Oh, poor Reuben Ranzo, _Chorus._ _Ranzo_, boys, _Ranzo_! Oh, poor Reuben Ran-zo, _Ranzo_, boys, _Ranzo_! Oh, Reuben was no sailor, Chorus, and repeat with chorus. He shipped on board of a whaler, Chorus, &c. He could not do his duty, Chorus, &c. The captain was a bad man, Chorus, &c. He put him in the rigging, Chorus, &c. He gave him six and thirty, Chorus, &c. Oh, poor Reuben Ranzo. Chorus, &c. ][Music] In this song the pulls are given at the first word "Ranzo" in the chorus, sometimes at its next occurrence in addition. Of all the heroines of deck song Sally Brown's name is most frequently uttered, and a lively pull always attends it. She figures in several of these songs; one has as its chorus "Shantyman and Sally Brown." But it is used more frequently, I think, in connection with the song:-- BLOW, MY BULLY BOYS, BLOW. [Illustration: Oh, Sal-ly Brown's a bright mu-lat-to; _Chorus._ _Blow_, boys, _blow_! Oh, she drinks rum and chews to-bac-co, _Chorus._ _Blow_, my bully boys, _blow_! Oh, Sally Brown's a Creole lady, Chorus, and repeat with chorus. Oh, Sally Brown, I long to see you, Chorus, &c. Oh, Sally Brown, I'll ne'er deceive you. Chorus, &c. ][Music] It will be noticed that neither rhyme nor sentiment has much place in these songs. Each line is usually repeated twice, even if there be a rhyme impending, for the shantyman's stock must be carefully husbanded. A favorite and frequently used song, in which Bonaparte's fortunes are portrayed in a manner startling to the historian, as well as to those who may have the fortune to hear it sung at any time, is:-- JOHN FRANCOIS.[2] [Illustration: Oh, Bo-ney was a war-rior, _A-way_, hey way! Oh, Bo-ney was a war-rior, _John Fran-cois_. Oh, Boney went to Roo-shy, Chorus. Oh, Boney went to Proo-shy, Chorus. He crossed the Rocky Mountains, Chorus. He made a mistake at Waterloo, Chorus. He died at Saint Helena. Chorus. ][Music] Where Tommy actually proceeded to when he went "a high low" nobody knows, but the fact is related with continual gusto nevertheless:-- TOMMY'S GONE, A HIGH LOW. [Illustration: My Tom-my's gone and I'll go, too; _Chorus._ Hur-rah, you high low. For with-out Tom-my I can't do. _Chorus._ My _Tommy's_ gone a _high low_. My Tommy's gone on the Eastern Shore, Chorus. My Tommy's gone to Baltimore, Chorus. ][Music] A person who knows a little of geography can send Tommy around the world according to his own discretion.