Colcord (Roll and Go) gives only the first version of this, and other, "negro
shanties", which seem to have originated in stowing cotton, but proved
useful aboard ships as well.
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O I say my Mammy Dinah, What is the matter? Ch: Sing Sally O; Fol-lol-de-day O hurrah hurrah! Ch: My Mammy Dinah, Sing Sally O; Fol-lol-de-day
O have you heard the news to-day? For we are homeward bound.