equally pleasing song resounded through the hatchway while the cargo was stowing. We'll haul the bowline so early in the morning; (Chorus.) We'll haul the bowline, the bowline haul! [w/ musical score] "Rosa," another "pulling-song," undoubtedly of negro origin, was a favorite of mine. So, BOWLINE and COAL BLACK ROSE mentioned for the first time. The melody is different than the one supplied by Hugill. // "Pulling-songs" should have but one chorus, while windlass-songs invariably have two. One of the widest-known and most melodious of all windlass-songs is " Shanandore." This is also of negro origin: as now sung, the wording is changed almost entirely, but the original air remains. For seven long years I courted Sally. Hurrah, you rollin' river! I courted Sally down in yon valley Ah, ha! I'm bound away on the wild Missouri. [w/ music] // SHENANDOAH again. When he says "as now sung," I understand it to me that he believes the "Shanadore, I love your daughter" version (i.e. as opposed to a Sally Brown version) is the the altered form, which the sailors (as opposed to these stevedores) sing. // These few are enough to give an idea of sailor-songs. The Portuguese had a good voice for "shanty " singing, and his clear tones would ring out with the line of the song; while the men, catching up the air, would come in heartily on the chorus, and give a quick strong pull at the proper time. It was remarkable to see, when a