A two-volume collection edited by the musicologist Richard Runciman Terry (1865–1938), published by J. Curwen & Sons. Terry’s middle name came from his mother’s side: his grandfather was Walter Runciman (1810–1878), a Northumberland seafarer, and his uncle was Sir Walter Runciman, 1st Baron Runciman, who wrote the foreword to Part I. Part I appeared in 1921 with 30 shanties, and Part II followed in 1926 with 35 more, for a total of 65 shanties across both volumes.

Each shanty is presented with a full piano score and harmonised accompaniment by W.S. Gwynn Williams, alongside complete performance lyrics. Terry’s headnotes provide context for the practical use of each shanty at sea, making the collection valuable both as sheet music and as a source of maritime social history.

Part I (1921)

Windlass & Capstan Shanties

  1. Billy Boy
  2. Bound for the Rio Grande
  3. Good-bye, Fare Ye Well
  4. Johnny Come Down to Hilo
  5. Clear the Track, Let the Bullgine Run
  6. Lowlands Away
  7. Sally Brown
  8. Santy Anna
  9. Shenandoah
  10. Stormalong John
  11. The Hog’s-eye Man
  12. The Wild Goose Shanty
  13. We’re All Bound to Go
  14. What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor?

Halliard Shanties

  1. Blow, My Bully Boys
  2. Blow the Man Down
  3. Cheer’ly, Men
  4. Good Morning, Ladies All
  5. Hanging Johnny
  6. Hilo Somebody
  7. Oh Run, Let the Bulgine Run
  8. Reuben Ranzo
  9. The Dead Horse
  10. Tom’s Gone to Hilo
  11. Whisky Johnny
  12. Boney Was a Warrior

Fore-Sheet or Sweating-Up Shanties

  1. Johnny Boker
  2. Haul Away, Joe
  3. We’ll Haul the Bowlin’

Bunt Shanty

  1. Paddy Doyle’s Boots

Part II (1926)

Windlass & Capstan Shanties

  1. The Black Ball Line
  2. One More Day
  3. A-Roving (I)
  4. A-Roving (II)
  5. Tha Banks of Sacramento
  6. The Shaver
  7. Paddy Works on the Railway
  8. Can’t You Dance the Polka?
  9. John Brown’s Body
  10. Whoop Jamboree
  11. My Johnny
  12. The Drummer and the Cook
  13. Miss Lucy Long
  14. Do Let Me Go
  15. Blow Ye Winds of Morning
  16. Fire Down Below

Halliard Shanties

  1. Shallow Brown
  2. A Long Time Ago
  3. Won’t You Go My Way?
  4. Hilo, John Brown
  5. Roll the Cotton Down
  6. Round the Corner, Sally
  7. The Bully Boat
  8. My Tommy’s Gone Away
  9. Sing Fare You Well
  10. O Billy Riley
  11. Time for Us to Leave Her
  12. Lizer Lee
  13. A Hundred Years Ago
  14. Walk Him Along, Johnny
  15. Hilonday
  16. Stormalong
  17. So Handy, Me Gels
  18. The Sailor Likes His Bottle, O

Fore-Sheet Shanty

  1. Haul Away, Joe (II)