Roger D. Abraham's book is called, "Deep the Water, Shallow the Shore (Three Essays on Shantying in the West Indies)" Published for the American Folklore Society by the University of Texas Press in 1974. It contains the following songs: A Coolie is Nobody All through the rain and Squally Weather (Blow My Bully Boy, Blow my Blow) Bear Away Yankee, Bear Away Boy Blackbird Get Up Blow the Man Down Bully Long Time Ago Caesar Boy, Caesar Caesar oh Caesar Dan-Dan-Oh Do my Jolly Boy Feeny Brown Fine Time o' Day Fire Down Below Georgy, Me Neck-a-Broke Gray Goose Gone Home Haul Away, Haul Away Hey, Bully Monday Jane and Louisa John,John the Water Man Johnny Come Down with a Hilo Judiano Lee-Lee-o, Lee-Lee Little Boy Lonzo Long Time Ago Man-o-War Sailor Michael Row the Boat Ashore Oh, Louisiana Oh, Mr. Cobeau Oh, My Rolling River (Solid fas') Pull away Me Boy Royo Groun' Shub Her Down Sintali St. Peter Down at Courland Bay Those Girls From Bermuda Tinnego We Are Bound Down South Alabama When You Go, Tell Julia who No Been Out Woman Belly Ful o' Hair Yankee John, Stormalong Yard-o The Boarding Party sang several of these songs: Yard-o Solid Fas' Blackbird Get Up Caesar, Oh Caesar Padre
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