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Title Credit Source Places Nautical Chantey Chorus Vulgar Ribald
Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy dt mb
(Adieu Lovely Nancy)
(Adieu My Lovely Nancy)
(Here’s Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy)
(Lovely Nancy)
(Sweet Nancy) 		[trad.] (w&m) Gloucester chantey sing Sussex ✓
All for Me Grog mc wp mb [trad.] (w&m) Arrr!!! mb England
Ireland 		✓ ✓ ✓
All Through the Ale dt mb [trad.] (w&m) Jeff Warner h mb Derbyshire ✓
The Anacreontic Song wp mb
(To Anacreon in Heaven) 		Ralph Tomlinson mb (w, 1760s)
John Stafford Smith wp mb (m, 1760s)		 London
Auld Lang Syne wp mb Robert Burns wp mb (w, 1788)
[trad.] (m)		 Scotland ✓
Banks of the Sacramento dt mb [trad.] (w&m) Salty Dick h wp mb California
Jaffrey
England 		✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Banks of the Sacramento dt mb [trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h California
Jaffrey 		✓ ✓ ✓
The Barley Mow dt wp mb
(Good Luck to the Barley Mow) 		[trad.] (w&m) Gloucester chantey sing England ✓
Barrett’s Privateers dt wp mb Stan Rogers h wp mb (w&m, 1976) San Francisco chantey sing h Sherbrooke
Halifax
Montego Bay
United States 		✓ ✓
Big Strong Man dt wp mb
(My Brother Sylveste) 		[trad.] (w&m) The Press Room sessions United States
Ireland
Canada
Italy
Japan 		✓
Blackbird Get Up mc mb [trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h Barrouallie ✓ ✓ ✓
Blood-Red Roses dt mb
(Bunch o’ Roses)
(Go Down You Blood Red Roses) 		[trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h England
Cape Horn 		✓ ✓ ✓
Blow, Boys, Blow dt mb
(Congo River) 		[trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h Democratic Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo
United States 		✓ ✓ ✓
Blow the Man Down dt wp mb [trad.] (w&m) Salty Walt & the Rattlin’ Ratlines wp mb Liverpool
Shanghai 		✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Blow the Man Down dt wp mb [trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h Liverpool
Hong Kong 		✓ ✓ ✓
Boney dt mb
(Boney Was a Warrior) 		[trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h England
Corsica
Moscow
Elba
Cape Trafalgar
Braine-l’Alleud
St. Helena 		✓ ✓ ✓
Boston Harbor dt mb [trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h Boston ✓ ✓
A Bottle o’ the Best dt mb Jack Foley mb (w)
[trad.] (m)		 Scotland
Bowena jc mb [trad.] (w&m) Judy Cook h mb Beloit ✓
Bring ’Em Down dt mb [trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h Liverpool
London
Valparaíso
Callao 		✓ ✓ ✓
Bring Us a Barrel dt mb Keith Marsden mb (w&m, 1966) Chicago chantey sing Yorkshire ✓
Bully in the Alley dt mb [trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h England
Charleston
St. George 		✓ ✓ ✓
Cape Cod Girls dt mb [trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h Cape Cod
Australia 		✓ ✓ ✓
Cape Cod Girls dt mb [trad.] (w&m) Mystic Seaport Museum h wp Cape Cod
Australia 		✓ ✓ ✓
Daddy Fox dt mb [trad.] (w&m) In Harmony’s Way mb England
Australia 		✓
Dan Dan mc mb [trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h England ✓ ✓ ✓
Drinking That Wine bw mb
(Drinking of the Wine) 		[trad.] (w&m) The Johnson Girls h wp mb Northern Neck
Georgia Sea Islands 		✓ ✓ ✓
Drinks at the Cuba cdm mb Andrew McKay h mb (w&m) Andrew McKay h mb Swansea ✓ ✓
Drive Sorrows Away dt mb
(Sorrows Away)
(Thousands or More) 		[trad.] (w&m) The Press Room sessions Sussex ✓
Essequibo River dt mb [trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h Guyana
England 		✓ ✓ ✓
Fathom the Bowl dt wp mb
(The Punch Ladle) 		[trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h England
Ireland 		✓ ✓
Frankie’s Trade dt mb Rudyard Kipling wp mb (w, pub.1910)
Peter Bellamy wp mb (m, 1970)		 Salty Walt & the Rattlin’ Ratlines wp mb Medway
Cape Horn
Dunkirk
Bruges
Nieuwpoort 		✓ ✓ ✓
From Dover to Calais h mb Howard Kaplan h mb (w&m, 1988) Finest Kind h wp mb Toronto
Dover
Calais 		✓ ✓ ✓
The Gals of Dublin Town dt mb
(The Harp Without the Crown)
(The Shenandoah) 		[trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h Dublin
New York 		✓ ✓ ✓
General Taylor dt mb [trad.] (w&m) Great Big Sea wp mb United States
Mexico 		✓ ✓ ✓
God Bless England dt mb
(Whack Fol the Diddle) 		Peadar Kearney wp mb (w)
[anon.] (m)		 The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem wp mb Ireland
England
Charlestown 		✓
Good Ale dt mb
(Good Ale Thou Art My Darling)
(O Good Ale) 		[trad.] (w&m) Salty Walt & the Rattlin’ Ratlines wp mb Sussex ✓
Hanging Johnny dt mb [trad.] (w&m) Great Big Sea wp mb England ✓ ✓ ✓
The Harrin’s Heid dt mb
(Herrin’s Head) 		[trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h Northumberland ✓ ✓
Haul Away Joe dt mb [trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h Ireland
United States 		✓ ✓ ✓
Haul on the Bowline dt mb [trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h Liverpool ✓ ✓ ✓
Help Me to Raise ’Em mc mb
(Help Me to Raise Um)
(Won’t You Help Me to Raise ’Em) 		[trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h Northern Neck ✓ ✓ ✓
Here Is My Home mc mb Si Kahn wp mb (w&m) The Press Room sessions United States ✓
Hieland Laddie dt mb
(Highland Laddie) 		[trad.] (w&m) Salty Walt & the Rattlin’ Ratlines wp mb Scotland
Mobile 		✓ ✓ ✓
Highland Laddie mb [trad.] (w)
Charles Erskine mb (w)
[trad.] (m)		 Charles Erskine mb Scotland
Mobile 		✓ ✓ ✓
Hourra les filles mb
(Les filles à cinq deniers) 		[trad.] (w&m) John Roberts wp mb France ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
The Humours of Whiskey dt mb
(Paddy’s Panacea)
(Stick to the Crathur)
(Stick to the Cratur) 		Joseph Lunn wp mb (w, c. 1825)
[trad.] (m)		 Tim Lyons mb Ireland ✓
Isn’t It Grand dt mb
(Isn’t It Grand, Boys)
(Look at the Coffin) 		[trad.] (w&m) The Press Room sessions Ireland ✓
John Cherokee dt mb
(Alabama John Cherokee) 		[trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h Alabama ✓ ✓ ✓
John Kanaka dt mb [trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h Hawaiʻi ✓ ✓ ✓
Johnny Booker dt mb
(Do My Johnny Booker)
(Johnny Boker)
(Johnny Bowker) 		[trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h United States ✓ ✓ ✓
Johnny Come Down to Hilo dt mb [trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h Tennessee
Barbados 		✓ ✓ ✓
Johnson Girls mc mb [trad.] (w&m) Salty Walt & the Rattlin’ Ratlines wp mb Northern Neck
Mayport 		✓ ✓ ✓
Keep COVID at Bay mb Chris Maden h mb (w, 2020)
[trad.] (m)		 Chris Maden h mb New Hampshire
Sussex 		✓
The King dt mb
(Please to See the King)
(The Wren) 		[trad.] (w&m) Wench Work Scotland
Ireland
The Last Shanty h dt mb
(A Sailor Ain’t a Sailor) 		Tom Lewis h wp mb (w&m, 1980) San Francisco chantey sing h England ✓ ✓
Leave Her, Johnny dt mb
(Leave Her, Bullies, Leave Her)
(Leave Her, Johnny, Leave Her)
(Time for Us to Leave Her) 		[trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h England ✓ ✓ ✓
Lindy Lowe mc mb
(Come Smiling Lindy Low)
(Lindy Low)
(Smiling Lindy Low) 		[trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h Ohio
Mississippi 		✓ ✓ ✓
Little Billee mc ws mb
(Little Boy Billee)
(There were three sailors of Bristol city)
(The Three Sailors) 		William Makepeace Thackeray wp mb (w, 1849)
[trad.] (m)		 Ralph Steadman wp mb England ✓ ✓
A Long Time Ago dt mb
(Noah’s Ark Chantey)
(Noah’s Ark Shanty) 		[trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h San Francisco
England 		✓ ✓ ✓
Luang Prabang dt wp mb Dave Van Ronk wp mb (w, 1971)
[trad.] (m)		 Dave Van Ronk wp mb Luang Prabang
United States 		✓ ✓
Marinheiro só mb [trad.] (w&m) Jason Williams Salvador ✓ ✓
Martin Said to His Man dt mb
(Who’s the Fool Now?) 		[trad.] (w&m) The Press Room sessions England ✓
May Song mc mb
(Hail! Hail! The First of May) 		Dave Webber mb (w&m, 1985) The Press Room sessions Padstow ✓
Mingulay Boat Song dt wp mb Hugh S. Roberton wp mb (w, 1931)
[trad.] (m)		 San Francisco chantey sing h Mingulay ✓ ✓ ✓
Molasses mc mb Tom Rowe wp mb (w&m, 1985) The Press Room sessions Boston
Portland
Jamaica 		✓ ✓
My Son John dt wp mb
(Mrs. McGrath) 		[trad.] (w&m) John C. Reilly wp mb Ireland
England 		✓ ✓
Nelson’s Blood dt mb
(A Drop of Nelson’s Blood)
(Roll de Ole Chariot Along)
(Roll the Chariot)
(Roll the Old Chariot)
(Roll the Old Chariot Along) 		[trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h England ✓ ✓ ✓
Northwest Passage dt wp mb Stan Rogers h wp mb (w&m, 1981) San Francisco chantey sing h Canada ✓ ✓
Nothing So Grand as a War mb Heather Wood mb (w&m, 2003) Heather Wood mb United States
Iraq
The Old Moke Pickin’ on the Banjo dt mb
(He-Bang, She-Bang)
(Old Moke) 		[trad.] (w&m) Salty Walt & the Rattlin’ Ratlines wp mb United States ✓ ✓ ✓
Paddy Doyle’s Boots dt mb
(Paddy Doyle) 		[trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h Ireland ✓ ✓ ✓
Paddy Lay Back dt mb
(The Liverpool Song)
(Mainsail Haul)
(Paddy Get Back)
(Valparaiso Round the Horn) 		[trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h England
Ireland
San Francisco
France
Valparaíso
Chincha Islands 		✓ ✓ ✓
Paddy Works on the Railway dt wp mb [trad.] (w&m) Gloucester chantey sing Ireland
United States 		✓ ✓ ✓
Paul Jones dt dt mb [trad.] (w&m) Louisa Jo Killen wp mb United States
Lorient
Flamborough 		✓ ✓
Pay Me, You Owe Me dt wp mb
(Pay Me My Money Down) 		[trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h Georgia Sea Islands ✓ ✓ ✓
Pleasant and Delightful dt mb [trad.] (w&m) Salty Walt & the Rattlin’ Ratlines wp mb England ✓ ✓
Pump Shanty mc mb Tony Goodenough mb (w&m, pre-1989) Salty Walt & the Rattlin’ Ratlines wp mb England ✓ ✓ ✓
Ranzo dt mb
(Poor Old Rubin Ranzo)
(Reuben Ranzo)
(Robin Ranzo)
(Roving Ranzo)
(Rubin Ranzo) 		[trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h New York ✓ ✓ ✓
Rio Grande dt mb
(Away for Rio)
(Away, Rio)
(Away to Rio)
(Bound for the Rio Grande)
(Were You Ever in Rio Grand) 		San Francisco chantey sing h Rio Grande do Sul
England
San Francisco
New York 		✓ ✓ ✓
Rise Me Up from Down Below
(Whiskey O, Johnny O) 		San Francisco chantey sing h England ✓ ✓ ✓
River Driver Great Big Sea wp mb Newfoundland ✓ ✓
Roll, Alabama, Roll San Francisco chantey sing h Alabama ✓ ✓ ✓
Roll the Woodpile Down San Francisco chantey sing h Florida
Georgia 		✓ ✓ ✓
Rolling Down the River dt mb Jack Forbes mb (w&m) The Press Room sessions Tilbury ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Rolling Down to Cuba ✓ ✓ ✓
Rolling Down to Old Maui
(Old Maui) 		[trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h Maui
England 		✓ ✓
Rolling Home to Old New England ✓ ✓ ✓
The Rolling Mills of New Jersey dt John Roberts wp mb (w)
Tony Barrand (w)		 Arrr!!! mb New Jersey ✓
Sally Rackett San Francisco chantey sing h England ✓ ✓ ✓
Santianno ✓ ✓ ✓
The Seamen’s Hymn
(Nelson’s Prayer) 		A. L. Lloyd (w&m) Salty Walt & the Rattlin’ Ratlines wp mb England ✓
The Shores of Rockingham Chris Maden h mb (w)
[trad.] (m)		 ✓ ✓ ✓
Shove Around the Jug The Johnson Girls h wp mb United States
Ireland 		✓ ✓
The Sick Note
Sing John Ball dt mb
(John Ball) 		Sydney Carter wp mb (w&m, 1963) The Press Room sessions St. Albans ✓
Skin and Bones Anonymous (Warner Collection) Poplar Bluffs ✓
South Australia wp dt mb
(Bound for South Australia)
(Rolling King)
(Ruler King) 		San Francisco chantey sing h Australia
England
Ireland 		✓ ✓ ✓
Spanish Ladies dt mc mb San Francisco chantey sing h Spain
England 		✓ ✓ ✓
Spanish Ladies mc mb
(Farewell and Adieu)
(Talcahuano Girls)
(Yankee Whalermen) 		San Francisco chantey sing h Spain
New Bedford
Martha’s Vineyard 		✓ ✓ ✓
Spanish Ladies wp mc
(Rant and Roar)
(The Ryans and the Pittmans) 		Great Big Sea wp mb Spain
Toslow 		✓ ✓ ✓
Sugar in the Hold San Francisco chantey sing h New Orleans
Mobile 		✓ ✓ ✓
Sunny Dor ✓ ✓ ✓
Thomas and Nancy Finest Kind h wp mb Sally’s Cove ✓
Three Jolly Fishermen Salty Walt & the Rattlin’ Ratlines wp mb Edinburgh ✓ ✓
Venezuela to Trinidad Roger Hussey (w&m, 2007) The Press Room sessions Venezuela
Trinidad 		✓ ✓ ✓
’Way Stormalong John San Francisco chantey sing h England ✓ ✓ ✓
Weldon mc mb Salty Walt & the Rattlin’ Ratlines wp mb Weldon
Northern Neck 		✓ ✓
Who Built the Ark? The Johnson Girls h wp mb United States ✓ ✓
Wild Goose Nation San Francisco chantey sing h Ireland
United States 		✓ ✓ ✓
Wings of a Goney
(The Weary Whaling Grounds) 		Salty Walt & the Rattlin’ Ratlines wp mb New Bedford
Greenland 		✓