Dicho, nice to know there are some other Don Marquis fans out there! My own knowledge of Shinbone Alley is from Harry C. Browne (I once put out a Mudcat query on him and got No response, refreshed at least once & gave up) who recorded:

Shinbone Alley! Shinebone Alley!
That's where all the (politically incorrect)s love to go
Every colored lady and her beau
Shinbone Alley! Shinebone Alley!
All do the sparkin' All meadowlarkin' On a Saturday night

The various sea refernces are much earlier as the Browne was recorded around 1915 or so.