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Thread #48959   Message #3198991
Posted By: Gibb Sahib
31-Jul-11 - 06:40 AM
Thread Name: South Australia:What the hell's a 'Rolling King'?
Subject: RE: What the hell's a 'Rolling King'?
1900[June]        Patterson, J.E. “Sailors’ Work Songs.â€쳌 _Good Words_ 41(28) (June 1900): 391-397.

Mentions a song that might be "South Australia".

Unless the cable has been previously shortened in, one song will not last till the anchor is apeak. Thus "Rolling Home " will probably be followed by "Roll the Cotton Down "â€"a "chanty" that is only suitable for capstan and windlass work, and is a great favourite with the negro cotton-stowers on the Mississippiâ€"or "The Australian Girl," or "Bound to Western Australia," which are also heaving "chanties" only.