1942        Parrish, Lydia. _Slave Songs of the Georgia Sea Islands_. New York: Creative Age Press.

This item was posted by John Minear back in June 2002, but couldn't hurt refreshing.

Parrish collected/heard songs on St. Simon's Island, Georgia, in 1910s-1930s. Unclear when this one was taken down and whether or not it might be a collated version of several hearings. No musical score accompanies it. It is generally attributed to the shanty singers of the island.

HAUL AWAY, I’M A ROLLIN’ KING

Haul away, I’m a rollin’ king
        Haul away, haul away
I’m boun’ for South Australia.
Yonder come a flounder flat on the groun’
Haul away, haul away
I’m boun’ for South Australia.
Belly to the groun’ an’ back to the sun
Haul away, haul away
I’m boun’ for South Australia.
Ain’ but one thing worry me
Haul away, haul away
I’m boun’ for South Australia.
I leave my wife in Tennessee
Haul away, haul away
I’m boun’ for South Australia.
Haul away, I’m a rollin’ king
Haul away, haul away
I’m boun’ for South Australia.

Because it lacks musical score, it's hard to say whether it really was missing lines in its form, i.e. compared to what we're accustomed to, or whether, perhaps, Parrish's notes were imperfect.