Introduction: The art of the shantyman -- Part One: Shanties telling of John's shore activities; of the gals; of booze and limejuice; shanghaiing; the lowlands family; the stormalong group; Mexico and Rio; the Sacramento and California; goodbyes and hurrahs. Part Two: Runaway choruses; young things and their mammies; the roll family; rolling rivers and rolling homes and rolling kings; fishes; the blow family; pigs--human and otherwise; the Ranzo group. Part Three: The Hilo group; gals with blue dresses and hogs-eye men; Johnnies of all kinds; the heaving group and cheerily man items; Paddy Doyle and all his relations; shanties of railroad origin and banjoes; good mornin' ladies all. Part Four: The haul familly; Rosie and roses; Susanna and polkas; girls' names; transportation and place names; men's names and professions; ships both famous and fictitious. Part five: Pot-pourri of British, American, French, German, and other foreign shanties; sweatin'-up and hand-over-hand shanties, and sing-outs; go to sea no more.