112 - Roll The Cotton Down ( E ) - Halyard Shanty Here halyard version of the shanty "Roll the cotton down", opens a big family of the shanties, which Stan Hugill describes as the shanty with the word 'Roll'. As a matter of fact, it vies with 'blow' and 'hilo' as the most popular word in a sailor work-song. The versions of this great shanty are: (a) Negro Version (b) Cotton-Stowers' version (c) Deep-sea version. (d) Blackball version. (e) Paddy and the railway. (f) "A Long Time Ago" This version is a "Paddy and the railway" version theme version. The book example suggests use more verses from "Blow the Man Down" shanty, I add additional five verses which gives us a reasonable length of the song. "Shanties from the Seven Seas" by Stan Hugill (1st ed p 155 ). Roll The Cotton Down ( E ) Oh! in eighteen hundred an' seventy-one, - Roll the cotton down! I did what many other have done. - We'll roll the cotton down! *2* I shipped away across the sea, I shipped away to Amerikee. *3* In eighteen hundred and seventy-two, I shipped away with an Irish crew. *4* In eighteen hundred an' seventy-three, I sailed away across the sea *5* In eighteen hundred an' seventy-four, I landed on Columbia's shore *6* In eighteen hundred an' seventy-five, Still Dan O'Connel he wuz alive *7* In eighteen hundred an' seventy-six, Me drink no longer I could mix *8* In eighteen hundred an' seventy-seven, Me children number jist eleven *9* In eighteen hundred an' seventy-eight, I made a fortune, not to late *10* In eighteen hundred an' seventy-nine, I for a sight of Home did pine
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