Huckleberry Hunting

DESCRIPTION: Shanty. Characteristic line: "To me, Hilo, me Ranzo boy!" Boys and girls went huckleberry hunting, with the boys naturally chasing the girls. In the end a boy proposes to a girl (perhaps after seeing her garter)
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1917
KEYWORDS: shanty courting
FOUND IN: US(MA) Canada(Mar)
REFERENCES (10 citations):
Doerflinger-SongsOfTheSailorAndLumberman, p. 32, "Huckleberry Hunting" (1 text, 1 tune)
Colcord-SongsOfAmericanSailormen, p. 69, "Huckleberry Hunting" (1 text, 1 tune)
Harlow-ChantyingAboardAmericanShips, pp. 88-89, "Hilo, My Ranzo Way" (2 texts, 1 tune)
Hugill-ShantiesFromTheSevenSeas, pp. 249-250, "We'll Ranzo Way" (1 text, 1 tune) [AbEd, pp. 181-182]
Sharp-EnglishFolkChanteys, XIV, p. 17, "Huckleberry Hunting" (1 text, 1 tune)
Mackenzie-BalladsAndSeaSongsFromNovaScotia 102, "The Wild Goose" (1 text, 1 tune)
Terry-TheShantyBook-Part1, #12, "The Wild Goose Shanty" (1 text, 1 tune)
Kinsey-SongsOfTheSea, pp. 77-78, "The Wild Goose Shanty" (1 text, 1 tune)
DT, (RANZORAY* -- the text here is very similar to Doerflinger-SongsOfTheSailorAndLumberman's, but the tunes are so different that one wonders if they could be the same shanty)
ADDITIONAL: Captain John Robinson, "Songs of the Chantey Man," a series published July-August 1917 in the periodical _The Bellman_ (Minneapolis, MN, 1906-1919). "Huckleberry Picking" is in Part 1, 7/14/1917.
Roud #328
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Ranzo Ray" (floating lyrics, form of chorus)
ALTERNATE TITLES:
Sing Hilo, Me Ranzo Ray
File: Doe032

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