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GUEST,CoriSCapnSkip Lyr Req: Whaling Warning Song / Coast of Peru (9) Lyr Req: Whaling Warning Song 11 May 10

Did anyone catch the PBS "American Experience" on whaling? The pbs.org server must be down; I can't get it to open with any browser. Near the end of this incredible two-hour program, anyone know the song the dying survivor of the "Essex" was singing? (There was dialogue and narration over it.) It sounded like "The Buffalo Skinners" but for whaling. If authentic, it would be the same type of song far predating "The Buffalo Skinners" or "Canaday I-O" which inspired it. Basically your classic work song warning BEWARE THIS JOB!

There is an audio CD for the program but don't know what's on it.

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