Bunch O Roses (tune version 1)

Interesting Facts about the Bunch O Roses (tune version 1)

“Bunch O Roses (tune version 1)” halyard shanty which Stan Hugill called real “Cape Horner”, very popular in Liverpool ships, and yet overlooked by most collectors. The “Blood red roses” are related to Napoleon and the British soldiers – “Redcoats” or “Blood-red Roses” as they were called on account of the red jackets they invariably wore. This version comes from Hugill’s shipmate Harding Barbadian.
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 365).
The lyrics: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 365, 366).

The Record of the Bunch O Roses (tune version 1)

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Bunch O Roses (tune version 1) - Halyard Shanty

The musical notation

Bunch O Roses (tune version 1) - music notation

The full lyrics

Bunch O Roses (tune version 1)

Me Bonnie bunch o’ roses, o!
– COME down ye bunch o’ roses, COME down!
Time for us to roll ‘n’ go!
– COME down ye bunch o’ roses, COME down!

– Oooh, ye pinks an’ poses,
– COME down ye bunch o’ roses, COME down!
– Oooh, ye pinks an’ poses,
– COME down ye bunch o’ roses, COME down!

* 2 *

We’re bound out to Iquique Bay,
We’re bound away at the break o’ day,

* 3 *

We’re bound away around Cape Horn,
We wisht ter hell we’d niver bin born.

* 4 *

Around Cape Stiff we all must go,
Around Cape Sriff through the ice an’ snow.

* 5 *

Me boots an’ clothes are all in pawn,
An’ it’s bleedin’ draughty around Cape Horn.

* 6 *

‘Tis growl ye may but go ye must,
If ye growl too hard yer head they’ll bust.

* 7 *

The gals are waitin’ right ahead,
A long strong pull should shift the dead.

* 8 *

Them Spanish gals are pullin’ strong,
Hang down, me boys, it won’t take long.

* 9 *

Oh, rock an’ shake ‘er is the cry,
The bleedin’ topm’st sheave is dry.

* 10 *

Just one more pull an’ that’ll do,
We’re the bullies for ter kick ‘er through.

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Coal Black Rose

Interesting Facts about the Coal Black Rose

“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 - Halyard Shanty

The musical notation

Coal Black Rose - music notation

The full lyrics

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!

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Walkalong My Rosie

Interesting Facts about the Walkalong My Rosie

“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 - Halyard Shanty

The musical notation

Walkalong My Rosie - music notation

The full lyrics

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.

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Haul Away Old Fellow Away

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 - Halyard Shanty

The musical notation

Haul Away Old Fellow Away - music notation

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!

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Haul Away Boys Haul Away!

Interesting the Haul Away Boys Haul Away!

“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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Haul Away Boys Haul Away! - Halyard Shanty

The musical notation

Haul Away Boys Haul Away! - music notation

The full lyrics

Haul Away Boys Haul Away!

Oooh! Haul away for the windy weather boys,
– HAUL away boys, HAUL away!
Ooh Haul away an’ pull tergether boys,
– HAUL away boys, HAUL away!

* 2 *

Oooh! Haul away an’ let’s git goin’, boys,
Ooooh! Haul away for the merchant’s money, boys,

* 3 *

Haul away like jolly young sailor-boys,
Haul away an’ roll her over, boys.

* 4 *

Oh! God made the bees an’ the bees made the honey, boys,
And’ God sent the food, but the Divil sent the cooks, boys.

* 5 *

Oooh! God made man an’ man made money, boys,
But the Divil sent the woman for to rob us of our money, boys.

* 6 *

Oooh! We’re rollin’ down to Cuba for a load up sugar, boys,
Rollin’ down to Cuba fer to meet our Creole doudous, boys.

* 7 *

Oooh! The packet’s now rollin’ down the river, boys,
As she rolls down her tops’ls shiver, boys.

* 8 *

An’ soon we’ll be in red-hot Cuba, boys,
Oh! Haul away an’ the wind ‘ll move her, boys.

* 9 *

Soon we’ll see our bright-eyed women, boys,
Ooh! Haul an’ shake her as she rolls, boys.

* 10 *

Haul away for finer weather, boys,
Ooooh! Haul away for the better weather, boys.

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Eliza Lee

Interesting Facts about the Eliza Lee

“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 - Halyard Shanty

The musical notation

Eliza Lee - music notation

The full lyrics

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!

* 2 *

Oooh, the ol’ Wild Cat of the Swallowtail Line,
She’s never a day behind her time,

* 3 *

Oooh, we’re outward bound for New York town,
Them Bowery gals we’ll waltz around.

* 4 *

When we’re stowed our freight at the West Street Pier,
We’ll be homeward bound to our Liverpool beer.

* 5 *

Oooh, them Bowery gals will give us fun,
Chatham Street dives is home from home.

* 6 *

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?


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Clear The Track Let The Bulgine Run – Whall

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) - Halyard Shanty

The musical notation

Clear The Track Let The Bulgine Run - Whall - music notation

The full lyrics

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.

* 2 *

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.

* 9 *

Daniel, in de den, done sleep all de night,
Never mind de lion nor de tiger, not a mite.

* 10 *

Jonah was a hungry man, ‘cos he eat de whale,
He manage very well till he come to de tail.

* 11 *

Dat’s all de fur dat de story goes,
So hurry up to heaven in yo’ best suit o’ clothes.

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Run Let The Bulgine Run

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 - Halyard Shanty

The musical notation

Run Ler The Bulgine Run - music notation

The full lyrics

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!

* 2 *

Oh, she’s lovely up aloft an’ she’s lovely down below,
– RUN, let …
Oh, high …
– RUN, let …

* 3 *

She’s a dandy clipper an’ a sticker too.

* 4 *

With a dandy skipper an’ a bully crew.

* 5 *

Oh, we’ll run all night till the mornin’.

* 6 *

Oh, we’ll rock an’ roll her over.

* 7 *

Oh, we sailed all day to Mobile Bay.

* 8 *

Oh, we sailed all night across the Bight.

* 9 *

Oh, drive her, cap’ten drive her.

* 10 *

Oh, cap’ten make her ol’ nose blood.

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So Heave Away

Interesting Facts about the So Heave Away

“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 - Halyard Shanty

The musical notation

So Heave Away - music notation

The full lyrics

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!

* 2 *

The “Gustav” is a fine big ship,
We’re bound away on a damn long trip,

* 3 *

We’ll get schnapps today if we haul away,
We’ll stand all hands when we get our pay.

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Haul Er Away! B

Interesting Facts about the Haul Er Away! B

“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 - Halyard Shanty

The musical notation

Haul Er Away! B - music notation

The full lyrics

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!

* 2 *

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!

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