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Title Credit Source Places Nautical Chantey Chorus A Cappella Concertina 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 ✓ ✓
Ambletown dt wp mb
(Home, Dearie, Home) 		[trad.] (w&m) Salty Walt & the Rattlin’ Ratlines wp mb Amble ✓ ✓ ✓
The Anacreontic Song wp mb
(To Anacreon in Heaven) 		Ralph Tomlinson mb (w, 1760s)
John Stafford Smith wp mb (m, 1760s)		 London ✓
Asshole Rules the Navy mc mb [trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h England ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Banks of the Sacramento dt mb [trad.] (w&m) Salty Dick h wp mb California
Jaffrey
England 		✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
The Barley Mow dt wp mb
(Good Luck to the Barley Mow) 		[trad.] (w&m) Gloucester chantey sing England ✓ ✓
Bell-Bottom Trousers dt wp mb Moe Jaffe wp mb (w&m, 1944) San Francisco chantey sing h England
United States 		✓ ✓ ✓
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 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 		✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
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 		✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Byker Hill dt wp mb [trad.] (w&m) Gloucester chantey sing Byker
Walker 		✓
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 mb England
Australia 		✓ ✓
Dan Dan mc mb [trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h England ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Danny Boy dt wp mb Frederic Weatherly wp mb (w, 1910)
[trad.] (m)		 Ireland
England
Dirty Old Town dt wp mb Ewan MacColl wp mb (w&m, 1949) Culann’s Hounds h wp mb Salford
Ireland 		✓ ✓
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 		✓ ✓ ✓
Fiddler’s Green dt mb John Conolly mb (w&m, 1966) San Francisco chantey sing h Grimsby
Ireland 		✓ ✓ ✓
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 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 		✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
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 ✓ ✓
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 ✓ ✓ ✓
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 		✓
The Harrin’s Heid dt mb
(Herrin’s Head) 		[trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h Northumberland ✓ ✓ ✓
Haul on the Bowline dt mb [trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h Liverpool ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Here’s to the Morning Glory dt mb
(Morning Glory)
(One for the Morning Glory) 		Doug Flett wp mb (w&m, 1973)
Guy Fletcher h wp mb (w&m, 1973)		 The Press Room sessions England
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 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 ✓
Keep COVID at Bay mb Chris Maden h mb (w, 2020)
[trad.] (m)		 Chris Maden h mb New Hampshire
Sussex 		✓ ✓
Lady Franklin’s Lament dt wp mb
(Lord Franklin)
(The Sailor’s Dream) 		[trad.] (w, c. 1850 & m, pre-1582) San Francisco chantey sing h England
King William Island
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 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
The Leaving of Liverpool dt wp mb [trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h Liverpool
Ireland
Mystic
California 		✓ ✓
Let Her Go Down mc mb Peter Knight wp mb (w&m, 1980) Steeleye Span wp mb England ✓ ✓
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 		✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Mandalay mc wp mb Rudyard Kipling wp mb (w, 1890)
[trad.] (m)
Peter Bellamy wp mb (m)		 Jeff Warner h mb London
Mandalay
Mawlamyine 		✓ ✓
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 ✓ ✓
The Mermaid dt wp mb [trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h Portsmouth ✓ ✓
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 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Old Brown’s Daughter dt wp mb G. W. Hunt wp mb (w&m, pre-1871) Walter Pardon wp mb England ✓
Old Brown’s Daughter wp mb G. W. Hunt wp mb (w, pre-1871)
Ron Hynes wp mb (m, pre-1999)		 Great Big Sea wp mb Newfoundland
England 		✓
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 West dt mb [trad.] (w&m) The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem wp mb Liverpool
Ireland 		✓ ✓ ✓
Paul Jones dt dt mb [trad.] (w&m) Louisa Jo Killen wp mb United States
Lorient
Flamborough 		✓ ✓ ✓
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 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
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 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
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 		✓ ✓ ✓
Rolling Down the River dt mb Jack Forbes mb (w&m) The Press Room sessions Tilbury ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Rolling Down to Old Maui
(Old Maui) 		[trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h Maui
England 		✓ ✓ ✓
Sally Free and Easy San Francisco chantey sing h England ✓ ✓ ✓
Sally Rackett San Francisco chantey sing h England ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
The Seamen’s Hymn
(Nelson’s Prayer) 		A. L. Lloyd (w&m) Salty Walt & the Rattlin’ Ratlines wp mb England ✓ ✓
Sing John Ball dt mb
(John Ball) 		Sydney Carter wp mb (w&m, 1963) The Press Room sessions St. Albans ✓ ✓
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 		✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Strike the Bell San Francisco chantey sing h England ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
’Way Stormalong John San Francisco chantey sing h England ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓