Of note:

Cleveland Herald (Apr. 30, 1845):

"Every body has heard of Mike Fink, the famous keel-boat captain.... 'Long time ago,' when Mike was on a voyage 'all the way to Shawneetown,' with a 'bully boat and a bully crew,' he found himself compelled to lay up a short time at Louisville...."


Walnut Valley Times (El Dorado, Kans.) (Oct. 1, 1887):

"Transportation on the Ohio before steamboats was on keel boats. ...The hands...usually sang in passing a town. All joined in a chorus, 'All the way to Shawneetown, row, boys, row. All the way to Shawneetown, row, boy, row."