"Santy Anno" (also known as "Santianna", "Santiana", "Santy Anna", "Santayana", "Santiano", and other variations) is a sea shanty referring to the Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna that dates from at least the 1850s. The song is listed as number 207 in the Roud Folk Song Index. The variant recorded by American artist Odetta in 1956 (and by The Kingston Trio in 1958) is an English variant about a ship that leaves from Liverpool to sail to California.

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