Here's a real treat. I met & heard these old Afro-Caribbean/West Indian former whalers at the 23rd Mystic Seaport Music Festival (so I'm guessing that's about 6 or so yrs ago along with writer & collector Roger Abrahams (see "Deep the Water, Shallow the Shore", the Barrouallie Whalers feature heavily in his collection). This was/is a group of Island whalers that fished for whales/blackfish from open rowing boats & they sang to their work. Here's a link to a clip of 3 of their songs; The Barrouallie Whalers

Barry