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.
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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!