FOREWORD by Sir Walter Runciman

INTRODUCTION

NOTES ON THE SHANTIES

WINDLASS & CAPSTAN SHANTIES:

1 Billy Boy

2 Bound for the Rio Grande

3 Good-bye, fare ye well

4 Johnny come down to Hilo

5 Clear the track, let the Bullgine run

6 Lowlands away

7 Sally Brown

8 Santy Anna

9 Shenandoah

10 Stormalong John

11 The Hog's-eye Man

12 The Wild Goose Shanty

13 We're all bound to go

14 What shall we do with the drunken sailor?

HALLIARD SHANTIES:

15 Blow, my bully boys

16 Blow the man down

17 Cheer'ly, men

18 Good morning, ladies all

19 Hanging Johnny

20 Hilo Somebody

21 Oh run, let the Bullgine run

22 Reuben Ranzo

23 The Dead Horse

24 Tom's gone to Hilo

25 Whisky Johnny

26 Boney was a warrior

FORE-SHEET OR SWEATING-UP SHANTIES:

27 Johnny Boker

28 Haul away, Joe

29 We'll haul the bowlin'

BUNT SHANTY:

30 Paddy Doyle's boots

ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF SHANTIES

Billy Boy

Blow, my bully boys

Blow the man down

Boney was a warrior

Bound for the Rio Grande

Cheer'ly, men

Clear the track, let the Bullgine run

Dead Horse, The

Good-bye, fare ye well

Good morning, ladies all

Hanging Johnny

Haul away, Joe

Hilo Somebody

Hog's-eye Man, The

Johnny Boker

Johnny come down to Hilo

Lowlands away

Oh run, let the Bullgine run

Paddy Doyle's boots

Reuben Ranzo

Sally Brown

Santy Anna

Shenandoah

Stormalong John

Tom's gone to Hilo

We'll haul the bowlin'

We're all bound to go

What shall we do with the drunken sailor?

Whisky Johnny

Wild Goose Shanty, The