Sciencegeek: Whall can be read @ 09 Jun 20 - 03:44 AM (above.) In all the googling, nobody, ...no-body... has located a single "hog-eye" vessel type reference in the document record. Not a California barge nor a Bahamian flat nor anything in between the deux. 'History' can always change in a New York minute but... as it stands, Whall is 1913 pop entertainment not 1850s California or maritime history. Insult or irony to injury, the music is much better known as a fiddle tune and google will peg that a 'chantey' too. Is nothing sacred? What's next? Bagpipers & banjos on the capstan? ;)
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