New York Girls sequenced by John Renfro DavisĢ) Pumping Shanty songs were sung during the frequent and strenuous work of pumping the water out of the bottom, or bilge of the ship.
"Oh, You New York Girls (Can't You Dance the Polka)"
The song was similar to the short-haul type, because the work required a long cycle of short and hard pulls on either fixed handles or staves which had to be repositioned after every pull.Įxamples: "Shenandoah", "Fire down Below", He frequently sat on the capstan, but so far as I can learn he more usually took up his position on or against the knightheads."ġ) Windlass shanty songs were sung during the hauling up or "weighing" of the anchor when it was fixed to a horizontally-placed, barrel-shaped tool called the windlass. For capstan shanties he usually did the same. This established the tune to which they were to supply the chorus. "For 'pull-and-haul' shanty songs, the shantyman took up his position near the workers and announced the shanty, sometimes by singing the first line. ( sheet music) Hanging Johnny sequenced by Lesley Nelson-Burns The number of pulls made during the chorus could be between one and three, depending on the weight of the sail.Įxamples: "Tom's Gone to Hilo", "Blow the Man Down." "Hanging Johnny" The men would sing the chorus during the long haul of the rope, or halyard. The Shantyman would sing or line out the verse while the men would rest and perhaps get a better grip. Long-haul (or- long drag, single-pull, halyard) shanty songs were sung during the longer jobs, such as hauling up the yardarms. ( sheet music) Haul Away, Joe sequenced by Lesley Nelson-Burns The task and the song were shorter in length than other types.Įxamples: "Johnny Boker", "Paddy Doyle", "Haul Away, Joe" Short-haul (or: short drag, double-pull, sweating up) shanty songs were sung when quicker, strenuous work like trimming the sails, raising the masthead, or pumping required quick, hard pulls. These Shanty MIDI files are generously provided by Lesley Nelson Burns and. they were used for both halliards and capstan."* Listen to Shanties A few shanties were 'interchangeable,' i.e. Capstan shanties were also used for pumping ship. The former class accompanied the setting of the sails, and the latter the weighing of the anchor, or 'warping her in' to the wharf, etc. "Shanties may be roughly divided, as regards their use, into two classes: (a) Hauling shanties, and (b) Windlass and Capstan.
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