Ranger Kasin sings "Emma, Emma," also known as "Rolling Down the Bay to Juliana," a hauling chantey from the West Indies.
Duration: 1 minute, 51 seconds
Ranger Kasin presents “So Early in the Morning,” sometimes known as “The Sailor Loves His Bottle-O,” a chantey that was sung at the capstan, at the pumps, and at the halyard.
Duration: 1 minute, 57 seconds
Ranger Kasin performs “Leave Her, Johnny,” a chantey that was sung just before going ashore after a voyage, while pumping water out of the bilge for the last time.
Duration: 4 minutes, 9 seconds
Join Ranger Kasin in singing "Johnny Come Down to Hilo,” a capstan chantey employed while weighing anchor or hoisting sail.
Duration: 2 minutes, 5 seconds
Ranger Kasin presents "John Kanaka," a hauling chantey that's always popular with school groups visiting Hyde Street Pier.
Duration: 4 minutes, 16 seconds
Join Ranger Kasin on the choruses of "Ranzo Ray," used mostly as a halyard chantey for hauling, but also sometimes at the capstan.
Duration: 2 minutes, 14 seconds
Ranger Kasin sings the capstan chantey "Oh! California."
Duration: 2 minutes, 40 seconds
The rowing chantey “Blackbird, Get Up” has an easy chorus! You'll be joining Ranger Kasin after a couple of verses.
Duration: 2 minutes, 3 seconds
The capstan chantey “Clear Away the Track, Let the Bulgine Run,” was popular on mid-19th century clipper ships.
Duration: 2 minutes, 33 seconds
Ranger Kasin explains some of the verses before performing “Randy Dandy O.”
Duration: 3 minutes, 22 seconds
“Billy O’Shea" is an example of what is most likely a modern song, composed in the early 1960s, that has come into tradition.
Duration: 5 minutes, 2 seconds
"Goodbye, Fare-Ye-Well" helped ease the work of emptying the bilge - one of the most hated, back-breaking and monotonous jobs aboard ship.
Duration: 3 minutes, 46 seconds
“Across the Western Ocean,” a halyard chantey, was used raise and lower the yards - horizontal spars to which sails are attached.
Duration: 3 minutes, 9 seconds
"The Anglesey," used at the capstan, tells the story of a sailor who is glad to retire from going out to sea on a square-rigger.
Duration: 4 minutes, 18 seconds
