"Boatman", also known as "Boate Man" was first published by John Playford in the first edition of The English Dancing Master (1651) and again in his Musick's Recreation on the Viol, Lyra-way (1661). It was printed in Chappell's Popular Music of the Olden Times (1859), Karpeles & Schofield's A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs (1951) and Sharp's Country Dance Tunes(1909). It was recorded on Country Capers by The New York Renaissance Band and The English Country Dancing Master by The Telemann Society.