Interesting Facts about the Hilonday
“Hilonday” shanty used at halyards. according to Stan Hugill especially suits for t’gallant sails. The “Hilonday” or as it might well be written “Highland Day”. The version, you see here comes from Harding Barbadian, so we can guess it should be a lot of hitches and yelps.
I will reconstruct this song as the halyard shanty.
The source of the Hilonday
The music: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed p 448).
The lyrics: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed p 448).
The Record of this sea shanty
You also can find this record on my YouTube channel here or directly listen below. Additionally, if you want to share your opinion about the record or share your opinion you can do it in my Facebook forum here, or leave a comment at the bottom of this blog article.
The musical notation

The full lyrics
Hilonday
Oh! Boney wuz a warrior;
– Ah HILONday!
Rise me up, my yaller, yaller gals,
– Ah HILONday!
* 2 *
Boney beat the Prussians
* 3 *
Boney went to school inFrance
* 4 *
Oh, Boney marched to Moscow
* 5 *
Boney wuz a Frenchyman
* 6 *
So he retreated back agen
* 7 *
Boney went to Elbow
* 8 *
He beat the Prussians squarely
* 9 *
We licked him in Trafalgar’s Bay
* 10 *
‘Twas on the Plains of Waterloo
* 11 *
Boney marched to Waterloo
* 12 *
He met the duke of Wellington
* 13 *
Boney went a-crusin’
* 14 *
Boney went to Saint Helen’
* 15 *
They sent him into exile
* 16 *
Boney broke his heart an’ died
* 16 *
He wuz a rorty general