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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 ✓
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 		✓
Angelina Baker dt wp mb
(Angeline the Baker) 		Stephen Foster wp mb (w, 1850)
[trad.] (m)		 Jody Kruskal h mb United States ✓
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
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 		✓ ✓ ✓
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 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 ✓ ✓ ✓
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 		✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
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 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 		✓ ✓
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 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 ✓ ✓
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 		✓
The Final Trawl dt mb Archie Fisher wp mb (w&m, 1970s) Òran Mór mb Scotland ✓ ✓
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 Foggy Dew dt wp mb
(Down the Glen) 		Charles O’Neill mb (w, 1919)
[trad.] (m)		 Culann’s Hounds h wp mb Ireland
Suvla Bay
Sedd el Bahr
Four Green Fields dt wp mb Tommy Makem wp mb (w&m, 1967) The Granitemen mb 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 		✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
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 wp mb Sussex ✓ ✓
The Good Ship Calibar dt mb
(The Calabar) 		[trad.] (w&m) The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem wp mb Lisburn
Portadown 		✓
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) 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 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
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 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
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 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 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 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 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 ✓
The Idiot dt wp mb Stan Rogers h wp mb (w&m, c. 1980) Stan Rogers h wp mb Canada ✓
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 		✓ ✓ ✓
Isn’t It Grand dt mb
(Isn’t It Grand, Boys)
(Look at the Coffin) 		[trad.] (w&m) The Press Room sessions Ireland ✓ ✓
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 		✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
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 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 		✓ ✓ ✓
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 		✓
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 ✓ ✓
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 mb Colin Meloy wp mb (w&m, 2004) The Decemberists wp mb 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 ✓ ✓
The Mary Ellen Carter dt wp mb Stan Rogers h wp mb (w&m, 1979) San Francisco chantey sing h Canada ✓ ✓
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 ✓ ✓
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 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Miss Fogarty’s Christmas Cake dt mb
(Miss Hooligan’s Christmas Cake) 		C. Frank Horn mb (w&m, 1883) Jake Schumacher Philadelphia
Ireland 		✓ ✓
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 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
The Night Paddy Murphy Died dt wp mb
(The Night Pat Murphy Died) 		Johnny Burke wp mb (w&m, pre-1925) Great Big Sea wp mb Newfoundland
Ireland 		✓
Nine Inch Will Please a Lady dt mb Robert Burns wp mb (w)
[trad.] (m)		 The Press Room sessions Scotland ✓ ✓
No Man’s Land dt wp mb
(The Green Fields of France)
(Willie McBride) 		Eric Bogle h wp mb (w&m, 1976) June Tabor wp mb Australia
Scotland
France 		✓
Northwest Passage dt wp mb Stan Rogers h wp mb (w&m, 1981) San Francisco chantey sing h Canada ✓ ✓ ✓
Nos Galan mc wp mb John Ceiriog Hughes wp mb (w, c. 1873)
[trad.] (m)		 Wales ✓
Nothing So Grand as a War mb Heather Wood mb (w&m, 2003) Heather Wood mb United States
Iraq 		✓
The Old Black Rum mb Bob Hallett mb (w, pre-1995)
[trad.] (m)		 Great Big Sea wp mb Newfoundland ✓
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 		✓
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 		✓ ✓
On Raglan Road dt wp mb
(Dark Haired Miriam Ran Away)
(Raglan Road) 		Patrick Kavanagh wp mb (w, 1946) Mourning Glories h Dublin
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 		✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
The Parting Glass dt wp mb [trad.] (w&m) Culann’s Hounds h wp mb Ireland
Scotland 		✓
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 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Peggy Gordon dt wp mb [trad.] (w&m) Culann’s Hounds h wp mb Nova Scotia
United States
Ireland 		✓ ✓
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 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
A Red, Red Rose dt wp mb
(My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose)
(Oh, My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose) 		Robert Burns wp mb (w, 1794)
[trad.] (w, 1794)
[trad.] (m)		 Scotland ✓
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 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
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 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 		✓ ✓ ✓
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 		✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Spancil Hill Michael Considine (w) Culann’s Hounds h wp mb California
Spancil Hill 		✓
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 ✓
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 ✓ ✓
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 		✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
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 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
We Have Fed Our Sea ✓
Weldon mc mb Salty Walt & the Rattlin’ Ratlines wp mb Weldon
Northern Neck 		✓ ✓ ✓
The Wellerman ✓ ✓
Whiskey in the Jar dt wp Culann’s Hounds h wp mb Co. Kerry ✓
The Whistling Gypsy ✓
White Mercury Salty Walt & the Rattlin’ Ratlines wp 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 ✓
Wings of a Goney
(The Weary Whaling Grounds) 		Salty Walt & the Rattlin’ Ratlines wp mb New Bedford
Greenland 		✓ ✓