| Contents |
American sea songs and chanteys. Introduction -- Chanteys. Away, Rio! -- Sally Brown -- The dead horse -- Five short-drag chanteys. Haul on the bowline ; Johnny Boker ; Boney ; Haul away, Joe! ; Paddy Doyle -- Cheer'ly, man -- Cheer'ly, O! -- The black ball songs. The black ball line ; Blow the man down, I ; Blow the man down, II -- Lowlands -- The lawlands o' Holland -- Lowlands, II -- Lowlands, III -- A long time ago -- Around Cape Horn -- Reuben Ranzo -- Hanging Johnny -- Whiskey for my Johnny -- Tommy's gone to Hilo -- Blow, bullies, blow -- Early in the morning -- Stormalong -- Shenandoah -- Paddy get back -- Across the Western ocean -- We're all bound to go -- Paddy works on the railway -- Santa Anna -- Maid of Amsterdam (A-roving) -- The banks of the Sacramento -- Cape Cod girls -- Good-bye, fare you well -- Time to leave her -- One day more -- Forecastle songs. The high Barbaree -- 'Way down in Cuba -- Tom bowline -- Ben backstay -- The Dreadnought -- The Bigler -- Young Monroe at Gerry's Rock -- I come from Salem City -- A-cruising we will go -- We be three poor mariners -- The whale -- The captain went below -- Let go the peak halyards -- Blow, ye winds -- Song of the fishes -- Jack the guinea pig -- Spanish ladies -- I am a brisk and sprightly lad -- Rolling home -- Home, dearie, home -- Bell-bottom trousers -- Homeward bound -- Wardroom ballads. The Yankee man-of-war -- Ye parliament of England -- The Constitution and the Guerrière -- The Shannon and the Chesapeake -- Charge the can cheerily -- Nancy Lee -- The Norfolk girls -- The flash frigate -- Miscellaneous songs and ballads. The Flying Cloud -- The ballad of Captain Kidd -- The female smuggler -- Little Mohee -- The Nantucket skipper -- Brother Noah -- The girl I left behind me -- Rollicking Bill the sailor -- The fire ship -- Christofo Columbo -- |
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A sailor's treasury. Foreword -- Seeing things at sea: myths, superstitions, omens, and weather lore -- The ship and the company she keeps: customs, traditions, legends, and yarns -- Salty speech: cries, epithets, gripes, and maxims. |
| Abstract |
This wonderful illustrated treasury, which contains two volumes out of print since 1956, includes the words and music of seventy-six rollicking sea songs and chanteys as well as a picturesque collection of the beliefs, habits, and speech of the American sailor in the old days of iron men and wooden ships. The first part of the book contains descriptive information about the songs' origins, and words and music to such favorites as "Early in the morning," "Shenandoah," "The banks of the Sacramento," "Cape Cod girls," and "Bell-bottom trousers." The second section is divided into three main division: "Seeing things at sea: myths, superstitions, omens, and weather lore," "The ship and the company she keeps: customs, traditions, legends, and yarns," and "Salty speech: cries, epithets, gripes, and maxims." This spirited volume is sure to appeal to sailors, students of our seafaring history, and those readers always on the lookout for interesting facets of Americana. |
| General note | Two volumes in one. |
| General note | Formerly published in separate volumes as American sea songs & chanteys and A sailors treasury. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-429) and index. |
| ISBN | 0831702885 : |
