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| Title | Credit | Source | Places | Vulgar | Ribald |
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| Banks of the Sacramento dt mb | [trad.] (w&m) | Salty Dick h wp mb |
California Jaffrey England |
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| Banks of the Sacramento dt mb | [trad.] (w&m) | San Francisco chantey sing h |
California Jaffrey |
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| Blackbird Get Up mc mb | [trad.] (w&m) | San Francisco chantey sing h | Barrouallie | ||
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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 |
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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 |
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| Blow the Man Down dt wp mb | [trad.] (w&m) | Salty Walt & the Rattlin’ Ratlines fb wp mb |
Liverpool Shanghai |
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| Blow the Man Down dt wp mb | [trad.] (w&m) | San Francisco chantey sing h |
Liverpool Hong Kong |
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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 |
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| Bring ’Em Down dt mb | [trad.] (w&m) | San Francisco chantey sing h |
Liverpool London Valparaíso Callao |
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| Bully in the Alley dt mb | [trad.] (w&m) | San Francisco chantey sing h |
England Charleston St. George |
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| Cape Cod Girls dt mb | [trad.] (w&m) | San Francisco chantey sing h |
Cape Cod Australia |
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| Cape Cod Girls dt mb | [trad.] (w&m) | Mystic Seaport Museum h fb wp |
Cape Cod Australia |
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| Dan Dan mc mb | [trad.] (w&m) | San Francisco chantey sing h | England | ||
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Drinking That Wine bw mb (Drinking of the Wine) |
[trad.] (w&m) | The Johnson Girls h fb wp mb |
Northern Neck Georgia Sea Islands |
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| Essequibo River dt mb | [trad.] (w&m) | San Francisco chantey sing h |
Guyana England |
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| Frankie’s Trade dt mb |
Rudyard Kipling wp mb (w, pub.1910) Peter Bellamy wp mb (m, 1970) |
Salty Walt & the Rattlin’ Ratlines fb wp mb |
Medway Cape Horn Dunkirk Bruges Nieuwpoort |
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| From Dover to Calais h mb | Howard Kaplan h mb (w&m, 1988) | Finest Kind h wp mb |
Toronto Dover Calais |
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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 |
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| General Taylor dt mb | [trad.] (w&m) | Great Big Sea wp mb |
United States Mexico |
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| Hanging Johnny dt mb | [trad.] (w&m) | Great Big Sea wp mb | England | ||
| Haul Away Joe dt mb | [trad.] (w&m) | San Francisco chantey sing h |
Ireland United States |
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| Haul on the Bowline dt mb | [trad.] (w&m) | San Francisco chantey sing h | Liverpool | ||
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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 | ||
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Hieland Laddie dt mb (Highland Laddie) |
[trad.] (w&m) | Salty Walt & the Rattlin’ Ratlines fb wp mb |
Scotland Mobile |
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| Highland Laddie mb |
[trad.] (w) Charles Erskine mb (w) [trad.] (m) |
Charles Erskine mb |
Scotland Mobile |
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Hourra les filles mb (Les filles à cinq deniers) |
[trad.] (w&m) | John Roberts wp mb | France | ✓ | |
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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 | ||
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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 |
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| Johnson Girls mc mb | [trad.] (w&m) | Salty Walt & the Rattlin’ Ratlines fb wp mb |
Northern Neck Mayport |
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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 | ||
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Lindy Lowe mc mb (Come Smiling Lindy Low) (Lindy Low) (Smiling Lindy Low) |
[trad.] (w&m) | San Francisco chantey sing h |
Ohio Mississippi |
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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 |
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| Mingulay Boat Song dt wp mb |
Hugh S. Roberton wp mb (w, 1931) [trad.] (m) |
San Francisco chantey sing h | Mingulay | ||
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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 | ||
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The Old Moke Pickin’ on the Banjo dt mb (He-Bang, She-Bang) (Old Moke) |
[trad.] (w&m) | Salty Walt & the Rattlin’ Ratlines fb wp mb | United States | ||
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Paddy Doyle’s Boots dt mb (Paddy Doyle) |
[trad.] (w&m) | San Francisco chantey sing h | Ireland | ||
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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 |
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| Paddy Works on the Railway dt wp mb | [trad.] (w&m) | Gloucester chantey sing |
Ireland United States |
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Pay Me, You Owe Me dt wp mb (Pay Me My Money Down) |
[trad.] (w&m) | San Francisco chantey sing h | Georgia Sea Islands | ||
| Pump Shanty mc mb | Tony Goodenough mb (w&m, pre-1989) | Salty Walt & the Rattlin’ Ratlines fb wp mb | England | ||
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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 | ||
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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 |
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Rise Me Up from Down Below (Whiskey O, Johnny O) |
San Francisco chantey sing h | England | |||
| Roll, Alabama, Roll | San Francisco chantey sing h | Alabama | |||
| Roll the Woodpile Down | San Francisco chantey sing h |
Florida Georgia |
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| Rolling Down the River dt mb | Jack Forbes mb (w&m) | The Press Room sessions | Tilbury | ✓ | |
| Rolling Down to Cuba | |||||
| Rolling Home to Old New England | |||||
| Sally Rackett | San Francisco chantey sing h | England | |||
| Santianno | |||||
| The Shores of Rockingham |
Chris Maden h mb (w) [trad.] (m) |
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South Australia wp dt mb (Bound for South Australia) (Rolling King) (Ruler King) |
San Francisco chantey sing h |
Australia England Ireland |
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| Spanish Ladies dt mc mb | San Francisco chantey sing h |
Spain England |
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Spanish Ladies mc mb (Farewell and Adieu) (Talcahuano Girls) (Yankee Whalermen) |
San Francisco chantey sing h |
Spain New Bedford Martha’s Vineyard |
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Spanish Ladies wp mc (Rant and Roar) (The Ryans and the Pittmans) |
Great Big Sea wp mb |
Spain Toslow |
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| Strike the Bell | San Francisco chantey sing h | England | |||
| Sugar in the Hold | San Francisco chantey sing h |
New Orleans Mobile |
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| Sunny Dor | |||||
| Venezuela to Trinidad | Roger Hussey (w&m, 2007) | The Press Room sessions |
Venezuela Trinidad |
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| ’Way Stormalong John | San Francisco chantey sing h | England | |||
| Weldon mc mb | Salty Walt & the Rattlin’ Ratlines fb wp mb |
Weldon Northern Neck |
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| Wild Goose Nation | San Francisco chantey sing h |
Ireland United States |
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