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Thread #48959 Message #3199253
Posted By: Gibb Sahib
31-Jul-11 - 03:11 PM
Thread Name: South Australia:What the hell's a 'Rolling King'?
Subject: RE: What the hell's a 'Rolling King'?
1909 Williams, James H. “The Sailors’ ‘Chanties’.â€쳌 The Independent (8 July 1909):76-83.
Williams' time to have been singing these was ca. 1875-88. We was an African-American sailor. Mentions the song by title alone.
"Santa Ana" and "The Plains of Mexico" commemorate the war with Mexico in the same way. "California Gold," "South Australia" and the "Banks of Sacramento" remind us of the gold-fever days and need no explanation.