Good Mornin Ladies All B

Interesting Facts about the Good Mornin Ladies All B

“Good Mornin Ladies All B” pump shanty in this version, is the song with the line “Good Mornin Ladies All” which gives us the notion that the song is the negro origin. In many cases, this song was used by Mobile Hoosiers to work the great jackscrews for stowing cotton. The word “Heave” and “haul” together usually indicates that the song was used at the pumps. Stan Hugill took this version from unnamed West Indian Seamen.
This song will be reconstructed as the pump shanty.

The source of the Good Mornin Ladies All B

The music: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 351).
The lyrics: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 351).

The Record of this sea shanty

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Good Mornin Ladies All B - music notation

The full lyrics

Good Mornin Ladies All A

We are outward bound for Mobile Town,
– With a heave-O, haul!
An’ we’ll heave the ol’ – wheel round an’ round,
– Good mornin’, ladies all!

* 2 *

An’ when we get to Mobile town,
Oh, ’tis there we’ll drink an’ sorrow drown.

* 3 *

Them gals down south are free an’ gay,
Wid them we’ll spend our hard-earned pay.

* 4 *

We’ll swing around, we’ll have good fun,
An’ soon we’ll be back on the homeward run.

* 5 *

An’ when we get to Bristol town,
For the very last time we’ll waltz around.

* 6 *

With Pool and Meg an’ Sally too,
We’ll drink an’ dance wid a hullabaloo.

* 7 *

So a long goodbye to all you dears,
Don’t cry for us, don’t waste yer tears.

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Albertina – Glyn Davies

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Poor Paddy Works On The Railway

Poor Paddy Works On The Railway

Interesting Facts about the Poor Paddy Works On The Railway

“Poor Paddy Works On The Railway” usually used as the pump or capstan shanty “. Alden in Harpers Magazine (July 1882) declares that it is a “sailors” song tamed to do land service . . . on the minstrel stage. Stan Hugill also tells us that song was popular in the Western Ocean Packets about the time of the Irish Potato famine. This song will be reconstructed as the pump shanty.

The source of this sea shanty

The music: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 337).
The lyrics: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 337, 338).

The Record of the Poor Paddy Works On The Railway

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Poor Paddy Works On The Railway - music notation

The full lyrics

Poor Paddy Works On The Railway

Oh, in eighteen hundred an’ forty one,
Me dungaree breeches I put on,
Oh, me dungaree breeches I put on,
To work upon the railway,

– The railway,
– I,m weary of the railway,
– Oh, Poor Paddy works on the railway!

* 2 *

In eighteen hundred an’ fourty-two,
I did not know what I should do,
So I shipped away wid and Irish crew,
To work upon the railway,

* 3 *

In eighteen hundred an’ fourty-three,
I packet me gear an’ went to sea,
I shipped away to Amerikee,
To work …

* 4 *

In eighteen hundred an’ fourty-four,
I landed on Columbia’s shore,
I had a pick-axe an’ nothin’ more.

* 5 *

In eighteen hundred and forty-five,
When Dan O’Connell he wuz alive,
To break me leg I did contrive.

* 6 *

In eighteen hundred an’ fourty-six,
Me drinks no longer I could mox,
So I changed me trade to carrying bricks.

* 7 *

In eighteen hundred an’ forty-seven,
Me Children numbered jist eleven,
Of girls I’d four, of boys I’d seven.

* 8 *

In eighteen hundred an’ fourty-eight,
I made a fortune, not to late,
An’ shipped away to the River Plate.

* 9 *

In eighteen hundred an’ fourty-nine,
I for a sigh of Home did pine,
So I sailed down so uth to a warmer clime.


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Shallow Brown A (Sentimental)

Way Stormalong, John

Santiana (A)

Skonnert Albertina – Sternvall

Interesting Facts about the Albertina – Sternvall

“Albertina” a Swedish pumping shanty, it has a melody very close to the opening line of a popular wartime song: “Twas down on the Rhine I met Rosalein”. Stan Hugill gives us two versions of this shanty, this one is the version from “Sang Under Segel” by Sigurd Sternvall (1935). Sternvall in his book says the song was equally popular among all Scandinavian seamen. Probably of Norwegian origin, because always been done to sing in an imitation of the Norwegian dialect. Sternvall also says the song was always used at the capstan. I will again reconstruct this song as the pump shanty.

The source of this sea shanty

The music: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 329).
The lyrics: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 329).

The Record of the Albertina – Sternvall

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Skonnert Albertina - Sternvall - music notation

The full lyrics

Skonnert Albertina – Sternvall

Det skull byggas ett skepp uti,
Norden, Albertina skall vara skeppets namn,
– Pumpa läns!
Albertina, låt så vara, Albertina, ingen fara,
Albertina skall vara skeppets namn,
– Pumpa läns!

– Albertina, låt så vara, Albertina, ingen fara,
– Albertina skall vara skeppets namn,

– Pumpa läns!

* 2 *

Och det skeppet är allaredan lastat,
Det är lastat med bayerskt öl och vin

Det är lastat, låt så vara, Det är lastat, ingen fara,
Det är lastat med bayerskt öl och vin,

* 3 *

Men på straden står Ingrid och gråter,
Ja, hon gråter efter lilla vännen sin,
Ja, hon gråter, låt så vara, ja hon gråter, men vi fara
Ja, hon gråter efter lilla vännen sin,

* 4 *

Varje sjömans grav är redan gräven,
Den är gräven i böljorna de blå
Den är gräven, låt så vara, den är gräven, men vi fara,
Den är gräven i böljorna de blå

* 5 *

Och min gravskrift den är redan skriven,
Den är skriven på finaste latin
Den är skriven, låt så vara, den är skriven, men vi fara,
Den är skriven på finaste latin

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Heave Away Cheerily O!

Leave Her Johnny Leave Her – Pumps

Across The Rockies

Albertina – Glyn Davies

Interesting Facts about the Albertina – Glyn Davies

“Albertina” a Swedish pumping shanty, it has a melody very close to the opening line of a popular wartime song: “Twas down on the Rhine I met Rosalein”. Stan Hugill gives us two versions of this shanty, this one is the version from Professor J. Glyn Davies who gave to Stan the English translation of this song. The comment from stan Hugill says that the melody is German; shanty of Norwegian origin; taken down by J. Glyn Davies, October 1926, Uppsala. The song will be reconstructed by myself as the pump shanty.

The source of this sea shanty

The music: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 326).
The lyrics: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 326, 327).

The Record of the Albertina – Glyn Davies

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Albertina - Glyn Davies - music notation

The full lyrics

Albertina – Glyn Davies

A schooner was built on the baltic,
Albertina that was the schooner’s name,
– Pump ‘er dry!
Albertina, says the story, Albertina’s all for glory,
Albertina that was the schooner’s name,
– Pump ‘er dry!

– Albertina, says the story, Albertina’s all for glory,
– Albertina thet was the schooner’s name,

* 2 *

And the schooner is painted already,
She is painted in red and violet —

She is painted, says the story, she is painted all for glory,
She is painted in red and violet.

* 3 *

And the schooner is rigged out already,
She is rigged out with tackles and with ropes,
She is rigged out, says the story, she is rigged out all for glory,
She is rigged out with tackles and with ropes.

* 4 *

And the schooner is charted already,
She is charted from Hamubrg, homeward bound,
She is chartered, says the story, she is chartered all for glory,
She is chartered from Hamburg, homeward bound.

* 5 *

And the schooner is loaded already,
She is loaded with beer and with wine,
She is loaded, says the story, she is loaded all for glory,
She is loaded with beer and with wine.

* 6 *

And the schooner is sailing already,
She is sailing away from sight of land,
She is sailing, says the story, she is sailing for glory,
She is sailing away from sight of land.

* 7 *

And the schooner is stranded already,
She is stranded between surf and reef,
She is stranded, says the story, she is stranded all for glory,
She is stranded between the surf and reef.

* 8 *

And her headstone is written already,
It is written in Latin and in gold,
It is written, says the story, it is written all for glory,
It is written in Latin and in gold.

* 9 *

On the beach there is a maiden weeping,
She is weeping for her lover on the beach,
She is weeping, says the story, she is weeping all for glory,
She is weeping for her lover on the beach.

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Leave Her Johnny Leave Her – Pumps

Interesting Facts about the Leave Her Johnny Leave Her – Pumps

“Leave Her Johnny Leave Her – Pumps” was a shanty that was used at pumps or capstan, also sometimes used as halyard shanty. However, it was mostly not used during the voyage due to the risk of being accused of mutiny by the singers, which was quite a serious risk as it was the unwritten rule of the merchant fleet that no serious complaints aloud about the captain or the job were allowed. So, due to the lyrics of this song (many verses are unprintable), it was especially used at the end of the voyage, when the (especially wooden) ship was in port, and all that was left was the final clearing and pumping out the water from the bilge, then the sailors could complain freely and it was accepted by the captain. This reconstruction will be a pump shanty.

The source of this sea shanty

The music: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 293).
The lyrics: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 297, 298).

The Record of the Leave Her Johnny Leave Her – Pumps

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Leave Her Johnny Leave Her - Pumps - music notation

The full lyrics

Leave her Johnny Leave Her (Pumps)

Oh, a dollar a day is a Jack Sprite’s pay,
– leave her, Johnny, leave her!
To pump all night an, to work all day,
– An’ it’s time for us to leave her!

– Leave her, Johnny, leave her,
– Ooh! leave her, Johnny, leave her!
– For the winds do roar an’ we wish we wuz ashore,
– An it’s time for us to leave her!

* 2 *

Though times is hard an’ the wages low,
There’s fathom o’ water down in the hold.

* 3 *

The Old Man shouts, the pumps stand by,
Oh, we can never suck her dry.

* 4 *

Heave one more turn an’ around she goes,
Or else we’ll be kickin’ up our toes.

* 5 *

Leave her, Johnny, we can pump no more,
Of pump or down we’ve had full store.

* 6 *

It’s pump or drown, the Old Man said,
Or else damn soon ye’ll all be dead.

* 7 *

Heave around or we shall drown,
Hey! don’t yiz feel her settlin’ down?

* 8 *

Heave around them pump-bowls bright,
There’ll be no sleep for us this night.

* 9 *

The rats have gone an’ we, the crew,
It’s time be damned that we went too.

* 10 *

Oh, pump away in merry, merry strife,
Oh, heave away for to save dear life.

* 11 *

Oh, pump her out from down below,
Oh, pump her out an’ away we’ll go.

* 12 *

The starboard pump is like the crew,
It’s all worn out an’ will not do.

* 13 *

Leave her, Johnny, we can pump no more,
It’s time we wuz upon dry shore.

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John come tell us as we haul away

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Across The Rockies

Across The Rockies

Interesting Facts about the Across The Rockies

Here is probably one of the development stages for the very famous shanty “Leave her, Johnny, Leave here”, the “Across The Rockies”. The places where this shanty can be sung were various depending on time, so in the beginning was serve as the hauling shanty, mainly for halyards, and when the grand chorus was added later used mainly at the pumps and even capstan. Stan Hugill partially learned it from his mother’s father and partially from an Irish sailor, both used the final chorus. His suppositions carry over the theory that the song came to life about the time of the Irish potato famine, in the forties of the nineteenth century. This reconstruction will be sung as a pump shanty.

The source of this sea shanty

The music: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 292).
The lyrics: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 292).

The Record of the Across The Rockies

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Across The Rockies -music notation

The full lyrics

Across The Rockies

Oh, a young girl said to me one day,
– A YOUNG gal goes a-WEEPin’,
I’ve got no money an’ I can’t get home,
– ACROSS the Rocky MOUNtains!

* 2 *

Oh, what shall we poor shellbacks do?
We’ve got no money and we can’t get home,

* 3 *

I thought I heard the Ol’ Man say,
If ye git no money, oh, ye’ll niver git home.

* 4 *

Oh, my poor ol’ mother she wrote to me,
She wrote to me to come home from sea.

* 5 *

Oh, I’ve got no money an’ I’ve got no clothes,
I’ve joined a bunch of though hoboes.

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John come tell us as we haul away

Interesting Facts about John come tell us as we haul away

“John come tell us as we haul away” is another shanty with “Johnny” in text, often sung at pumps. Stan Hugill tells us a bit more about what kind of pump he talks about it:
“when the word ‘pump’ would be substituted for the word ‘haul’, although in the more modern flywheel type of pump where a bell-rope was used both words were equally appropriate.”

Also, Stan Hugill tells us that this is one of not too many shanties that had two singers for the solo lines.

The source of this sea shanty

The music: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 287).
The lyrics: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 287, 288).

The Record of the John come tell us as we haul away

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John come tell us as we haul away - music notation

The full lyrics

John come tell us as we haul away

From Liverpool Town we sailed away,
– John, come tell us as we haul away!
Outward bound at the break of day,
– John, come tell us as we haul away!
Aye, aye, haul, aye,
– John, come tell us as we haul away!

* 2 * – First Shantyman:

Wuz ye never down in Mobile Bay?
– John, come_tell us as we haul away!
A-screwin’ cotton all the day,
– John, come_tell us as we haul away!
Aye, aye, haul, aye,
– John, come_tell us as we haul away!

* 3 * – Second Shantyman:

Oh, yes, I’ve bin down Mobile Bay,
– So he tells us as we haul away!
A-screwin’ cotton all the day,
– So he tells us as we haul away!
Aye, aye, haul, aye,
– So he tells us as we haul away!

* 4 * – First Shantyman:

What did yer see down in Mobile Bay?
– John, come_tell us as we haul away!
Were the gals all free an’ gay?
– John, come_tell us as we haul away!
Aye, aye, haul, aye,
– John, come_tell us as we haul away!

* 5 * – Second Shantyman:

Oh this I saw in Mobile Bay,
– So he tells us as we haul away!
A spankin’ gal in a hammock lay,
– So he tells us as we haul away!
Aye, aye, haul, aye,
– So he tells us as we haul away!

* 6 * – First Shantyman:

An’ this flash gal wuz Saucy May,
– John, come_tell us as we haul away!
She wuz tall an’ fine an’ had lots to say.
– John, come_tell us as we haul away!
Aye, aye, haul, aye,
– John, come_tell us as we haul away!

* 7 * – Second Shantyman:

An’ what did yer do in Mobile Bay?
– John, come_tell us as we haul away!
Did yiz give that flash tart all yer pay?
– John, come_tell us as we haul away!
Aye, aye, haul, aye,
– John, come_tell us as we haul away!

* 8 * – First Shantyman:

Oh, this I did in Mobile Bay,
– So he tells us as we haul away!
I courted this gal whose name was May,
– So he tells us as we haul away!
Aye, aye, haul, aye,
– So he tells us as we haul away!

* 9 * – Second Shantyman:

I married her in Mobile Bay,
– So he tells us as we haul away!
An’ lived there happy many a day,
– So he tells us as we haul away!
Aye, aye, haul, aye,
– So he tells us as we haul away!

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The Ox-eyed Man (Davis & Tozer)

Interesting Facts about The Ox-eyed Man

“The Ox-eyed Man” is a song that comes from Sailors’ songs or “chanties” by Frederick J Davis and Ferris Tozer (3rd Edition, p 82) – (1906). Ferris & Tozer’s book was assigned to categories “Songs for pumping the ship out”, which clearly tells us it is a pump shanty.

The source of The Ox-eyed Man

The music: Sailors’ songs or “chanties” by Frederick J Davis and Ferris Tozer (3rd Edition, p 82) – (1906)
The lyrics: Sailors’ songs or “chanties” by Frederick J Davis and Ferris Tozer (3rd Edition, p 82) – (1906)
Mentioned in: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 269).

The Record of this sea shanty

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The full lyrics

The Ox-eyed Man

The ox-eyed man is the man for me,
He came a – sailing from o’er the sea,
– Heigh – ho for the ox – eyed man.

* 2 *

Oh May in the garden a shelling her peas,
And birds singing gaily among the trees,
– Heigh – ho for the ox – eyed man.

* 3 *

Oh, May looked up and she saw her fate
In the ox-eyed man passing by the gate
– Heigh – ho for the ox – eyed man.

* 4 *

Oh, May in the garden a-shelling her peas,
Smil’d on the stranger who’d come o’er the seas
– Heigh – ho for the ox – eyed man.

* 5 *

The ox-eyed man gave a fond look of love,
And charmed May’s heart which was pure as a dove.
– Heigh – ho for the ox – eyed man.

* 6 *

Oh, May in the parlour a-sitting on his knee,
And kissing the sailor who’d come o’er the sea.
– Heigh – ho for the ox – eyed man.

* 7 *

Oh, May in the garden a shelling her peas,
Now weeps for the sailor who sail’d o’er the seas.
– Heigh – ho for the ox – eyed man.

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So Early In The Morning (A)

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So Early In The Morning (C)

The Girl With The Blue Dress (Davis & Tozer)

Interesting Facts about The Girl With The Blue Dress (Davis & Tozer)

As Frederick J Davis and Ferris Tozer mentioned in their book “The Girl With The Blue Dress” was a song for “pumping the ship out”. It has slightly different music than Harding’s version, and I cannot lose the opportunity to reconstruct this song as the pumping shanty, also the text is different than Harding’s Barbadian version.

The source of this sea shanty

The music: Sailors’ songs or “chanties” by Frederick J Davis and Ferris Tozer (3rd Edition) – (1906)
The lyrics: Sailors’ songs or “chanties” by Frederick J Davis and Ferris Tozer (3rd Edition) – (1906)
Mentioned in: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 267).

The Record of this sea shanty

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The Girl With The Blue Dress (Davis & Tozer) - music notation

The full lyrics

The Girl With The Blue Dress (Davis & Tozer)

A girl asleep with a blue dress on,
– SHAKE her, Johnnie, SHAKE her.
An unsafe couch she’s resting on,
– SHAKE her, and so WAKE her.

* 2 *

Storm clouds are gath’ring on our lee,
And soon aback our sail may be,

* 3 *

She may be drenched with salt sea spray.
So go and rouse her quick I say.

* 4 *

White caps are dancing upon the sea,
Run quick, or else to late you’ll be,

* 5 *

She’s lying asleep there on the deck,
No thought of sea, or gale, or wreck.

* 6 *

A girl asleep with a blue dress on,
An unsafe couch she’s resting on,

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So Early In The Morning (A)

So Early In The Morning (B)

The Lowlands Low (B)

Shallow Brown C

Interesting Facts about the Shallow Brown C

Shallow Brown A is a usual version of the general family of the shanties called “Shallow Brown”. At the beginning life of this song, it was used as a pump shanty. As the age of sails progressed, in the late days this song was usually sung at halyards. This version comes from Frederick J Davis; Ferris Tozer – Sailors’ songs or “chanties” (3rd Edition) – (1906). On Page 80 we can find the mentioned song. Also worth mentioning is that this song is in chapter “Songs for pumping the ship out”, so
I will reconstruct this song as a pump shanty.

The source of this sea shanty

The music: “Shanties from the Seven Seas” by Stan Hugill (1st ed: p 259).
The lyrics: Sailors’ songs or “chanties” by Frederick J Davis; Ferris Tozer (3rd Edition, 1906).

The Record of the Shallow Brown C

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Shallow Brown C - music notation

The full lyrics

Shallow Brown C

Come get my clothes in order,
– Shallow, Shallow Brown!
I’m off across the border.
– Shallow, Shallow Brown!

* 2 *

My ship will sails to-morrow,
I’ll leave you without sorrow.

* 3 *

Once you were like a fairy,
But now are the contrary.

* 4 *

For you are cross and lazy,
And soon would drive me crazy.

* 5 *

The packet sails to-morrow,
I’ll leave you without sorrow.

* 6 *

Come get my clothes in order,
I,m off across the border.

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