“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!
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Oh, Rosie! she’m the gal fer me, She hangs around the big levee,
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My Rosie’s a young, my Rosie’s kind, A better gal you’ll niver find.
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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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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 !
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Bien humblement j’l’ai saluée, D’un doux sourire ell’ m’a remercié.
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Mais j’ai bien vu qu’c’est charité, Car c’est une dame de qualité
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C’est la fille d’un cap’taine nantais, Un matelot ne s’ra jamais.
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Pour nous sont les garces des quais, Qui vol’nt, qui mentent, qui font tuer!
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Je n’étale plus, j’vais tout larguer, J’vas faire mon trou dans la salée.
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Mat’lots, mon coeur est embrumé, Buvons quand même à sa beauté.
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Encore un coup pour étarquer, Hisse le grand foc, tout est payé!
“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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“Eliza Lee” also known as “Clear The Track Let The Bulgine Run”, is another song with the word “bulgine”. This is capstan shanty, it has almost the same tune as an Irish folk song “Shule Agra”, but the refrains have definitely Negro influence. The song is a typical mixture of Irish and Negro sentiments and is one of the so many shanties that passed through the shanty mart of Mobile. This song will be reconstructed as the halyard shanty.
The source of this sea shanty
The music: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 345). The lyrics: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 345, 346).
The Record of the Eliza Lee
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Eliza Lee
Oooh! the smartest packet ye can find, – Ah ho! way ho! are ye mos’ done? Is the ol’ “Wild Cat” of the Swallow Tail line, – Soo! clear the track an’ let the bulgine run!
– Timme high rig-a-jig in a jauntin’ car, – Ah ho! way ho! are ye mos’ done? – Wid Eliza Lee all on my knees, – Soo! clear the track an’ let the bulgine run!
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Oooh, the ol’ Wild Cat of the Swallowtail Line, She’s never a day behind her time,
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Oooh, we’re outward bound for New York town, Them Bowery gals we’ll waltz around.
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When we’re stowed our freight at the West Street Pier, We’ll be homeward bound to our Liverpool beer.
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Oooh, them Bowery gals will give us fun, Chatham Street dives is home from home.
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Oooh, the gals are walkin’ on the pier, Let’s all go ashore an’ have some beer.
* 7 *
Oooh, them gals are walkin’ on the strand, Oh, heave a pawl, oh, bear a hand.
* 8 *
Oooh, wake her, shake her afore we’re done, Oh, wake thst gal wid the blue dress on.
* 9 *
When we all gits back to Liverpool town, I’ll stand ye whiskies all around.
* 10 *
Oooh, in Liverpool town them gals hang round, An’ there me Liza will be found.
* 11 *
Oooh, when I gits home across the sea, Eliza, will you marry me?
Interesting Facts about the Clear The Track Let The Bulgine Run – Whall
“Clear The Track Let The Bulgine Run” is another song with the word “bulgine”. This is capstan shanty, it has almost the same tune as an Irish folk song “Shule Agra”, but the refrains have definitely Negro influence. The song is a typical mixture of Irish and Negro sentiments and is one of the so many shanties that passed through the shanty mart of Mobile. Whall says it was a minstrel ditty, and so far as the version is concerned, he is correct. Stan Hugill does not give us original music, which as he says is very similar to his version, however, I will use original Whall music notation. This song will be reconstructed as the halyard shanty.
The source of this sea shanty
The music: “Songs and Shanties” Collected by William Boultbee Whall (1927) 6th edition. The lyrics: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 344).
The Record of the Clear The Track Let The Bulgine Run – Whall
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Clear The Track Let The Bulgine Run – Whall
Oh, the world was made in six days and ended on the seventh, – Ah he, ah ho, are ye mos’ done? But accordin’ to de contract it ought of been eleven, – So clear de track, let the bulgine run.
– To my hi-rig-a-jig in a low back car, – Ah he, ah ho, are you most done? – Hurrah, my boys, and away we’ll go, – So clear de track, let the bulgine run.
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But the masons struck for wages and dey would not work, So dey came to de conclusion dat dey fill him up wid dirt.
* 3 *
Now Adam was de first man and Eve was de oder, And Cain he was a wicked man because he killed his brudder.
* 4 *
O ‘way down in de garden where de apples hang low, Ole Satan got the pull and de man had to go.
* 5 *
Young Joseph was de fav’rite and eat his mush whole, But his brudders sell his coat and dey put him in a hole.
* 6 *
Ole Moses licked de Pharaoh and drown him in de sea. And de chillen came along, dat land for to see.
* 7 *
Lille David was de Boss, when he finished up Goliah, But he played it potty low on de old man Uriah.
* 8 *
Ye may talk about yer yaller gals and round-de-corner Sallies, Dey couldn’t come to tea with de Queens in de forests.
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Daniel, in de den, done sleep all de night, Never mind de lion nor de tiger, not a mite.
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Jonah was a hungry man, ‘cos he eat de whale, He manage very well till he come to de tail.
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Dat’s all de fur dat de story goes, So hurry up to heaven in yo’ best suit o’ clothes.
Interesting Facts about the Run Let The Bulgine Run
Run Let The Bulgine Run is a halyard shanty which like some of the other few shanties starts its existence on the railroad. Stan Hugill informs us that Song is definitely Negro origin. Not every shanty collector gives it as the halyard shanty, Cecil Sharp gives it to us as a capstan shanty. Bulgine was an American slang term for a railway engine. This song will be reconstructed as the halyard shanty.
The source of this sea shanty
The music: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 343). The lyrics: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 343).
The Record of the Run Let The Bulgine Run
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Run Let The Bulgine Run
Oh, a bulgine once wuz a hear in’, – RUN, let the bulgine RUN! Oh, high ya! Oh aye yah! – RUN, let the bulgine RUN!
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Oh, she’s lovely up aloft an’ she’s lovely down below, – RUN, let … Oh, high … – RUN, let …
“Yeo Heave Ho!” is the shanty with a really extraordinary story. According to Stan Hugill, his shipmate G. Biemer, engaged in the West Coast of South America Nitrate Trade, the crew took a well-known Salvation Army hymn “Shine the Light” and altered it for use as a shanty. On hearing this story, the mixed crew of the German four-masted barque “Gustaw” (where Stan Hugill worked), altering Biemer’s version slightly, used it for both capstan and halyards. This song will be reconstructed as the halyard shanty.
The source of this sea shanty
The music: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 318). The lyrics: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 318).
The Record of the So Heave Away
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So Heave Away
The “Gustav’s” landed down with grain, So HAUL away, HAUL away! The “Gustav’s” landed down with grain, So HAUL away, HAUL away!
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The “Gustav” is a fine big ship, We’re bound away on a damn long trip,
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We’ll get schnapps today if we haul away, We’ll stand all hands when we get our pay.
“Haul Er Away! B” it is the halyard song (long drag) shanty very close to “Cheerily Man”. The tune of this song according to Stan Hugill have common elements with the Jamaican song “Missy Ramgoat”, and “Hill an’ Gully Rider”. Both those songs have been featured in the film “Moby Dick”, and later spliced into the West Indian work song “Banana Boat” and turned into a “Pop” song. This version, also West Indies, part of this song appears in the Francis Allyn Olmsted book “Incidents of a Whaling Voyage” – 1840, so it appears to be fairly old. This song will be reconstructed as the halyard (long drag) shanty.
The source of this sea shanty
The music: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 317). The lyrics: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 317).
The Record of the Haul Er Away! B
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Haul Er Away! B
Young Sally Rackett, she shipped in a packet, – HAUL ‘er away, oh, HAUL ‘er away! Horraw, hooraw for ol’ Sally Racket, – HAUL ‘er away, oh, HAUL ‘er away!
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Miss Nancy Dawson, she’s got flannel drawers on! Hooraw, horraw for ol’ Nancy Dawson,
* 3 *
Little Miss Muffet, she sat on a tuffet. Hooraw, horraw for ol’ Miss Muffet,
* 4 *
Nancy Fernaner, she married a barber. Hooraw, horraw for ol’ Nancy Fernaner,
* 5 *
Sussy Skinner, she sure is a winner. Hooraw, horraw for ol’ Sussy Skinner,
* 6 *
Young Kitty Carson ran off with a parson. Hooraw, horraw for ol’ Kitty Carson,
* 7 *
Ol’ Missus Ducket, she lived in a bucket. Hooraw, horraw for ol’ Missus Ducket,
* 8 *
Betsy Baker, she married a Quaker. Hooraw, horraw for ol’ Betsy Baker,
* 9 *
Polly Riddle, she broke her new fiddle. Hooraw, horraw for ol’ Polly Riddle,
* 10 *
Little Miss Walker’s a hell o’ a talker. Hooraw, horraw for ol’ Miss Walker,
* 11 *
We all love the gals, oh, rouse an’ shake ‘er, Hooraw, horraw for the gals o’ Jamaicker!
“Haul Er Away! A” it is the halyard song (long drag) shanty very close to “Cheerily Man”. Under the title of “Sally Rackett” was well served as a cargo-working song among the timber stowers of Quebec and elsewhere. This song is of West Indian origin, hailing either from Barbados or Jamaica. Stan Hugill learned this beautiful song from Harding Barbadian from Barbados. This song will be reconstructed as the halyard (long drag) shanty.
The source of this sea shanty
The music: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 316). The lyrics: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 316, 317).
The Record of the Haul Er Away! A
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Haul Er Away! A
Little Nancy Dawson, – Haul’ er away! She’s got flannel drawers on, – Haul’ er away! So sez our ol’ Bosun, – Haul’ er away! Wid a hauley high-O! – Haul’ er away!
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Little Sally Rackett, She shipped in a packet, An’she never did regret it, Wid a Hauley high-O!
* 3 *
Little Betty Baker Ran off wid a Quaker, Guess her Mum could shake ‘er, Wid a hauley …
* 4 *
Little Susie Skinner Sez she’s a beginner, But prefers it to ‘er dinner.
* 5 *
Little Flo Fanana Slipped on a banana, Now she can’t play the pianner.
* 6 *
Little Rose Riddle Broke her brand new fiddle, Got a hole right in the middle.
* 7 *
Little Polly Walker Ran offf with a hawker, Oh, he was a corker.
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Little Kitty Karson Ran off with a parson, Now sh’s got a little parson.
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Little Dolly Duckett Washes in a bucket, She’s tart but doesn’t look it.
“Cheerily Man – Sharp” version from “English Folk Chanteys” by Cecil Sharp, and it is a halyard shanty (originally in Sharp’s book “Pulling Chantey”), it is probably the most primitive, and one of the oldest of all these heaving and hauling songs of the sea. This Sharp version is interesting in terms of having only three solos and three refrains. Unfortunately Sharp gives us only one verse of this beautiful song. Song was sung to Cecil Sharp by Mr. John Short, at Watched. Mr. Short says to Sharp, that was the first chantey he learned and he thought it must have been the “first chantey ever invented”. This song will be reconstructed as the halyard long haul shanty.
The source of this sea shanty
The music: “English Folk Chanteys” by Cecil Sharp (1914) (1st ed: p 50). The lyrics: English Folk Chanteys” by Cecil Sharp (1914) (1st ed: p 50). Mentioned in: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 315).
The Record of the Cheerily Man – Sharp
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Cheerily Man
O………. o ly i o – Cheerily man! Walk him up o…………, – Cheerily man! O………. o ly i o, O………. o ly i o, – Cheerily man!
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