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== Liner Notes ==
“[[Ranzo]]” is track 3 on ''[[Shower Chanteys]]'', recorded 18 July 2018 at [[Mill Pond Music Studio]].

“Ranzo” is a double-pull halyard chantey, used for raising a yard. I first learned this song at the [https://www.nps.gov/safr/learn/historyculture/chantey-sing.htm San Francisco chantey sing]; my version is mostly modeled after Stan Hugill’s verses,<ref>Stan Hugill. ''Shanties from the Seven Seas'', pp. 175–178. New U.S. Edition. Mystic, Conn.: Mystic Seaport, 1994.</ref> with particular inspiration from the Danny Spooner and Mystic Seaport Chanteymen recordings.

As with “[[Blood-Red Roses]],” this is one of my favorites to use as an actual halyard chantey at [https://www.mysticseaport.org/ Mystic Seaport]. The simple chorus makes it easy on the crew, especially visitors who are pressganged into helping; the rhymed couplets can come in any order, and the semi-chorus interlude gives the chanteyman a chance to think about the next couplet. I prefer to use it on the ''Charles W. Morgan'', due to the whaling reference, but it can easily be used on the ''Joseph Conrad'' as well.

There are lots of interesting theories about who Reuben Ranzo was. Smith’s version<ref>Laura Alexandrine Smith. ''The Music of the Waters'', pp. 19–20. London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1888.</ref> has a bit more of a Solomon Grundy progression, but Colcord’s<ref>Joanna C. Colcord. ''Songs of American Sailormen'', pp. 69–71. Enlarged and Revised Edition. New York: Bramhall House, 1938.</ref> is closer to the one Hugill gives. Colcord and Hugill both think the name suggests Portuguese (or Azorean) origin. Hugill also notes that the accusations of uncleanliness against Ranzo are similar to anti-Semitic stereotypes of the time, and together with the profession of a tailor, make Hugill think he might have been a Sephardic Jew. In any case, I like that this chantey has a happy ending for the underdog—though of course, the problem with chanteys in an actual working context is you rarely get to hear how the story ends.

== References ==
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 == Liner Notes ==
-“[[Ranzo]]” is track 3 on ''[[Shower Chanteys]]'', recorded 18 July 2018 at [[Mill Pond Music Studio]].<ref>“Ranzo,” recording by Chris Maden. [https://musicbrainz.org/recording/572f6d1c-5764-4f3b-89d1-a8a9d4246c73 MusicBrainz].</ref>
+“[[Ranzo]]” is track 3 on ''[[Shower Chanteys]]'', recorded 18 July 2018 at [[Mill Pond Music Studio]].<ref>“Ranzo,” recording by Chris Maden. [https://musicbrainz.org/recording/572f6d1c-5764-4f3b-89d1-a8a9d4246c73 MusicBrainz].</ref><ref>Chris Maden.  “Double-header! (pt.1),” [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/crism/shower-chanteys/posts/2241936 Kickstarter update.]  18 July 2018.</ref>
 “Ranzo” is a double-pull halyard chantey, used for raising a yard.<ref>Glenn Grasso, ed.  ''Songs of the Sailor'', p. 33.  Mystic, Conn.: Mystic Seaport, 1998.</ref>  I first learned this song at the [https://www.nps.gov/safr/learn/historyculture/chantey-sing.htm San Francisco chantey sing]; my version is mostly modeled after Stan Hugill’s verses,<ref>Stan Hugill.  ''Shanties from the Seven Seas'', pp. 175–178.  New U.S. Edition.  Mystic, Conn.: Mystic Seaport, 1994.</ref> with particular inspiration from the Danny Spooner and Mystic Seaport Chanteymen recordings.

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 “[[Ranzo]]” is track 3 on ''[[Shower Chanteys]]'', recorded 18 July 2018 at [[Mill Pond Music Studio]].<ref>“Ranzo,” recording by Chris Maden. [https://musicbrainz.org/recording/572f6d1c-5764-4f3b-89d1-a8a9d4246c73 MusicBrainz].</ref>
-“Ranzo” is a double-pull halyard chantey, used for raising a yard.  I first learned this song at the [https://www.nps.gov/safr/learn/historyculture/chantey-sing.htm San Francisco chantey sing]; my version is mostly modeled after Stan Hugill’s verses,<ref>Stan Hugill.  ''Shanties from the Seven Seas'', pp. 175–178.  New U.S. Edition.  Mystic, Conn.: Mystic Seaport, 1994.</ref> with particular inspiration from the Danny Spooner and Mystic Seaport Chanteymen recordings.
+“Ranzo” is a double-pull halyard chantey, used for raising a yard.<ref>Glenn Grasso, ed.  ''Songs of the Sailor'', p. 33.  Mystic, Conn.: Mystic Seaport, 1998.</ref>  I first learned this song at the [https://www.nps.gov/safr/learn/historyculture/chantey-sing.htm San Francisco chantey sing]; my version is mostly modeled after Stan Hugill’s verses,<ref>Stan Hugill.  ''Shanties from the Seven Seas'', pp. 175–178.  New U.S. Edition.  Mystic, Conn.: Mystic Seaport, 1994.</ref> with particular inspiration from the Danny Spooner and Mystic Seaport Chanteymen recordings.
 As with “[[Blood-Red Roses]],” this is one of my favorites to use as an actual halyard chantey at [https://www.mysticseaport.org/ Mystic Seaport].  It’s got more of a story than “Blood-Red Roses,” but I’ve known it for so long that the verses come automatically.  I prefer to use it on the ''Charles W. Morgan'', due to the whaling reference, but it can easily be used on the ''Joseph Conrad'' as well.

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 == Liner Notes ==
-“[[Ranzo]]” is track 3 on ''[[Shower Chanteys]]'', recorded 18 July 2018 at [[Mill Pond Music Studio]].
+“[[Ranzo]]” is track 3 on ''[[Shower Chanteys]]'', recorded 18 July 2018 at [[Mill Pond Music Studio]].<ref>“Ranzo,” recording by Chris Maden. [https://musicbrainz.org/recording/572f6d1c-5764-4f3b-89d1-a8a9d4246c73 MusicBrainz].</ref>
 “Ranzo” is a double-pull halyard chantey, used for raising a yard.  I first learned this song at the [https://www.nps.gov/safr/learn/historyculture/chantey-sing.htm San Francisco chantey sing]; my version is mostly modeled after Stan Hugill’s verses,<ref>Stan Hugill.  ''Shanties from the Seven Seas'', pp. 175–178.  New U.S. Edition.  Mystic, Conn.: Mystic Seaport, 1994.</ref> with particular inspiration from the Danny Spooner and Mystic Seaport Chanteymen recordings.
-As with “[[Blood-Red Roses]],” this is one of my favorites to use as an actual halyard chantey at [https://www.mysticseaport.org/ Mystic Seaport].  The simple chorus makes it easy on the crew, especially visitors who are pressganged into helping; the rhymed couplets can come in any order, and the semi-chorus interlude gives the chanteyman a chance to think about the next couplet.  I prefer to use it on the ''Charles W. Morgan'', due to the whaling reference, but it can easily be used on the ''Joseph Conrad'' as well.
+As with “[[Blood-Red Roses]],” this is one of my favorites to use as an actual halyard chantey at [https://www.mysticseaport.org/ Mystic Seaport].  It’s got more of a story than “Blood-Red Roses,” but I’ve known it for so long that the verses come automatically.  I prefer to use it on the ''Charles W. Morgan'', due to the whaling reference, but it can easily be used on the ''Joseph Conrad'' as well.
 There are lots of interesting theories about who Reuben Ranzo was.  Smith’s version<ref>Laura Alexandrine Smith.  ''The Music of the Waters'', pp. 19–20.  London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1888.</ref> has a bit more of a Solomon Grundy progression, but Colcord’s<ref>Joanna C. Colcord.  ''Songs of American Sailormen'', pp. 69–71.  Enlarged and Revised Edition.  New York: Bramhall House, 1938.</ref> is closer to the one Hugill gives.  Colcord and Hugill both think the name suggests Portuguese (or Azorean) origin.  Hugill also notes that the accusations of uncleanliness against Ranzo are similar to anti-Semitic stereotypes of the time, and together with the profession of a tailor, make Hugill think he might have been a Sephardic Jew.  In any case, I like that this chantey has a happy ending for the underdog—though of course, the problem with chanteys in an actual working context is you rarely get to hear how the story ends.