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The Banks of the Little Auplaine [2 tracks]
First Line: One evening in June as I rambled
Heenan and Sayers
First Line: It was in merry England, the home of Johnnie Bull
The Clipper Ship "Dreadnaught"
Summary: A song describing a run on the "Dreadnaught" from Liverpool to New York. Most of the song is a catalog of places the ship visits
Shanty Boy
First Line: As I walked out one evening just as the sun went down
Shanty Man’s Life
Summary: The singer lists the negatives of life working in a lumber camp and on a log drive including the absense of women and alcohol. He vows to quit this line of work and get married.
As I Rode Down Through Irishtown
First Line: As I rode down through Irishtown one evening last July
Banks of the Nile
First Line: Hark! hark! the drums are beating, my love, I must away
Bold Daniel
First Line: It was on the fourteenth day of January
Jack Rogers
First Line: Come, all you tender Christians, I hope you will lend ear
Jerry Go Oil the Car [2 tracks]
First Line: Come, all you railroad section hands, I hope you will draw near