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Title Credit Source Places Nautical Chantey A Cappella Concertina Vulgar Ribald
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 ✓
Ambletown dt wp mb
(Home, Dearie, Home) 		[trad.] (w&m) Salty Walt & the Rattlin’ Ratlines h mb Amble ✓ ✓
And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda dt wp mb Eric Bogle h wp mb (w&m, 1971) Christine Lavin h wp mb Australia
Suvla Bay
Are Ye Right There Michael dt wp mb Percy French wp mb (w&m, 1897) Betty O’Kelly d Co. Clare
Asshole Rules the Navy mc mb [trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h England ✓ ✓ ✓
Auld Lang Syne wp mb Robert Burns wp mb (w, 1788)
[trad.] (m)		 Scotland ✓
The Back Door mb Cathie Ryan h mb (w&m, 1992) Cherish the Ladies h wp mb Ireland
United States
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 		✓ ✓
Being a Pirate dt mb
(You Can’t Be a Pirate) 		Don Freed wp mb (w&m, 1985) Salty Walt & the Rattlin’ Ratlines h mb Canada ✓ ✓
Bell-Bottom Trousers dt wp mb Moe Jaffe wp mb (w&m, 1944) San Francisco chantey sing h England
United States 		✓ ✓
Big Strong Man dt wp mb
(My Brother Sylveste) 		[trad.] (w&m) The Press Room sessions United States
Ireland
Canada
Italy
Japan 		✓
The Black Velvet Band dt wp mb [trad.] (w&m) Culann’s Hounds h wp mb Belfast
Australia
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 h 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 		✓ ✓ ✓
The Bonny Ship the Diamond dt mb [trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h Peterhead
Greenland 		✓
Boston Harbor dt mb [trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h Boston ✓ ✓
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 		✓ ✓ ✓
Bully in the Alley dt mb [trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h England
Charleston
St. George 		✓ ✓ ✓
Byker Hill dt wp mb [trad.] (w&m) Gloucester chantey sing Byker
Walker
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 		✓ ✓ ✓
Come, Love, Come dt mb
(Come, My Love, Come)
(Nancy Till) 		[trad.] (w&m) The Press Room sessions Ohio
Tennessee
Vernon
Wanchese 		✓
Come Out, Ye Black and Tans dt wp mb
(Black and Tans)
(Come Out, You Black and Tans) 		Dominic Behan wp mb (w, c. 1960)
Piaras Mac Gearailt mb (m, mid-1700s)		 The Granitemen mb Dublin
Killeshandra
The Crabfish dt mb
(The Crayfish) 		[trad.] (w&m) Salty Dick h wp mb England ✓ ✓
Crossing the Bar mc wp mb Alfred Tennyson wp mb (w, 1889)
Rani Arbo mb (m, 1998)		 The Press Room sessions England
Connecticut 		✓
Daddy Fox dt mb [trad.] (w&m) In Harmony’s Way h mb England
Australia 		✓
Dan Dan mc mb [trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h England ✓ ✓ ✓
Dirty Old Town dt wp mb Ewan MacColl wp mb (w&m, 1949) Culann’s Hounds h wp mb Salford
Ireland 		✓
Do You Love an Apple? dt mb [trad.] (w&m) The Bothy Band wp mb Ireland
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 ✓
The Dutchman dt mb wp Michael Smith h wp mb (w&m, 1968) San Francisco chantey sing h Chicago
Amsterdam 		✓
Eat Bertha’s Mussels dt mb John Roberts wp mb (w&m, pre-1983) San Francisco chantey sing h Baltimore ✓
Essequibo River dt mb [trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h Guyana
England 		✓ ✓ ✓
Farewell to Nova Scotia wp dt mb
(Nova Scotia Farewell) 		Robert Tannahill wp mb (w)
[trad.] (w)
[trad.] (m)		 Salty Walt & the Rattlin’ Ratlines h mb Nova Scotia
Scotland 		✓
Fathom the Bowl dt wp mb
(The Punch Ladle) 		[trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h England
Ireland 		✓ ✓
The Ferryman dt wp mb Pete St. John h wp mb (w&m, 1985) Òran Mór mb Dublin ✓
Fiddler’s Green dt mb John Conolly mb (w&m, 1966) San Francisco chantey sing h Grimsby
Ireland 		✓ ✓
The Fields of Athenry dt wp mb Pete St. John h wp mb (w&m, 1979) Culann’s Hounds h wp mb Athenry
Botany Bay
Finnegan’s Wake dt wp fw gb mb
(Tim Finigan’s Wake) 		John F. Poole mb (w, pre-1867)
[trad.] (m)		 Òran Mór mb Dublin
New York
The Fishermen’s Song dt mb Andy M. Stewart wp mb (w&m, pre-1981) Silly Wizard wp mb Scotland ✓ ✓
Flower of Scotland dt wp mb Roy Williamson wp mb (w&m, 1965) Chris Vaughan mb Bannockburn
The Fox dt wp mb [trad.] (w&m) England
United States
Frankie’s Trade dt mb Rudyard Kipling wp mb (w, pub.1910)
Peter Bellamy wp mb (m, 1970)		 Salty Walt & the Rattlin’ Ratlines h mb Medway
Cape Horn
Dunkirk
Bruges
Nieuwpoort 		✓ ✓ ✓
Freedom mb Chris Vaughan mb (w, c. 2007?)
[trad.] (m)		 Chris Vaughan mb Stirling
Lexington
Portsmouth 		✓
From Dover to Calais h mb Howard Kaplan h mb (w&m, 1988) Finest Kind h wp mb Toronto
Dover
Calais 		✓ ✓ ✓
Galway Girl mc wp mb
(The Galway Girl) 		Steve Earle wp mb (w&m, 2000) Òran Mór mb Galway
Nashville 		✓
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 h mb Sussex ✓
Green Grow the Rashes dt mb
(Green Grow the Rashes, O)
(Green Grow the Rushes, O) 		Robert Burns wp mb (w)
[trad.] (m)		 Scotland
Greenland Whale Fisheries dt wp mb [trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h Greenland
England 		✓
The Grey Funnel Line dt mn mb Cyril Tawney wp mb (w&m, 1959) San Francisco chantey sing h England ✓ ✓
Handsome Molly dt mb [trad.] (w&m) Bob Webb h mb United States ✓
Hanging Johnny dt mb [trad.] (w&m) Great Big Sea wp mb England ✓ ✓ ✓
Hanging on the Old Barbed Wire dt wp mb
(The Old Barbed Wire) 		[anon.] (w&m) Gloucester chantey sing England
Paris
Canada
United States
Hard Times Come Again No More dt wp mb
(Hard Times) 		Stephen Foster wp mb (w&m, 1854) The Press Room sessions United States
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 ✓ ✓ ✓
The Hawk and the Crow dt mb [trad.] (w&m) Sean Doyle mb Pomeroy
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 ✓
Here’s to the Morning Glory dt mb
(Morning Glory)
(One for the Morning Glory) 		Doug Flett h wp mb (w&m, 1973)
Guy Fletcher h wp mb (w&m, 1973)		 The Press Room sessions England
Ireland 		✓ ✓
Hey Rain mc mn
(The Innisfail Rain Song)
(The Innisfail Song) 		Bill Scott wp mb (w&m) Gloucester chantey sing Innisfail
Hieland Laddie dt mb
(Highland Laddie) 		[trad.] (w&m) Salty Walt & the Rattlin’ Ratlines h mb Scotland
Mobile 		✓ ✓ ✓
Highland Laddie mb [trad.] (w)
Charles Erskine mb (w)
[trad.] (m)		 Charles Erskine mb Scotland
Mobile 		✓ ✓ ✓
Hob y Deri Dando mb [trad.] (w)
William Pint h wp mb (w)
[trad.] (m)		 San Francisco chantey sing h Nefyn ✓ ✓
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 ✓
The I.C.I. Song dt mb
(The Chemical Worker’s Song)
(Process Man) 		Ron Angel mb (w&m, 1964) Great Big Sea wp mb Cleveland
I’m a Rover dt mb [trad.] (w&m) Great Big Sea wp mb Scotland
I’m Henery the Eighth, I Am dt wp mb
(Henry VIII)
(I’m Henry VIII, I Am) 		R. P. Weston wp mb (w, 1910)
Fred Murray mb (m, 1910)		 The Press Room sessions England
The Irish Ballad dt mb Tom Lehrer wp mb (w&m, early 1950s) Tom Lehrer wp mb Ireland
Cambridge
The Irish Rover dt wp mb [trad.] (w&m) Culann’s Hounds h wp mb Cork
New York 		✓ ✓
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 		✓ ✓ ✓
Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye dt wp mb Joseph B. Geoghegan mb (w, 1867)
[trad.] (m)		 The Granitemen mb Athy ✓
Johnny Jump Up dt wp mb Tadgh Jordan mb (w&m, 1934) Òran Mór mb Youghal
Johnson Girls mc mb [trad.] (w&m) Salty Walt & the Rattlin’ Ratlines h mb Northern Neck
Mayport 		✓ ✓ ✓
The Jolly Roving Tar dt mb
(Get Up Jack, John Sit Down) 		Edward Harrigan wp mb (w, c. 1885)
David Braham wp mb (m, c. 1885)		 San Francisco chantey sing h New York
Jaffrey
Ireland
India
Japan 		✓ ✓
Keep COVID at Bay mb Chris Maden h mb (w, 2020)
[trad.] (m)		 Chris Maden h mb New Hampshire
Sussex 		✓
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 ✓ ✓ ✓
The Leaving of Liverpool dt wp mb [trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h Liverpool
Ireland
Mystic
California 		✓
Let Her Go Down Peter Knight (w&m) Steeleye Span 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 Boy Billee William Makepeace Thackeray (w) Ralph Steadman England ✓ ✓
A Long Time Ago dt mb
(Noah’s Ark Chantey)
(Noah’s Ark Shanty) 		San Francisco chantey sing h San Francisco
England 		✓ ✓ ✓
Look at the Coffin The Press Room sessions Ireland ✓
Lover’s Heart Andy M. Stewart wp mb (w&m) Silly Wizard wp mb Skye ✓
Luang Prabang dt wp mb Dave Van Ronk wp mb (w, 1971)
[trad.] (m)		 Dave Van Ronk wp mb Luang Prabang
United States 		✓ ✓
The Mariner’s Revenge Song Colin Meloy (w&m) The Decemberists United States ✓
Marinheiro só Jason Williams Salvador ✓ ✓
Martin Said to His Man The Press Room sessions England ✓
Mary Ellen Carter wp Stan Rogers h wp mb (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h Canada ✓
May Song Dave Webber (w&m) The Press Room sessions Padstow ✓
The Mermaid dt San Francisco chantey sing h Portsmouth ✓
The Mermaid Shel Silverstein (w&m) Great Big Sea wp mb United States ✓ ✓
Mingulay Boat Song San Francisco chantey sing h Mingulay ✓ ✓ ✓
Miss Fogarty’s Christmas Cake dt mb
(Miss Hooligan’s Christmas Cake) 		C. Frank Horn mb (w&m, 1883) Jake Schumacher Philadelphia
Ireland 		✓
Molasses ✓
My Son John dt John C. Reilly wp 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) 		San Francisco chantey sing h England ✓ ✓ ✓
The Night that Paddy Murphy Died Johnny Burke (w&m) Great Big Sea wp mb Newfoundland
Ireland
No Man’s Land wp
(The Green Fields of France)
(Willie McBride) 		Eric Bogle h wp mb (w&m, 1976) June Tabor Australia
Scotland
France
Northwest Passage Stan Rogers h wp mb (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h Canada ✓ ✓
Old Black Rum Great Big Sea wp mb Newfoundland
Old Brown’s Daughter G. W. Hunt (w&m) Walter Pardon England
Old Brown’s Daughter G. W. Hunt (w)
Ron Hynes (m)		 Great Big Sea wp mb Newfoundland
England
The Old Figurehead Carver mc mb Hiram Cody wp mb (w, 1925)
Dick Swain mb (m, 1966)		 San Francisco chantey sing h New Brunswick ✓ ✓
Old Maui San Francisco chantey sing h United States
England 		✓ ✓
The Old Moke Salty Walt & the Rattlin’ Ratlines h mb United States ✓ ✓ ✓
Old Zeb Larry Kaplan (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h Martha’s Vineyard ✓
Paddy Doyle’s Boots San Francisco chantey sing h Ireland ✓ ✓ ✓
Paddy Lay Back dt mb
(The Liverpool Song)
(Mainsail Haul)
(Paddy Get Back)
(Valparaiso Round the Horn) 		San Francisco chantey sing h England
Ireland
San Francisco
France
Valparaíso
Chincha Islands 		✓ ✓ ✓
Paddy West dt mb The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem wp mb Liverpool
Ireland 		✓ ✓
Paddy Works on the Railway dt wp Gloucester chantey sing Ireland
United States 		✓ ✓ ✓
The Parting Glass dt wp Culann’s Hounds h wp mb Ireland
Scotland
Paul Jones tb United States ✓ ✓
Pay Me, You Owe Me ✓ ✓ ✓
Peggy Gordon Culann’s Hounds h wp mb Nova Scotia
United States
Ireland 		✓
Pleasant and Delightful dt mb Salty Walt & the Rattlin’ Ratlines h mb England ✓ ✓
The Pump Shanty Tony Goodenough (w&m) Salty Walt & the Rattlin’ Ratlines h mb ✓ ✓ ✓
Ranzo dt mb
(Poor Old Rubin Ranzo)
(Reuben Ranzo)
(Robin Ranzo)
(Roving Ranzo)
(Rubin Ranzo) 		San Francisco chantey sing h New York ✓ ✓ ✓
Remember the Poor
The Rigs o’ Barley Robert Burns wp mb (w) Ed Miller Scotland
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 ✓ ✓ ✓
The Rising of the Moon dt wp John Keegan Casey wp (w, c. 1865) Culann’s Hounds h wp mb Granard
River Driver Great Big Sea wp mb Newfoundland ✓ ✓
Rocky Road to Dublin dt wp mb D. K. Gavan ws mb (w, pre-1863) Culann’s Hounds h wp mb Dublin
Tuam
Holyhead
Liverpool 		✓ ✓
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 ✓ ✓ ✓
The Rolling Mills of New Jersey dt John Roberts wp mb (w)
Tony Barrand (w)		 Arrr!!! mb New Jersey ✓
Sally Free and Easy San Francisco chantey sing h England ✓ ✓
Sally Rackett San Francisco chantey sing h England ✓ ✓ ✓
Santianno ✓ ✓ ✓
Shove Around the Jug The Johnson Girls h wp mb United States
Ireland 		✓ ✓
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 		✓ ✓ ✓
Strike the Bell San Francisco chantey sing h England ✓ ✓
Sugar in the Hold San Francisco chantey sing h New Orleans
Mobile 		✓ ✓ ✓
Sunny Dor ✓ ✓ ✓
There Were Roses Tommy Sands (w&m) Robbie O’Connell Newry
Three Jolly Fishermen Salty Walt & the Rattlin’ Ratlines h mb Edinburgh ✓ ✓
Tickle Cove Pond ✓
Trunch Wassail
Twelve Apostles
(Come and I Will Sing You) 		Great Big Sea wp mb Newfoundland
Venezuela to Trinidad Roger Hussey (w&m, 2007) The Press Room sessions Venezuela
Trinidad 		✓ ✓ ✓
Wave Over Wave dt Jim Payne h wp (w&m, 1983) Great Big Sea wp mb Newfoundland ✓
Way Down in Shawneetown dt mc
(Shawneetown) 		San Francisco chantey sing h Old Shawneetown ✓
’Way Stormalong John San Francisco chantey sing h England ✓ ✓ ✓
The Wellerman ✓
Whiskey in the Jar dt wp Culann’s Hounds h wp mb Co. Kerry
The Whistline Gypsy
White Mercury Salty Walt & the Rattlin’ Ratlines h mb Aberdeenshire ✓ ✓
White Squall mc wp mb Stan Rogers h wp mb (w&m, 1983) San Francisco chantey sing h Wiarton
Sault Ste. Marie
Who Built the Ark? The Johnson Girls h wp mb United States ✓ ✓
Wild Goose Nation San Francisco chantey sing h Ireland
United States 		✓ ✓ ✓
Wild Mountain Thyme wp Francis McPeake (w&m) Culann’s Hounds h wp mb Belfast
Scotland 		✓
The Wild Rover Culann’s Hounds h wp mb Ireland