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Thread #149560   Message #3480855
Posted By: dick greenhaus
17-Feb-13 - 08:13 PM
Thread Name: 'Donkeyman' calling Shanty nerds
Subject: RE: 'Donkeyman' calling Shanty nerds
I heard the "donkey engine" explanation of the song back in the mid 1930s. BTW, apparently donkeyman was in use during WWII as a name for the engineer aboard.