The Big Maquoketa — "We was boomin' down the old Miss'ip', One splugeous summer day, When the old m… Bill Wiseman — "Oh Bill rode out one morning just at the break of day; He said he was sure of … The Black Ball Line — "I served my time on the Black Ball line, To me way-ay-ay, Rio... Hurrah for th… The Black Cook — One of three sailors, a black cook, has an idea to "rise cash." They sell his b… Blooming Mary Ann — The singier is a sailor. He courts blooming Mary Ann. Her father offers "a litt… Blow High Blow Low — "Blow high blow low let tempests tear The mainmast by the board My heart with t… Blow the Man Down — A tale of a sailor's adventures. Perhaps he serves under a difficult captain; p… Blow, Boys, Blow (I) — Shanty. Characteristic line: "Blow, boys, blow... Blow, my bully bows, blow!" O… Bobby Shaftoe — "Bobby Shaftoe's gone to sea, Silver buckles on his knee, He'll come back and m… The Bold Benjamin — Admiral Cole sails for Spain on the Benjamin with five hundred men, to gain sil…