Yeo Heave Ho!

DESCRIPTION: Capstan shanty. "Yeo heave ho! Round th' capstan go. Heave, men, with a will. Tramp an' tramp it still. The Anchor must be weighed (x2). Yeo heave ho! Yeo heave ho!" Similarly, "Yeo heave ho, cheerily we go." "...Raise her from below"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1888 (L.A. Smith, _Music of the Waters_)
KEYWORDS: shanty ship
FOUND IN: Britain US
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Hugill-ShantiesFromTheSevenSeas, pp. 318-319, "Yeo Heave Ho!" (1 text plus a fragment, 1 tune) [AbEd, p. 240]
Fireside-Book-of-Folk-Songs, p. 134, "Yeo, Heave Ho!" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #13269
NOTES [43 words]: Given its inclusion in "Music of the Waters" and, according to Hugill-ShantiesFromTheSevenSeas, its form and tune, this may be one of the earliest examples of a capstan shanty, and may also be the sing-out referred to in Dana's Two Years Before the Mast. - SL
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