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The Black Ball Line
— "I served my time on the Black Ball line, To me way-ay-ay, Rio... Hurrah for th…
Blaser Kallt, Kallt Vader Ifran Sjon, Det (The Cold Weather's Blowin' in From the Sea)
— Swedish shanty. Sailor goes to sea at the age of 14. Sometime later meets a gir…
Blood Red Roses
— Shanty. Characteristic lines: "Come/go down, you blood red/bunch of roses, Come…
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…
The Bold Benjamin
— Admiral Cole sails for Spain on the Benjamin with five hundred men, to gain sil…
Boney
— Napoleon's story in the space of a shanty: "Boney was a warrior, Way up! A warr…
The Bosun's Story
— Walkaway (stamp and go) shanty. Exaggerated story about a whaling voyage. The c…
Bound to California
— Shanty. "Good-bye my lads good-bye, no one can tell me why. I am bound to Calif…
Brindisi Di Marinai
— Fisherman's shanty for hauling the nets, refrain "Lampabbo! Lampa!" Verses revo…