A-Rolling Down the River (The Saucy Arabella) — Shanty. "Arabella set her main top-s'l (x3) ... a rollin' down the river." Vers… A-Rovin' — In this cautionary tale, a sailor meets an Amsterdam maid, fondles portions of … Aboard the Henry Clay — Capstan shanty. Verses tell of a "lime-juice jay" that got drunk and went into … According to the Act — The song details shipboard life, and how conditions are kept tolerable, for "Th… Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy — "Adieu sweet lovely Nancy, ten thousand times adieu." The sailor must go over t… The Alert — Alert completes its outward course. Homeward bound, on passing through Gibralta… The Alfred D Snow — Alfred D Snow is bound from San Francisco to Liverpool with a cargo of grain. T… All Things Are Quite Silent — The singer's lover is taken from their bed by a pressgang; she begs them to spa… Alone on the Shamrock Shore (Shamrock Shore III) — The singer married a sailor/soldier and now wanders disowned by her parents, "A… Along the Lowlands — No plot; verses compare large and small ships, and sailing close and far from s…