way to St. Helena.

12. Boney broke his heart, and died. (_twice_)

13. Boney was a warrior. (_twice_)

[Footnote 10: Sailor pronunciation of "Bellerophon."]

27. Johnny Boker.

(FORE-SHEET.)

[Music illustration:

1. Oh do my Johnny Boker,
Come rock and roll me over.
Do my Johnny Boker, do.]

2. Oh do my Johnny Boker,
The skipper is a rover.
Do my Johnny, &c.

3. Oh do, &c.
The mate he's never sober.
Do my, &c.

4. Oh do, &c.
The Bo'sun is a tailor.
Do my, &c.

5. Oh do, &c.
We'll all go on a [1/8 1/8 1/4]jamboree.
Do my, &c.

6. Oh do, &c.
The Packet is a Rollin'.
Do my, &c.

7. Oh do, &c.
We'll pull and haul together.
Do my, &c.

8. Oh do, &c.
We'll haul for better weather.
Do my, &c.

9. Oh do, &c.
And soon we'll be in [1/8 1/8]London Town.
Do my, &c.

10. Oh do, &c.
Come rock and roll me over.
Do my, &c.

28. Haul away, Joe.

(FORE-SHEET.)

[Music illustration:

1. Way, haul away,
We'll haul away the bowlin'.
Way, haul away,
Haul away Joe.]

2. Way haul away. The packet is a-rollin'.

3. Way haul away. We'll hang and haul together.

4. Way haul away. We'll haul for better weather.

5. [1/4]Once [1/8]I [1/4]had [1/8]a [1/4 1/8]nigger [1/4]girl, and she
was fat and lazy.

6. [1/4]Then [1/8]I [1/4]had [1/8]a [1/4 1/8]Spanish girl, she nearly
druv me crazy.

7. [1/4 1/8]Geordie [1/4 1/8]Charlton [1/4]had [1/8]a [1/4]pig, and it
was double jointed.

8. [1/8]He [1/4]took [1/8]it [1/4]to [1/8]the blacksmith's shop to get
its trotters pointed.

9. [1/8]King [1/4 1/8]Louis [1/4]was [1/8]the [1/4]king [1/8]o'
[1/4]France before the Revolution.

10. [1/8]King [1/4 1/8]Louis [1/4]got [1/8]his [1/4]head [1/8]cut
[1/4]off, and spoiled his Constitution.

11. Oh when I was a little boy and so my mother told me.

12. That if I didn't kiss the girls my lips would all go mouldy.

13. Oh once I had a scolding wife, she wasn't very civil.

14. I clapped a plaster on her mouth and sent her to the divvle.

29. We'll haul the bowlin'.

(FORE-SHEET.)

[Music illustration:

1. We'll haul the bowlin' so early in the morning.
We'll haul the bowlin', the bowlin' haul![11]]

[Footnote 11: The last word ("haul") of the chorus is not sung but shouted _staccato_.]

2. We'll haul the bowlin' for Kitty is my darlin'.

3. We'll haul the bowlin'; the fore-to-gallant bowlin'.

4. We'll haul the bowlin', the skipper is a growlin'.

5. We'll haul the bowlin', the packet is a rollin'.

6. We'll haul the bowlin' so early in the morning.

30. Paddy Doyle's boots.

(BUNT SHANTY.)

[Music illustration:

1. To my way-ay-ay-ah,
We'll pay Paddy Doyle for his boots.]

_Alternative verses._

2. We'll all throw dirt at the cook.

3. We'll all drink brandy and gin.

BRIEF LIST OF

Morris and Country Dances Folk Songs, Singing Games

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The Esperance Morris Book

By MARY NEAL

5694 Parts I and II. Price 7/6 each net cash.

The Guild of Play Books

By Mrs. C.W. KIMMINS

5634 Parts I-IV. Price 7/6 each net cash.

5735 MASQUE OF THE CHILDREN OF THE EMPIRE. Numbers from the 'Guild of Play Book.' Price: Plan, without music, 2/-; Complete, 5/- net cash.

5777 NATIONAL SONGS AND DANCES OF THE ALLIES. Price 5/- net cash.

Singing Games

Collected by Miss Alice Gillington

_Net Cash_ 5734 OLD DORSET SINGING GAMES 1/- 5673 OLD HAMPSHIRE SINGING GAMES 1/- 5668 OLD SURREY SINGING GAMES 1/- 5685 OLD ISLE OF WIGHT SINGING GAMES 1/- 5703 BRETON SINGING GAMES 1/-

Collected by S.E. Thornhill.

5730 LONDON BRIDGE AND OTHER GAMES 2/-

Collected by Grace Cleveland Porter.

5756 NEGRO FOLK-SINGING GAMES 2/6

Country, Morris, and Folk Dances[12]

Arranged by Mary H. Woolnoth

[Footnote 12: Bells, rosettes, hats, beansticks, maypoles and braids may be procured from the Publishers.]

_Net Cash_
5743 PLAYFORD'S COUNTRY DANCES 3/-

Revived by Nellie Chaplin.

5675 ANCIENT DANCES AND MUSIC 3/- 5707 COURT DANCES AND OTHERS 5/- 5746 MINUET AND GAVOTTE 2/-

Edited by Miss Cowper Coles.

5704 GREENSLEEVES AND OTHER OLD DANCES 3/- 5681 OLD ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCE STEPS 2/-

Collected by Mildred Bult

5640 OLD DEVONSHIRE DANCES 1/-

Collected by John Graham.

5623 SHAKESPEAREAN-BIDFORD MORRIS DANCES 2/- 5713 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE MORRIS DANCES 2/-

Collected by Frank Kidson.

5769 ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCES 2/- Arranged for children's performance, with Instructions. 5645 OLD ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCE AND MORRIS TUNES 2/-

By Miss E. Hughes.

5261 MAY-POLE EXERCISES 2/-

By A. Shaw.

5711 MAY-POLE DANCES 2/-

Collected and Arranged from Various Sources.

5692 FOLK DANCES OF EUROPE 3/-

Noted by Miss Cowper Coles.

Sec.1365 THE HORNPIPE 2/-

Folk and National Songs

Collected and Arranged by S. Baring Gould, M.A., and Cecil Sharp, B.A.

Sec.5120 ENGLISH FOLK-SONGS FOR SCHOOLS 5/-
Vocal edition, 1/6. Words only, 6d.

Selected and Arranged by W.H. Hadow.

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Collected by John Graham

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5718 TRADITIONAL NURSERY RHYMES 3/-

Collected by Mrs. Clifford Beckett.

5772 SHANTIES AND FOREBITTERS 1/-

Collected by Alice E. Gillington.

5702 OLD CHRISTMAS CAROLS 1/- 5627 EIGHT HAMPSHIRE FOLK-SONGS 1/-

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5712 DIALECT SONGS OF THE NORTH 1/-

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