Ranzo Ray/The bully boat is coming

Shantyman solo
ch. Ranzo, Ranzo, hurray, hurray!
Shantyman solo
ch. Ranzo, Ranzo, ray!

La scansione ritmica è in sei ottavi, la seconda trazione è in levare

Scrivono i curatori del progetto: Un’altro shanty di Ranzo. Hugill dice che la versione di Short (Ranzo, Ranzo, Ray) era più popolare tra i marinai bianchi comparata a quella che descrive come l’altra forma (Hilo, Me Ranzo Ray).
Non siamo del tutto convinti che i due shanty siano comparabili – sembrano troppo diversi – e Short li ha cantati entrambi (vedi Huckleberry Hunting).
A parte Hugill, solo Sharp e Terry lo pubblicarono – entrambi da Short – sebbene entrambi conoscessero altre versioni (ci sono quattro versioni nel Journal of the Folk Song Society, Vol.18).
È stato suggerito da Ann Gilchrist che la melodia fosse collegata, se non l’origine di, Off To Philadelphia In The Morning. Ci sono abbastanza strofe dalla fonte Short per dire che è necessario aggiungere pochissimo al testo – solo i versi dei “canestri” per essere precisi.
Hugill ritiene che tutti gli shanty di “Ranzo” siano di origine nera e che probabilmente derivino dai rivermen che scendono a Mobile Bay.
L’uso di Short di “rodelling”, piuttosto che “rolling”, è tipico della vecchia tendenza, ancora occasionalmente osservata in alcune parti del West Country inglese, di inserire ulteriori consonanti nelle parole.
Whall osserva anche questa tendenza tra i cantori di shanty, individuando l’inserimento nelle parole con una doppia L. Short era evidentemente coerente anche nel cantare Rando piuttosto che Ranzo poiché sia ​​Sharp che Terry lo pubblicano così”

“Another of the Ranzo shanties. Hugill says that Short’s version (Ranzo, Ranzo, Ray) was more popular among white seaman compared to what he describes as the other form (Hilo, Me Ranzo Ray). 
We’re not totally convinced that the two shanties are comparable – they seem too different – and Short sang both (see Huckleberry Hunting).
Apart from Hugill, only Sharp and Terry published it – both from Short – although both knew other versions (there are four versions in the Journal of the Folk Song Society, Vol.18).  It was suggested by Ann Gilchrist that the tune was related to, if not the origin of, Off To Philadelphia In The Morning.  There are enough verses from Short sources to mean that very little needs adding to the text – just the ‘baskets’ verse to be precise.
Hugill feels that all the ‘Ranzo’ shanties are Negro in origin and probably derive from the rivermen running down to Mobile Bay. Short’s use of ‘rodelling’, rather than ‘rolling’, is typical of the old tendency, still occasionally observed in parts of the English West Country, to insert additional consonants into words.
Whall also observes this tendency among shanty singers, pinpointing the insertion into words with a double-L.  Short was also evidently consistent in singing Rando rather than Ranzo as both Sharp and Terry publish it thus”

Ooh the bully boat is comin’
don’t you hear the paddles rollin'(1)
Ranzo (2), Ranzo, hurray, hurray!
Ooh the bully boat is comin’
don’t ye hear the paddles rollin’
Ranzo, Ranzo Ray!
Ooh, the bully boat is comin’
down the Mississippi floatin’;
As I walked down one morning (3)
for to hear the steamboat rolling;
There I met a maiden
with her basket she was laden
Ooh, I’m bound away to leave you
I never will deceive you;
when I come again to meet you
it’ with kiss I will greet you
Ooh the bully boat is comin’
don’t ye hear the paddles rollin’

Traduzione italiana di Cattia Salto
Oh la nave dei bravacci è in arrivo
non sentite il rollio delle pale
Ranzo, Ranzo urrà, urrà!
Oh la nave dei bravacci è in arrivo
non sentite il rollio delle pale
Ranzo, Ranzo urrà, urrà!
Oh la nave dei bravacci è in arrivo
e galleggia sul Mississippi;
Mentre passeggiavo un mattino
per sentire il rollio del battello a vapore
incontrai una fanciulla
che era carica del suo cesto
“Oh sono in partenza e ti lascio
ma non ti tradirò mai;
e quando ritornerò per rivederti
ti saluterò con un bacio!”
Oh la nave dei bravacci è in arrivo
non sentite il rollio delle pale?

Tom Brown in Short Sharp Shanties : Sea songs of a Watchet sailor vol 1

RIFERIMENTI
Shanties from the Seven Seas (III) (p178-81),
Shanties from the Seven Seas (complete) (p247-9)

RANZO RAY

VERSIONE B (It was thirty-four years ago)
It was thirty-four years ago, the place was Hartford city
Where Ranzo he was born today, a roly-poly baby.
From there Ranzo he grew up in an All American City.
They sang “Ebony and Ivory” in school assemblies sweetly.
His best friend she did live next door, a pigtailed gal called Peaches
And up the street there was Jamal, who liked to drop his breeches
They moved across the river and into the suburb bubble,
But Ranzo still sought out the way that he could find some trouble.
At 10 years old to be a ninja’s what he only dreamed of.
So he learned to hide there in plain sight and be not what he seemed of.
His skateboard next became a way to jet away from sadness,
But with snow and rain so often his home wasn’t fit for radness.
When punk rock came along it was an outlet for aggression.
And for making home-grown music he developed quite a passion.
He rode the wave of jazz till it had reached the shores of reason.
Then turned back to simple music where he stayed for many a season.
He thought how life was just a clever game of chance and fancy.
The only wealth’s experiences gained — not cars or money.
He tried out every job there was that one could do with two hands.
And played in every music group, from bagpipers to ska bands.
To scholarship he then returned, for 10 years did his time
O It made him rich in knowledge, but he’d wasted all his prime
O More time is wasted wondering if it’s been idle folly.
He’d rather lift his voice and sing a chantey oh so jolly.
Of bitterness and solitude he’s made many a meal
O But he is still a-waiting for a love that he can feel O.

RANZO RAY
Hilo me Ranzo Ray