As sung by Johnny Collins

Emma, Emma let me be Ch: Rolling down the bay to Julianna It's Emma, Emma let me be Ch: Rolling down the bay to Julianna Them windward girls they all agree That now I'm bound away to sea Them windward girls are hard to please A-pullin' on yer ol' mainsheet Why do the Judies love me so Because I don't tell all I know It's Oh Miss Emma don't you cry Goodbye me darlin' girl goodbye In the morning we do sail away Around the horn a-chasin' whale It's Oh Miss Emma fare you well You'll always be me darling girl

Additional verses from The Jovial Crew

Wish I had that girl in tow I'd tow her up to Callao Them Windward girls they all love me But now I'm bound away to sea Oh the dawning of the day Haul away an' get your pay Haul boys when she takes a roll Shake an' break her, blast your soul Sweat that yard, the mate did say One more pull an' then belay

This shanty is simple in structure and the chorus is easy to join. It was recorded by A.L. Lloyd for the 1974 album Sea Shanties where he is joined by Roy Harris, Ian Manuel, Bernard Wrigley, and Martyn Wyndham-Read on the chorus. The short liner note from the compilation album Classic A. L. Lloyd is courtesy of Mainly Norfolk:

This shanty is primitive in structure, a litany-like one liner, with a chorus on a fine descending slope. Ted Howard, a pillar of the Barry Riggers, a club of oldtime sailing ship men, recorded this for us shortly before his death in 1954. It is for halyards. “Pull on the end of Juliana,” says Ted.

It’s unclear if the song originated with/around Ted Howard or if it is considerably older.