| Description |
1 score (xviii pages, 328 pages) : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Note |
Texts of the songs, with tunes supplied by the editor from various sources. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 326-328). |
| Contents |
The coast of Peru -- A prayer at the start of a voyage -- A fitting out -- The whalefish song -- The Greenland whale -- The cruise of the Dove -- The whaleman's lament -- The whalers' song -- A whaling scene -- Our old friend Coffin -- The wounded whale -- Rolling down to Old Mohee -- Diego's bold shore -- The old hulk -- The bark Gay Head -- The bark Ocean Rover -- Desolation -- The wings of a goney -- Blow ye winds -- The ship Euphrasia -- A wet sheet and a flowing sea -- Sing the flowing bowl -- Loose every sail to the breeze -- Captain James -- The topsail shivers in the wind -- The sequel to Will Watch -- The sea -- Saturday night at sea -- I was once a sailor -- Hearts of gold -- The tempest -- The can of grog -- The pirate of the isles -- The demon of the sea -- The rover of the sea -- Most beautiful -- The sea ran high -- The Ocean Queen -- The storm was loud -- Neptune -- The dauntless sailor -- The sovereign of the sea -- A life on the ocean wave -- Covent Garden -- Cupid's garden -- William Taylor -- The tarry trousers -- The captain calls all hands -- A young virgin -- The nobleman's daughter -- John Riley -- The British man-of-war -- Pretty Sally -- The banks of Glenco -- The beggarman -- Bright Phoebe -- The dark-eyed sailor -- The mantle so green -- Our ship she is lying in harbour -- The silvery tide -- The undutiful daughter -- The ship carpenter -- The pride of Kildare -- The lily of the west -- The maid on the shore -- Lovely Caroline -- The Turkish lady -- The times -- The sons of liberty -- The lass of Mowee -- The heathen dear -- The moon is brightly beaming love -- Shearing day -- Sarah Mariah Cornell -- John Brown -- The banks of the Schuylkill -- The banks of Champlain -- A new liberty song -- A song of the Nantucket ladies -- Springfield Mountain -- Blessed land of love and liberty -- Sons of worth -- John Bull's epistle -- The California song -- The captain -- The confession -- Virtuous America -- The Indian hunter -- Willie Gray -- The shepherd's daughter -- A new song -- The croppy boy -- Queen of the May -- The Sheffield 'prentice boy -- Song on courtship -- When first into this country -- O Logie O Buchan -- Aran's lonely home -- Fair Betsy -- I had a handsome fortune -- Bonaparte on St. Helena -- The bonny bunch of roses-O -- Bonaparte -- The green linnet -- One night sad and languid -- The farmer's boy -- The County of Tyrone -- In days when we went gipsying -- Rinordine -- Behind the green bush -- Reily's jailed -- The first time I saw my love -- The shepherd's lament -- Women love kissing as well as the men -- Fanny Blair -- Silvery moon -- Willie's on the dark blue sea -- The banks of Banna -- The maid of Erin -- Adieu my native land -- Angels whisper -- The bride's farewell -- The dying soldier -- Genette and Genoe -- Mary's dream -- The ocean -- Thou hast learned to love another -- We met 'twas in a crowd -- Jamie's on the stormy sea -- Adieu to Erin -- Blow high blow low -- The rose of Allendale -- The beacon light -- A new sea song -- Down Wapping -- The Bible story -- Farewell my dear Nancy -- The Turkey factor in foreign parts -- The sailor boy's song -- A sailor's trade is a roving life -- Hunter's Lane -- Fare you well -- Moll Brooks -- Nelson -- The bonnet of blue -- When I remember -- Come let us be jolly -- Ye parliaments of England -- Old horse -- An ancient riddle -- Wait for the wagon -- Prayer -- The pilot -- The Lord our God -- Row on -- The recruiting sargeant -- The post below -- A love song in the year 1769 -- Elegy on the death of a mad dog -- A charming fellow -- The wreath -- I can not call her mother -- The village born beauty -- As I grow old -- Norah darling -- The sailor's farewell -- Terrible Polly -- The wide world of waters -- Song of Solomon's Temple -- Poll and Sal -- The keyhole in the door -- The sandshark -- Billy O'Rourke -- Now we steer our course for home. |
| Subject |
Whaling -- Songs and music.
|
|
Sea songs.
|
| Added Author |
Huntington, Gale. Editor.
|
| Other Form: |
Online version: Songs the whalemen sang. Barre, Mass. : Barre Publishers, 1964 (OCoLC)555617174 |
|
Online version: Songs the whalemen sang. Barre, Mass. : Barre Publishers, 1964 (OCoLC)607666089 |
|
