I nebber seen de like sence I ben bawn! Ch: Way-ay-ay-ay Negro on de ice an a hoe-in up corn Ch: Way-ay-ay-ay
Ten stone! ten stone, ten stone de win' am ob-er! Jenny git along, Jenny blow de horn, As we go marchin' ober!

Boarding Party version

I never seen the like since I been born, Jenny with a jib-boom hoeing up corn The possum jump and the panther roar Ben dancing this dolly since half past four If the sun don't shine and the hens won't lay And if you don't then the boss won't pay The gals they say yer a bunch of liars You're bound to hell for to feed them fires And if you drown well you were young It's better to drown than to wait to be hung We dig your ditch with a silver spade Well there ain't no diggin' in a watery grave

Bullen explains that while this shanty was rarely in use aboard ship, he heard it and others every day as work songs, for example when discharging cargo. Still, he lists them as “windlass and capstan chanties”. The implication is clearly that these songs were highly influenced by African American workers.