good theory, and the only fault to be found with it is the fact that there is not a particle of evidence in support of it. This song departs from the usual pattern of windlass songs in having but one chorus; but that chorus is so elaborate that it fully satisfied the artistic desires of marine vocalists. First appearance of HILONDAY. Note that it is ascribed to capstan use and especially that the entire bit after "warrior" is the chorus. So, the form is diffferent from the hauling form that Hugill later describes. // The most pretentious, though not always the most meritorious, of windlass songs were those in which the second chorus was greatly extended, and made in some instances longer than all the rest of the song. // He is referring to a 'grand chorus'. // Of these there is one in which the chorus rises and swells with the crescendo of the heaving Atlantic swell. I'll sing you a song of the fish of the sea. Rolling Rio. I'll sing you a song of the fish of the sea. To my Rolling Rio Grande. Hurrah, you Rio, Rolling Rio. So fare you well, my bonny young girls, For I'm bound to the Rio Grande. // // But one sailor song has ever been tamed and made to do land service. The song of the "Railway" was caught by some negro minstrel, and with sundry improvements made to do duty as a comic song on the minstrel stage.