“Coal Black Rose” is another halyard shanty, also given by Frank T. Bullen. According to Stan Hugill, it definitely has Negro origin. Hugill tells us that his informant Harding Barbadian said that the final line was the only chorus and the only place where the pull came. The song will be reconstructed by myself as the halyard shanty.
The source of this sea shanty
The music: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 364). The lyrics: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 364).
The Record of the Coal Black Rose
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Coal Black Rose
Oh, me Rosie, Coal Black Roose, Don’t ye hear the banjo, ping-a-pong a-pong! – Oh, me Rosie, COAL Black Roose!
* 2 *
Oh, me Rosie, Coal Black Roose, Strung up like a banjo, Allus taut an’ long, – Oh, me Rosie, COAL Black Roose!
* 3 *
Oh, me Rosie, Coal Black Roose, The yard is now a-movin’, Hauley-hauley ho! – Oh, me Rosie, COAL Black Roose!
* 4 *
The Mate he comes around, boys, Dining an’ a dang. Hauley-hauley ho! – Oh, me Rosie, COAL Black Roose!
* 5 *
Give her one more pull, boys, Rock an’ roll ‘er high. Hauley-hauley ho! – Oh, me Rosie, COAL Black Roose!
“Walkalong My Rosie” is another halyard shanty singing about the “Rosy”. Frank T. Bullen also gave us this shanty and classify it as a capstan shanty. But Stan Hugill’s friend Harding Barbadian declared that he had never heard it at any other job than the halyards. It is pure Negro orygin shanty. The song will be reconstructed by myself as the halyard shanty.
The source of this sea shanty
The music: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 363). The lyrics: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 363).
The Record of the Walkalong My Rosie
“Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed p 203, 204).
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Walkalong My Rosie
Oh, I am here, an’ Rosie there. – AWAY you Rosie – WALK along! Oh, I am here, an’ Rosie there. – WALKalong my ROSIE!
* 2 *
Oh, Rosie! she’m the gal fer me, She hangs around the big levee,
* 3 *
My Rosie’s a young, my Rosie’s kind, A better gal you’ll niver find.
* 4 *
So haul me up and hang me off, The mate he says we’ve hauled enough.
Interesting Facts about the Haul Away Old Fellow Away
According to Stan Hugill, “Haul Away Old Fellow Away” is the French halyard shanty related to “Haul Away Joe”. Stan Hugill took this song from Captain Hayet’s “Chansons de board” (1927). The song will be reconstructed by myself as the halyard shanty.
The source of this sea shanty
The music: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 362). The lyrics: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 362).
The Record of the Haul Away Old Fellow Away
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The full lyrics
Haul Away Old Fellow Away
C’est en passant sur l’pont d’Morlaix – Haul away ! Old fellow away ! La belle Hélène j’ai rencontrée – Haul away ! Old fellow away !
* 2 *
Bien humblement j’l’ai saluée, D’un doux sourire ell’ m’a remercié.
* 3 *
Mais j’ai bien vu qu’c’est charité, Car c’est une dame de qualité
* 4 *
C’est la fille d’un cap’taine nantais, Un matelot ne s’ra jamais.
* 5 *
Pour nous sont les garces des quais, Qui vol’nt, qui mentent, qui font tuer!
* 6 *
Je n’étale plus, j’vais tout larguer, J’vas faire mon trou dans la salée.
* 7 *
Mat’lots, mon coeur est embrumé, Buvons quand même à sa beauté.
* 8 *
Encore un coup pour étarquer, Hisse le grand foc, tout est payé!
Haul Away Joe C – is another really famous and popular shanty, especially used for tack and sheets. Stan Hugill gives us an interesting theory that this song probably was sung as the halyard shanty. This happens because the song has a countless number of verses, which are definitely not for sheet or tack work, which usually takes no more than three verses. The song will be reconstructed by myself as the sheet shanty.
The source of this sea shanty
The music: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 358). The lyrics: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 358 – 360).
The Record of the Haul Away Joe C
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Haul Away Joe C
Hey don’t yer see that black cloud a-risin’? – ‘Way haul away, we’ll haul away JOE! Hey don’t yer see that black cloud a-risin’? – ‘Way haul away, we’ll haul away JOE!
* 2 *
Naow whin Oi wuz a little boy an’ so me mother told me, That if Oi didn’t kiss the gals me lips would all grow mouldy.
* 3 *
An’ Oi sailed the seas for many a year not knowin’ what Oi wuz missin’, Then Oi sets me sails afore the gales an’ started in a kissin’.
* 4 *
Naow first Oi got a Spannish gal an’ she wuz fat an’ lazy, An’ then Oi got a nigger tart- she nirly druv me crazy.
* 5 *
Oi found meself a yankee gal an’ sure she wasn’t civil, So Oi suck a plaster on her back an’ sent her to the Divil.
* 6 *
Sheepskin, pitch, an’ beeswax, they make a bully plaster; THe more she tried ter git it off it only stuck the faster.
* 7 *
Then Oi got meself an Oirish gal an’ her name wuz Flannigan, She stole me boots, she stole me clothes, she pinched me plate an’ pannikin.
* 8 *
Oi courted then a Frenchie gal, she took things free an’ aisy, But naow Oi’ve got an English gal an’ sure she is a daisy.
* 9 *
So list while Oi sing ter yer about me darlin’ Nancy, She’s cooper-bottomed, clipper-built, she’s jist me style an’ fancy.
* 10 *
Ye may talk about yer Yankee gals an’ round-the-corner-Sallies, But they couldn’t make the grade, me bhoys, wid the gals from down our alley.
* 11 *
We sailed away for the China Seas, our bhoys so neat an’ handy, The Ould Man in his cab’n, bhoys, a-drinkin’ rum an’ brandy.
* 12 *
We loaded for the homeward rum, all hands so free an’ aisy, And in his galley sat the doc, a-makin’ plum-duff graisy.
* 13 *
We squared our yards an’ away we rolled, with the fiddles playin’ handy Wid a roll ‘n’ go, an’ a westward ho, an’ a Yankee Doodle Dandy.
* 14 *
Oh, King Louis wuz the King o’ France, afore the revolution, But the people cut his big head orf an’ spoiled his constitution.
* 15 *
Then they sent the King away ter sea, to larn him how ter swim, They sent him wid a Bluenose mate who put a squarehead on him.
* 16 *
Oh, once Oi wuz in Oireland a-diggin’ turf an’ taties, But naow Oi’m on a Limejuice ship an’ a-haulin’ on the braces.
* 17 *
Saint Patrick wuz a gintelman, an’ he come of daycent paypul, He built a church in Dublin town an’ on it set a staypul.
* 18 *
From Oireland thin he druv the snakes, then drank up all the whisky, This made him dance an’ sing an’ jig, he felt so fine an’ frisky.
* 19 *
He held High Mass for forty days before he blessed the staypul, He held High Mass, ’twas a sorry pass, but he couldn’t fool the paypul.
* 20 *
Yiz call yerself a second mate an’ cannot tie a bowline, Ye cannot even stand up straight when the packet she’s a-rollin’.
Haul Away Joe B – is another really famous and popular shanty, especially used for tack and sheets. Stan Hugill gives us an interesting theory that this song probably was sung as the halyard shanty. This happens because the song has a countless number of verses, which are definitely not for sheet or tack work, which usually takes no more than three verses. The song will be reconstructed by myself as the sheet shanty.
The source of this sea shanty
The music: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 358). The lyrics: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 358 – 360).
The Record of the Haul Away Joe B
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Haul Away Joe B
Hey don’t yer see that black cloud a-risin’? – ‘Way haul away, we’ll haul away JOE! Hey don’t yer see that black cloud a-risin’? – ‘Way haul away, we’ll haul away JOE!
* 2 *
Naow whin Oi wuz a little boy an’ so me mother told me, That if Oi didn’t kiss the gals me lips would all grow mouldy.
* 3 *
An’ Oi sailed the seas for many a year not knowin’ what Oi wuz missin’, Then Oi sets me sails afore the gales an’ started in a kissin’.
* 4 *
Naow first Oi got a Spannish gal an’ she wuz fat an’ lazy, An’ then Oi got a nigger tart- she nirly druv me crazy.
* 5 *
Oi found meself a yankee gal an’ sure she wasn’t civil, So Oi suck a plaster on her back an’ sent her to the Divil.
* 6 *
Sheepskin, pitch, an’ beeswax, they make a bully plaster; THe more she tried ter git it off it only stuck the faster.
* 7 *
Then Oi got meself an Oirish gal an’ her name wuz Flannigan, She stole me boots, she stole me clothes, she pinched me plate an’ pannikin.
* 8 *
Oi courted then a Frenchie gal, she took things free an’ aisy, But naow Oi’ve got an English gal an’ sure she is a daisy.
* 9 *
So list while Oi sing ter yer about me darlin’ Nancy, She’s cooper-bottomed, clipper-built, she’s jist me style an’ fancy.
* 10 *
Ye may talk about yer Yankee gals an’ round-the-corner-Sallies, But they couldn’t make the grade, me bhoys, wid the gals from down our alley.
* 11 *
We sailed away for the China Seas, our bhoys so neat an’ handy, The Ould Man in his cab’n, bhoys, a-drinkin’ rum an’ brandy.
* 12 *
We loaded for the homeward rum, all hands so free an’ aisy, And in his galley sat the doc, a-makin’ plum-duff graisy.
* 13 *
We squared our yards an’ away we rolled, with the fiddles playin’ handy Wid a roll ‘n’ go, an’ a westward ho, an’ a Yankee Doodle Dandy.
* 14 *
Oh, King Louis wuz the King o’ France, afore the revolution, But the people cut his big head orf an’ spoiled his constitution.
* 15 *
Then they sent the King away ter sea, to larn him how ter swim, They sent him wid a Bluenose mate who put a squarehead on him.
* 16 *
Oh, once Oi wuz in Oireland a-diggin’ turf an’ taties, But naow Oi’m on a Limejuice ship an’ a-haulin’ on the braces.
* 17 *
Saint Patrick wuz a gintelman, an’ he come of daycent paypul, He built a church in Dublin town an’ on it set a staypul.
* 18 *
From Oireland thin he druv the snakes, then drank up all the whisky, This made him dance an’ sing an’ jig, he felt so fine an’ frisky.
* 19 *
He held High Mass for forty days before he blessed the staypul, He held High Mass, ’twas a sorry pass, but he couldn’t fool the paypul.
* 20 *
Yiz call yerself a second mate an’ cannot tie a bowline, Ye cannot even stand up straight when the packet she’s a-rollin’.
Haul Away Joe A – is another really famous and popular shanty, especially used for tack and sheets. Stan Hugill gives us an interesting theory that this song probably was sung as the halyard shanty. This happens because the song has a countless number of verses, which are definitely not for sheet or tack work, which usually takes no more than three verses. This version is learned by Stan Hugill from Paddy Griffiths, who told to Stan Hugill it was used mainly for hauling aft the forsheet after reefing the fores’l. The song will be reconstructed by myself as the sheet shanty.
The source of this sea shanty
The music: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 358). The lyrics: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 358 – 360).
The Record of the Haul Away Joe A
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Haul Away Joe A
Hey don’t yer see that black cloud a-risin’? – ‘Way haul away, we’ll haul away JOE! Hey don’t yer see that black cloud a-risin’? – ‘Way haul away, we’ll haul away JOE!
* 2 *
Naow whin Oi wuz a little boy an’ so me mother told me, That if Oi didn’t kiss the gals me lips would all grow mouldy.
* 3 *
An’ Oi sailed the seas for many a year not knowin’ what Oi wuz missin’, Then Oi sets me sails afore the gales an’ started in a kissin’.
* 4 *
Naow first Oi got a Spannish gal an’ she wuz fat an’ lazy, An’ then Oi got a nigger tart- she nirly druv me crazy.
* 5 *
Oi found meself a yankee gal an’ sure she wasn’t civil, So Oi suck a plaster on her back an’ sent her to the Divil.
* 6 *
Sheepskin, pitch, an’ beeswax, they make a bully plaster; THe more she tried ter git it off it only stuck the faster.
* 7 *
Then Oi got meself an Oirish gal an’ her name wuz Flannigan, She stole me boots, she stole me clothes, she pinched me plate an’ pannikin.
* 8 *
Oi courted then a Frenchie gal, she took things free an’ aisy, But naow Oi’ve got an English gal an’ sure she is a daisy.
* 9 *
So list while Oi sing ter yer about me darlin’ Nancy, She’s cooper-bottomed, clipper-built, she’s jist me style an’ fancy.
* 10 *
Ye may talk about yer Yankee gals an’ round-the-corner-Sallies, But they couldn’t make the grade, me bhoys, wid the gals from down our alley.
* 11 *
We sailed away for the China Seas, our bhoys so neat an’ handy, The Ould Man in his cab’n, bhoys, a-drinkin’ rum an’ brandy.
* 12 *
We loaded for the homeward rum, all hands so free an’ aisy, And in his galley sat the doc, a-makin’ plum-duff graisy.
* 13 *
We squared our yards an’ away we rolled, with the fiddles playin’ handy Wid a roll ‘n’ go, an’ a westward ho, an’ a Yankee Doodle Dandy.
* 14 *
Oh, King Louis wuz the King o’ France, afore the revolution, But the people cut his big head orf an’ spoiled his constitution.
* 15 *
Then they sent the King away ter sea, to larn him how ter swim, They sent him wid a Bluenose mate who put a squarehead on him.
* 16 *
Oh, once Oi wuz in Oireland a-diggin’ turf an’ taties, But naow Oi’m on a Limejuice ship an’ a-haulin’ on the braces.
* 17 *
Saint Patrick wuz a gintelman, an’ he come of daycent paypul, He built a church in Dublin town an’ on it set a staypul.
* 18 *
From Oireland thin he druv the snakes, then drank up all the whisky, This made him dance an’ sing an’ jig, he felt so fine an’ frisky.
* 19 *
He held High Mass for forty days before he blessed the staypul, He held High Mass, ’twas a sorry pass, but he couldn’t fool the paypul.
* 20 *
Yiz call yerself a second mate an’ cannot tie a bowline, Ye cannot even stand up straight when the packet she’s a-rollin’.
“Haul Away Boys Haul Away!”, a hauling shanty, which according to Stan Hugill was the first time in print, in his book (“Shanties From The Seven Seas”). He learned this song from Harding Barbadian. He tells us, that Harding sang this song with a lot of wild yelps, and it was quite popular on West Indian ships. The song will be reconstructed by myself as the halyard shanty.
The source of this sea shanty
The music: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 357). The lyrics: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 357, 358).
The Record of the Haul Away Boys Haul Away!
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Interesting Facts about the Haul On The Bow-Line – Sharp
“Haul On The Bow-Line – Sharp”, as stated in “English Folk Chanteys” by Cecil Sharp (1914), is the “Pulling Chantey”, which is the contradiction to this what mention Stan Hugill. He mentions that Sharp gives us this song in the “capstan form”. In the later description, Stan Hugill says: “of course, these forms were also used for hauling; in this case, my form would be sung with the first line of the final chorus as a solo – the third solo. The same applies to Sharp’s version”. This song was Sung to Cecil Sharp by one of the most famous shantymen, Mr. John Short, at Watchet. The song will be reconstructed by myself as the sheet shanty.
The source of this sea shanty
The music: “English Folk Chanteys” by Cecil Sharp (1914) (1st ed: p 42). The lyrics: “English Folk Chanteys” by Cecil Sharp (1914) (1st ed: p 42). Mentioned in: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 356).
The Record of the Haul On The Bow-Line – Sharp
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Haul On The Bow-Line – Sharp
Haul on the bowline, O Kitty you are my darling, – Haul on the bowline, the bowline haul, Because she had a fore-top, fore and main to bowline; – Haul on the bowline, the bowline haul, Because she had a main-top main and mizen to bowline; – Haul on the bowline, the bowline haul, Haul on the bowline, O Kitty you are my darling, – Haul on the bowline, the bowline haul,
“Haul The Bowline” is the shanty that opens the fourth part of the “Shanties From The Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill. Song also opens the family of the shanties with the word “haul”. Stan Hugill tells us that it is quite possible that this is the most ancient of the shanties, seeing that the bowline was a rope of prime importance in medieval times. This version, Stan Hugill learned from a Welsh deep-water man, and he says that this song (including this particular version), has been sometimes used at the capstan. The song will be reconstructed by myself as the capstan shanty.
The source of the Haul The Bowline B
The music: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 356). The lyrics: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 356).
The Record of this sea shanty
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Haul The Bowline B
Because she had a fore-top, fore ‘n main t’ bowline, – Haul on the bowline, the bowline haul, Because she had a main-top, main ‘n’ mizen t’bowline -, – Ha-ul on the bowline, the bowline haul,
– Haul on the bowline, Oh Kitty you’re me darlin’ -, – Haul on the bowline, the bowline haul,
“Haul The Bowline” is the shanty that opens the fourth part of the “Shanties From The Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill. Song also opens the family of the shanties with the word “haul”. Stan Hugill tells us that it is quite possible that this is the most ancient of the shanties, seeing that the bowline was a rope of prime importance in medieval times. In more modern times “bowline shanties” were used at tacks, sheets, or “sweating-up” shanties, and the pull came on the last word of the chorus. This version has been learned by Stan Hugill from Mr. Dowling of Bootle, the sailor from the Colonial Packets. And in the end, due to the specifics of the “sweetening up” job (final pulls), would not take more than three or four verses at the most. For my reconstruction, I select the first eleven verses which are more than enough for the described job.
The source of this sea shanty
The music: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 354). The lyrics: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 354).
The Record of the Haul The Bowline A
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Haul The Bowline A
Ha-ul the bowline – for Kitty she’s me darlin’, – Haul the bowline – the bowline HAUL!
* 2 *
Haul the bowline – Kitty lives in Liverpool,
* 3 *
Haul the bowline – Liverpool’s a fine town.
* 4 *
Haul the bowline – so early in the morning.
* 5 *
Haul the bowline – before the day wuz dawnin’.
* 6 *
Haul the bowline – the fore ‘n’ main t’bowline.
* 7 *
Haul the bowline – the fore t’gallant bowline.
* 8 *
Haul the bowline – the Cape Horn gale’s a-howlin’.
* 9 *
Haul the bowline – the cook he is a-growlin’.
* 10 *
Haul the bowline – we’ll either break or bend it.
* 11 *
Haul the bowline – we’re men enough ter mend it.
* 12 *
Haul the bowline – an’ bust the chafin’-leather.
* 13 *
Haul the bowline – oh, haul away tergether.
* 14 *
Haul the bowline – we’ll hang for finer weather.
* 15 *
Haul the bowline – we’ll bowl along tergether.
* 16 *
Haul the bowline – the bonnie, bonnie bowline.
* 17 *
Haul the bowline – the packet is a-rollin’.
* 18 *
Haul the bowline – the long, the long-tailed bowline.
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