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Title Credit Source Places Nautical Chantey Chorus A Cappella Concertina Vulgar Ribald
Angelina Baker dt wp mb
(Angeline the Baker) 		Stephen Foster wp mb (w, 1850)
[trad.] (m)		 Jody Kruskal h mb United States ✓
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 		✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
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 		✓ ✓ ✓
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 		✓ ✓
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 		✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
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 		✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Boston Harbor dt mb [trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h Boston ✓ ✓ ✓
Bowena jc mb [trad.] (w&m) Judy Cook h mb Beloit ✓ ✓
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 		✓ ✓
Crossing the Bar mc wp mb Alfred Tennyson wp mb (w, 1889)
Rani Arbo mb (m, 1997)		 The Press Room sessions England
Connecticut 		✓ ✓
Drinking That Wine bw mb
(Drinking of the Wine) 		[trad.] (w&m) The Johnson Girls h wp mb Northern Neck
Georgia Sea Islands 		✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
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 ✓ ✓
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 Fox dt wp mb [trad.] (w&m) England
United States 		✓
Freedom mb Chris Vaughan mb (w, c. 2007?)
[trad.] (m)		 Chris Vaughan mb Stirling
Lexington
Portsmouth 		✓ ✓
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 		✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
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 		✓ ✓
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 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 ✓
Haul Away Joe dt mb [trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h Ireland
United States 		✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
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 ✓ ✓
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 		✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
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 		✓ ✓ ✓
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 		✓ ✓ ✓
Keep COVID at Bay mb Chris Maden h mb (w, 2020)
[trad.] (m)		 Chris Maden h mb New Hampshire
Sussex 		✓ ✓
The Leaving of Liverpool dt wp mb [trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h Liverpool
Ireland
Mystic
California 		✓ ✓
Lindy Lowe mc mb
(Come Smiling Lindy Low)
(Lindy Low)
(Smiling Lindy Low) 		[trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h Ohio
Mississippi 		✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
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 		✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
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 ✓ ✓
The Mermaid wp mb Shel Silverstein wp mb (w&m, 1965) Great Big Sea wp mb United States ✓ ✓ ✓
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 		✓ ✓ ✓
Nothing So Grand as a War mb Heather Wood mb (w&m, 2003) Heather Wood mb United States
Iraq 		✓
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 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 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 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Peggy Gordon dt wp mb [trad.] (w&m) Culann’s Hounds h wp mb Nova Scotia
United States
Ireland 		✓ ✓
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 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Remember the Poor mc
(The Snow Is on the Ground) 		Anonymous (Forget Me Not Songster) (w, 1850)
[trad.] (m)		 Jeff Warner h mb United States ✓
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 		✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Roll, Alabama, Roll San Francisco chantey sing h Alabama ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Roll the Woodpile Down San Francisco chantey sing h Florida
Georgia 		✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Rolling Down to Old Maui
(Old Maui) 		[trad.] (w&m) San Francisco chantey sing h Maui
England 		✓ ✓ ✓
The Rolling Mills of New Jersey dt John Roberts wp mb (w)
Tony Barrand (w)		 Arrr!!! mb New Jersey ✓ ✓
Shove Around the Jug The Johnson Girls h wp mb United States
Ireland 		✓ ✓ ✓
Skin and Bones Anonymous (Warner Collection) Poplar Bluffs ✓ ✓
Spancil Hill Michael Considine (w) Culann’s Hounds h wp mb California
Spancil Hill 		✓
Spanish Ladies mc mb
(Farewell and Adieu)
(Talcahuano Girls)
(Yankee Whalermen) 		San Francisco chantey sing h Spain
New Bedford
Martha’s Vineyard 		✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Sugar in the Hold San Francisco chantey sing h New Orleans
Mobile 		✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Way Down in Shawneetown dt mc
(Shawneetown) 		San Francisco chantey sing h Old Shawneetown ✓ ✓
Weldon mc mb Salty Walt & the Rattlin’ Ratlines wp mb Weldon
Northern Neck 		✓ ✓ ✓
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 		✓ ✓