never to sea go more." Chorus.?Wae! Hae! Blow the man down, Give me some time to blow the man down. // Luce in 1883 had also given a Black Ball Line theme. And now Haswell's REUBEN RANZO, which Smith quotes. // "Reuben Ranzo"(a true story?), of course is given in yet another form, both as regards music and poetry; this favourite hauling chanty seems to have as many different versions as a pickpocket has aliases. The remark made by the collector on this song is worth remembering; he says, "Ranzo is suspiciously like a 'crib' from a wellknown old sea-song concerning a certain 'Lorenzo,' who also 'was no sailor.' However the versions of Reuben Ranzo may alter one salient point in each remains, and that is the fact of' his being no sailor.'" The last lines of this poem run :? "I wish I was old 'Ranzo's' son." Chorus.?Ranzo, boys, Ranzo. "I'd build a ship of a thousand ton; I'd give my sailors plenty of rum Old ' Ranzo' was a good old man, But now old 'Ranzo's ' dead and gone, And none can sing his funeral song." // "GLASGOW, Scotland, July 12th, '67. ? [Steamer Caledonia, Anchor Line, N.Y. to Glasgow] In hauling up the sails, the sailors sang to a wild old Boreas air ? this impromptu verse, which they varied indefinitely: Blow away ? blow a man down, A bonnie good mate and a captain too, A bonnie good ship and a bonnie good crew, Give