“Huckleberry Hunting”
Description
Shanty. Characteristic line: "To me, Hilo, me Ranzo boy!" Boys and girls went huckleberry hunting, with the boys naturally chasing the girls. In the end a boy proposes to a girl (perhaps after seeing her garter)
Cross references
- cf. "Ranzo Ray" (floating lyrics, form of chorus)
References
- Doerflinger, p. 32, "Huckleberry Hunting" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Colcord, p. 69, "Huckleberry Hunting" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Harlow, pp. 88-89, "Hilo, My Ranzo Way" (2 texts, 1 tune)
- Hugill, pp. 249-250, "We'll Ranzo Way" (1 text, 1 tune) [AbEd, pp. 181-182]
- Sharp-EFC, XIV, p. 17, "Huckleberry Hunting" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Mackenzie 102, "The Wild Goose" (1 text, 1 tune)
- DT, (RANZORAY* -- the text here is very similar to Doerflinger's, but the tunes are so different that one wonders if they could be the same shanty)
- ADDITIONAL: Captain John Robinson, "Songs of the Chantey Man," a series published July-August 1917 in the periodical _The Bellman_ (Minneapolis, MN, 1906-1919). "Huckleberry Picking" is in Part 1, 7/14/1917.
- Roud #328
- BI, Doe032