The usual English song for hauling the bowline ? Haul the bowline, The captain he is growling ? Haul the bowline, The bowline haul! was sung with offensive application by the sailors sweating and half naked in the sun, who hauled the bowline and spread the topsail. During the heavy haul wherewith they at last got the huge anchor up on the bow, the mate had shouted and encouraged them: "Take ? my men ? hold ? haul!" but the closing words of the song ? Oh, haul in ? oh-e-oh! Cheer, my men! were uttered with a derisive howl. I suppose BOWLINE is being used to haul forward a tack. And CHEERLY is again being used for catting anchor. The SHENANDOAH and HEAVE AWAY samples compare well with the lyrics given in "The Riverside Magazine for Young People" Apr., 1868, cited earlier by Lighter. I don't know who wrote that piece, but, chances are, if Scudder did not, then he has culled his chanties from there. Scudder was the editor of that children's magazine, so these are probably being rehashed. Perhaps Lighter will mention what some of the other chanties were in The Riverside Magazine -- they may match others in this story by Scudder. Here is an interesting version of "Shenandoah" from UNDER THE NORTHERN LIGHTS, 1876, by Januarius Aloysious MacGahan. He is on the ship "Pandora" and sailing in Artic waters. They are at the capstan, hoisting anchor. Here are the verses he gives: The verses are