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GUEST,Julia L Origins: Tapscott/yellow meal (13) RE: Origins: Tapscott/yellow meal 03 Dec 19

Yes, it would seem that perhaps the "meal" was going one way (from America to Ireland) while the "mail" (and the emigrants) went the other. And it could be that said emigrants were fed yellow corn bread on the passage over.
J

So the next question is when, and how, did this song (Tapscot) become a work song /shantey, evolving into "Yaller Gals"?

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