Song Book
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Like Chinese Whispers, the words to these songs have changed through time. There is generally no definitive set of words for any shanty. These are the versions prefered by the Whalers.
A
According to the Act
A Hundred Years Ago
All for me grog
A Roving
Away Haul Away
B
Barrett's Privateers
Blood Red Roses
Blow the Man Down
Bold Riley
Boney was a Warrior
Boston Harbour
Botany Bay
Bring 'em Down
Bully in the Alley
C
Chicken on a Raft
Clear the Track (Bulgine run)
Comrades Farewell
D
Dead Horse Shanty
Dogger Bank
Donkey Riding
Drunken Sailor
E
Essequibo River
F
Fire Merengo
G
General Taylor
Goodbye Fare Thee Well
H
Hanging Johnny
Hard on the Beach Oar
Haul Away Joe
Haul Boys Haul
Haul 'er Away
Haul on the Bowline
Heave Away Me Johnnies
Heaven's A Bar
How Pleasant and Delightful
I
Icy Achers
J
John Kanakanaka
Johnson Girls
L
Leave Her Johnny, Leave Her
Le Capitaine de San Malo
Light the Light Love
Liverpool Judies
Lowlands
M
Marching Inland
N
Noah's Ark Shanty
Northwest Passage
O
Old Billy Riley
Our Gallant Ship
P
Paddy Lay Back
Pay Me The Money Down
Pleasant and Delightful
Pull Down Below
R
Roll Alabama Roll
Roll the Woodpile Down
Rolling Down the River
Rosabella
Row Bullies Row
Running Down to Cuba
S
Sail Away Ladies
Sailor's Farewell Hymn
Sailor's Prayer
Sally Brown
Sammy
Saucy Sailor
Shallow Brown
Shoals of Herring
South Australia
Spanish Ladies
Stormalong
Stormy Weather Boys
Strike the Bell
T
The Coast of High Barbary
The Dreadnought
The Last Shanty
The Oxfam Man
The Sail Boat Malarkey
The Smacksman
The Wind It Can Blow
The Captains Lady
The Lifeboat Girl
Time Ashore is Over
Tom's Gone to Hilo
W
Wareahm Court Leet Song
Whip Jamboree
Wild Goose Shanty
Y
Yella Girls
Nelson & Hardy (sketch)