Merry Shanty Boys, The

DESCRIPTION: "We are a band of shanty boys, as merry as can be, No matter where we go, my boys, We're always gay and free." The men go out in the morning to cut the trees, sharpen their axes and relax in the evening, bring the logs to market, and celebrate
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1926 (Rickaby-BalladsAndSongsOfTheShantyBoy), from a nineteenth-century broadside
KEYWORDS: logger work food nonballad
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Rickaby-BalladsAndSongsOfTheShantyBoy 31, "The Merry Shanty Boys" (1 text)
Rickaby/Dykstra/Leary-PineryBoys-SongsSongcatchingInLumberjackEra 31, "The Merry Shanty Boys" (1 text)
Roud #8898
NOTES [33 words]: Rickaby-BalladsAndSongsOfTheShantyBoy prints this, but it appears to be entirely from print. And, despite his comment about its quality, it strikes me as something no shantyman would actually sing. - RBW
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