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Title Credit Source Places 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 		✓ ✓ ✓
Ambletown dt wp mb
(Home, Dearie, Home) 		[trad.] (w&m) Salty Walt & the Rattlin’ Ratlines wp mb Amble ✓ ✓
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 		✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Banks of the Sacramento dt mb [trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h California
Jaffrey 		✓ ✓ ✓
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 		✓ ✓
Being a Pirate dt mb
(You Can’t Be a Pirate) 		Don Freed wp mb (w&m, 1985) Salty Walt & the Rattlin’ Ratlines wp mb Canada ✓ ✓
Bell-Bottom Trousers dt wp mb Moe Jaffe wp mb (w&m, 1944) San Francisco chantey sing h England
United States 		✓ ✓
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 		✓ ✓ ✓
The Boatman’s Cure mb George Ward mb (w&m, late 20th c.) John Roberts wp mb Mohawk River ✓
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 ✓ ✓
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 		✓ ✓ ✓
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 		✓
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, 1997)		 The Press Room sessions England
Connecticut 		✓
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 ✓ ✓
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 wp mb Nova Scotia
Scotland 		✓
Farewell to Tarwathie dt mb George Scroggie (w, 1857)
[trad.] (m)		 The Press Room sessions Strichen
Crimond
Greenland 		✓
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 ✓
Fiddlers’ Green dt mb John Conolly mb (w&m, 1966) San Francisco chantey sing h Grimsby
Ireland 		✓ ✓
The Final Trawl dt mb Archie Fisher wp mb (w&m, 1970s) Òran Mór mb Scotland ✓
The Fishermen’s Song dt mb Andy M. Stewart wp mb (w&m, pre-1981) Silly Wizard wp mb Scotland ✓ ✓
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 		✓ ✓ ✓
The Good Ship Calibar dt mb
(The Calabar) 		[trad.] (w&m) The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem wp mb Lisburn
Portadown
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) Pendragon mb United States
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 ✓ ✓ ✓
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 ✓ ✓ ✓
Henry Martin dt wp mb
(Andrew Bartin)
(Andrew Barton)
(Andrew Batan)
(Henry Martyn)
(The Lofty Tall Ship) 		[trad.] (w&m) Salty Walt & the Rattlin’ Ratlines wp mb Scotland ✓
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 		✓ ✓
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 		✓ ✓ ✓
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 Irish Rover dt wp mb [trad.] (w&m) Culann’s Hounds h wp mb Cork
New York 		✓ ✓
The Jamestown Homeward Bound dt mb [anon.] (w&m) Joanna Colcord wp United States
Ireland
Mediterranean Sea
Italy 		✓
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 		✓ ✓ ✓
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 		✓ ✓
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 ✓
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 		✓ ✓ ✓
Lover’s Heart dt mb Andy M. Stewart wp mb (w&m, 1986)
Phil Cunningham wp mb (w&m, 1986)		 Silly Wizard wp mb Skye ✓
Mandalay mc wp mb Rudyard Kipling wp mb (w, 1890)
[trad.] (m)
Peter Bellamy wp mb (m)		 Jeff Warner h mb London
Mandalay
Mawlamyine 		✓
The Mariner’s Revenge Song mb Colin Meloy wp mb (w&m, 2004) The Decemberists wp mb United States ✓
Marinheiro só mb [trad.] (w&m) Jason Williams Salvador ✓ ✓
The Mary Ellen Carter dt wp mb Stan Rogers h wp mb (w&m, 1979) San Francisco chantey sing h Canada ✓
The Mermaid dt wp mb [trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h Portsmouth ✓
The Mermaid wp mb Shel Silverstein wp mb (w&m, 1965) Great Big Sea wp mb United States ✓ ✓
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 ✓ ✓
The Old Figurehead Carver mc mb Hiram Cody wp mb (w, 1925)
Dick Swain mb (m, 1966)		 San Francisco chantey sing h New Brunswick ✓ ✓
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 ✓ ✓ ✓
Old Zeb dt mb Larry Kaplan h mb (w&m, 1976) San Francisco chantey sing h Martha’s Vineyard
Essex 		✓
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 West dt mb [trad.] (w&m) The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem wp mb Liverpool
Ireland 		✓ ✓
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 ✓ ✓
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 ✓ ✓ ✓
Rolling Down to Old Maui
(Old Maui) 		[trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h Maui
England 		✓ ✓
Rolling Home to Old New England ✓ ✓ ✓
Sally Free and Easy San Francisco chantey sing h England ✓ ✓
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 		✓ ✓
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 		✓ ✓ ✓
Still on Patrol ✓
Strike the Bell San Francisco chantey sing h England ✓ ✓ ✓
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 ✓ ✓
Tickle Cove Pond ✓
Topman and the Afterguard ✓
Valparaiso in a Rowboat h ✓
Venezuela to Trinidad Roger Hussey (w&m, 2007) The Press Room sessions Venezuela
Trinidad 		✓ ✓ ✓
The Water Is Wide Pendragon mb Ireland
Scotland
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 ✓ ✓ ✓
Weldon mc mb Salty Walt & the Rattlin’ Ratlines wp mb Weldon
Northern Neck 		✓ ✓
The Wellerman ✓
White Mercury Salty Walt & the Rattlin’ Ratlines wp mb Aberdeenshire ✓ ✓
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 		✓