En Sjöman Älskar Havets Våg (A Sailor Loves the Ocean Waves)

Hugill claims this shanty probably originated among the seamen of Gävle, Sweden, sometime in the 1870s. His version was "sung and written down aboard the barque Chili from Gävle in 1888 by a deckhand Harold Sundholm.", as quoted in Sang Under Segel. A correspondent in the May 20, 1934 Svenska Dagbladet claims the song was composed by Ossian Limburg, a young sea captain, around 1870.


Harry Brandelius had some success with his mid-1900s rendition.