Naval Songs & Ballads - online songbook

PUBLICATIONS OF THE NAVY RECORDS SOCIETY,
edited by C. H. Firth, c1907

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The object of this volume is to bring together a collection of ballads, sea songs, and shanties illustrating the history of the British navy from the sixteenth to the middle of the nineteenth century. The ballads describe with singular vividness and realism certain aspects of maritime life, and supply a life and colour which is lacking in formal records of administration and official letters.

This is another of my scan and OCR products so please excuse the few weirdnesses you will find.

Naval Songs & Ballads, Content Index.
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or, the Sea-man's Renown - 0242 Page - 0243 Page - 0244 Neptune's Raging Fury ; or, the Gallant Seaman's Sufferings - 0245 Page - 0246 The Famous Fight at Malago - 0247 An Elegie on the Death of the Right Honourable Robert Blake, Esq - 0248 Page - 0249 Page - 0250 Page - 0251 Page - 0252 The Valiant Seaman's Congratulation to his Sacred Majesty King Charles II - 0253 England's Valour, and Holland's Terrour - 0254 Page - 0255 Song Written at Sea (' To all you Ladies now at Land - 0256 Page - 0257 The Royal Victory - 0258 Page - 0259 Page - 0260 The English Seaman's Resolution; or, the Loyall Subjects Undaunted Valour - 0261 Page - 0262 England's Tryumph, and Hollands Downfall ; or, the Second Royal Victory - 0263 Page - 0264 Page - 0265 Englands Royall Conquest - 0266 Page - 0267 Page - 0268 Holland Turn'd to Tinder ; or, England's Third Great Royal Victory - 0269 Page - 0270 Page - 0271 A New Ballad of a Famous German Prince and a Renowned English Duke - 0272 Page - 0273 Page - 0274 Page - 0275 The Second Part of the Late and Terrible Fight on St. James's Day, 1666 - 0276 Page - 0277 Page - 0278 The Dutch Damnified ; or, the Butter-Boxes Bob'd - 0279 Page - 0280 Page - 0281 A Song on the Duke's Late Glorious Success over the Dutch - 0282 News from the Coast of Spain - 0283 Page - 0284 Page - 0285 Captain Mansfield's Fight with the Turkes at Sea - 0286 Page - 0287 The Algiers Slave's Releasement ; or, the Unchangeable Boat-swain - 0288 The Benjamin's Lamentation for their Sad Loss at Sea by Storms and Tempests - 0289 Page - 0290 Page - 0291 The Treachery of the Spaniards of Porto Rico to the Dartmouth Frigot and her Company - 0292 Page - 0293 Page - 0294 The Golden Voyage ; or, the Prosperous Arrival of the James and Mary - 0295 Page - 0296 The Boatswain's Call ; or, the Couragious Marriner's Invitation - 0297 Page - 0298 The Undaunted Seaman - 0299 Page - 0300 The Sea-Man's Adieu to his Dear - 0301 Page - 0302 Page - 0303 The Maidens' Frolick - 0304 Page - 0305 The Couragious Commander - 0306 Page - 0307 The Seamen's Victory ; or, Admiral Killegrew's Glorious Conquest over the French Fleet - 0308 Page - 0309 Torringtonia ; or, a New Copy of Verses on the Late Sea Engagement - 0310 Page - 0311 England's Triumph at Sea (1691) - 0312 England's Great Loss by a Storm of Wind - 0313 Naval Warfare of 1692 - 0314 Page - 0315 Page - 0316 The Royal Triumph ; or, the Unspeakable Joy of the Three Kingdoms - 0317 Page - 0318 Admiral Russell's Scowering the French Fleet - 0319 A Merry New Ballad on the Great Victory over the French Fleet - 0320 Page - 0321 Page - 0322 Page - 0323 Page - 0324 The Valiant Seamen's Courage - 0325 England's Glory in the Behaviour of Brave Killeygrove - 0326 Page - 0327 An Excellent Song, Call'd The Frighted French ; or, Russel Scouring the Seas - 0328 The Caesar's Victory - 0329 Page - 0330 A Copy of Verses, composed by Captain Henry Every - 0331 Page - 0332 Villany Rewarded; or, The Pirate's Last Farewel to the World - 0333 Captain Kid's Farewel to the Seas ; or, The Famous Pirate's Lament - 0334 Page - 0335 Page - 0336 A Satyr on the Sea-Officers - 0337 Page - 0338 Page - 0339 The Sea-Martyrs ; or, The Seamen's Sad Lamentation for their Faithful Service - 0340 Page - 0341 Page - 0342 Advice to Young Maidens in Chusing of Husbands - 0343 Page - 0344 The Seamen's Wives' Vindication - 0345 Billy the Midshipman's Welcome Home - 0346 Page - 0347 Admiral Benbow - 0348 The Death of Admiral Benbow - 0349 Page - 0350 The Sailors Account of the Action at Vigo - 0351 Page - 0352 On the Sea Fight between Sir G. R. and Toulouse, 1704 - 0353 The Sailor's Tragedy; or, The Last Farewel of Captain Smith - 0354 Page - 0355 The Valliant Admiral ; or, The Wonderful Success of Sir John Leake - 0356 Page - 0357 The Sea-Fight ; or, The French Prize Taken - 0358 Page - 0359 The Loss of the Edgar - 0360 Page - 0361 The Sailor's Complaint - 0362 Fair Sally Lov'd a Bonny Sailor - 0363 'How Pleasant a Sailor's Life Passes' - 0364 The Boatswain's Whistle - 0365 The Downfall of Piracy - 0366 Page - 0367 Admiral Cavendish's Distress on Board the Canterbury - 0368 Page - 0369 The Pacifick Fleet - 0370 Page - 0371 The English Sailor's Resolution to Fight the Spaniards - 0372 Page - 0373 England's Glory in the Declaration of War - 0374 The Taking of the Princissa - 0375 Page - 0376 English Courage Display'd; or, Brave News from Admiral Vernon - 0377 Page - 0378 Hosier's Ghost - 0379 Page - 0380 Vernon's Glory ; or, The Spaniards' Defeat - 0381 Page - 0382 Page - 0383 The Saphirah (sic) in Triumph ; or, British Valor Display'd - 0384 Page - 0385 Admiral Matthews' Engagement against the Combined Fleets of France and Spain - 0386 A New Song in Praise of Brave Captain Hornsby - 0387 Page - 0388 Captain Cobb's Bravery - 0389 The Princess Royal's Escape from the Goodwin Sands - 0390 Page - 0391 Page - 0392 The Loss of the Victory Man-of-War - 0393 England's Glory ; or, The French King Stripped - 0394 The Lucky Sailor; or The Sailor's Invitation to go with Admiral Anson - 0395 - 0396 Tit for Tat: A Sea Kick for a Land Cuff - 0397 Page - 0398 A New Song on Admiral Knowls taking Port Louis - 0399 A New Song sung by Hannah Snell, alias James Gray - 0400 The Lightermans Prentice Prest and Sent to Sea - 0401 - 0402 Britain's Resolution to Fight the French - 0403 The Terrible Privateer - 0404 Captain Death - 0405 A New Song (on Blakeney and Byng) - 0406 The Letter of a Certain Admiral - 0407 Page - 0408 A Rueful Story : Admiral B------g's Glory ; or, Who Run Away First - 0409 Admiral Byng and Brave West - 0410 A New Song Written ori the Isle of Aix - 0411 Bold Sawyer - 0412 Page - 0413 Captain Bartons Distress on Board the Lichfield - 0414 Page - 0415 Gilchrist and Hotham's Bravery - 0416 Hawke's Engagement - 0417 Neptune's Resignation - 0418 Page - 0419 Hearts of Oak - 0420 Page - 0421 A New Song on the Gallant Behaviour of Captain O'Brian and Captain Taylor - 0422 A New Song on the Taking of Havannah - 0423 Page - 0424 Lord Anson and Hawke - 0425 A New Song on the Blandford Privateer - 0426 The Sailors' Dialogue - 0427 Distressed Men of War - 0428 Page - 0429 The Sailor's Complaint - 0430 The Sailor's Garland ; or, The Ticket Buyer's Lamentation - 0431 Page - 0432 The Baylor's Complaint; or, The True Character of the Purser of a Ship - 0433 The Sailor's Resolution to Fight the Spaniards - 0434 Jack Tar - 0435 The Jolly Sailor's True Description of a Man-of-War - 0436 Page - 0437 Page - 0438 New Sea Song (' Our boatswain calls out for his bold British heroes') - 0439 The Humours of the Royal Billy - 0440 Page - 0441 Page - 0442 The Dolphin's Return - 0443 The Brags of Washington - 0444 On the Late Engagement in Charles Town River - 0445 Sullivan's Island - 0446 The Cruisers - 0447 On Board of the Arethusa - 0448 An Excellent New Song Composed by Eighteen Greenlandmen - 0449 Page - 0450 Page - 0451 Admiral Keppel Triumphant; or, Monsieurs in the Suds - 0452 A New Song (' Come, all ye valiant seamen that plough the raging main') - 0453 Page - 0454 A New Song in Praise of Admiral Keppel's Fleet - 0455 Page - 0456 Keppel for Ever ! - 0457 A New Song on Admiral Barrington - 0458 Paul Jones.- - 0459 Captain Farmer - 0460 The Bold Blades of Old England - 0461 The Royal Sailor - 0462 Hood's Conquest over the Count de Grasse - 0463 Page - 0464 The Loss of the Centaur - 0465 A New Sea Song called The Robin Hood - 0466 A New Song on the Battle Fought between the La Nymphe and the Cleopatra - 0467 The Downfall of the French Fleet - 0468 Page - 0469 A New Song on the Sea Engagement Fought the First of June Last - 0470 A New Sea Song written by a Lieutenant of the Bellerophon - 0471 Page - 0472 Page - 0473 The Blanche Frigate - 0474 Page - 0475 The Amazon Frigate - 0476 A New Song (The Seventeen Bright Stars) - 0477 Page - 0478 The Genius of Britain - 0479 British Tars Rewarded - 0480 A New Song on Parker the Delegate - 0481 The Death of Parker - 0482 A New Song in Praise of Admiral Duncan - 0483 Page - 0484 The Engagement between the Mars and La Hercule - 0485 Verses written on board H.M.S. Astrsea - 0486 The Battle of the Nile - 0487 Page - 0488 The Arrow Sloop of War - 0489 Copenhagen - 0490 Page - 0491 Page - 0492 Page - 0493 Page - 0494 Action off Copenhagen - 0495 A New Song on Lord Nelson's Victory at Copenhagen - 0496 The Wounded Tars at the Siege of Boulogne - 0497 France CoverVi with Glory - 0498 Page - 0499 La Loire Frigate, or Yeo ! Yeo ! - 0500 Nelson's Glorious Victory at Trafalgar - 0501 The Death of Lord Nelson - 0502 Page - 0503 Admiral Strachan's Victory - 0504 The Engagement between the Amethyst and Thetis - 0505 The Attempt of Destroying the French Fleet in Basque Roads - 0506 A Copy of Verses on Jefferys the Seaman - 0507 Ye Parliament of England - 0508 The Constitution and Guerriere - 0509 Page - 0510 Shannon and Chesapeake - 0511 Battle of the Shannon and Chesapeake - 0512 The Endymion's Triumph - 0513 Page - 0514 Page - 0515 The British Tars,The Fancy Frigate - 0516 Page - 0517 Page - 0518 The Saucy Scylla - 0519 The Vanguard - 0520 Page - 0521 The Port Admiral - 0522 Page - 0523 Oh! Cruel - 0524 The Answer to Oh ! Cruel - 0525 The Female Lieutenant - 0526 Billy Taylor - 0527 Cawsand Bay - 0528 Page - 0529 k General Campbell - 0530 The Bold Adventures of Captain Ross - 0531 Page - 0532 The Capture of St. Jean d'Acre - 0533 The Borneo Heroes - 0534 The Slave Chase - 0535 The Russians Won't Come Out - 0536 Don't Forget Your Old Shipmate - 0537 Page - 0538 Notes - 0539 Page - 0540 Page - 0541 Page - 0542 Page - 0543 Page - 0544 Page - 0545 Page - 0546 Page - 0547 Page - 0548 Page - 0549 Page - 0550 Page - 0551 Page - 0552 Page - 0553 Page - 0554 Page - 0555 Page - 0556 Page - 0557 Page - 0558 Page - 0559 Page - 0560 Page - 0561 Page - 0562 Page - 0563 Page - 0564 Index of First Lines - 0565 Page - 0566 Page - 0567 Page - 0568 Page - 0569 Index of Proper Names - 0570 Page - 0571 Page - 0572 Page - 0573 Page - 0574 Page - 0575 Page - 0576 Page - 0577 Page - 0578 Page - 0579 Page - 0580 Page - 0581 Index of Ships - 0582 Page - 0583 Page - 0584 Page - 0585 Index of Tunes - 0586 Page - 0587 Page - 0589 Page - 0590 Page - 0591 Page - 0592

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