trad
The Teacups wrote in 2020: "As far as we know, this shanty was only collected in one place: in 1886 by James Taft Hatfield on a crossing from Pensacola to Nice, aboard the Ahkera."
The Teacups: https://haystackrecords.bandcamp.com/track/shiney-o
Captain, captain, you are a dandy (Way-ay-ay-ay, shiny-o)
Captain, captain, you love your brandy (Way-ay-ay-ay, shiny-o)
Won’t you ferry me over to Dover / Queenstown to Dover’s a hundred miles or over
Captain, captain, how deep is the water? / It measures one inch, six feet and a quarter
Captain, captain, I love your daughter / Captain, captain, I love your daughter
Shiny-o is the captain’s daughter / For her I’m sailing across this water
Rivers, rivers, rivers are a-rolling / Rivers are a-rolling and I can’t get over