If there are any "big buck niggers" on mudcat, lets ask THEM what they think of the song lyrics to these songs.
I still hold that it was coloured seamen that sang these shanties, and that it would be incorrect for lowly pub singers and ne'er-do-wells like us to change 'em, purely because the pc brigade may make us feel a bit awkward 'bout singin' 'em.
I sing the lyrics as is, and I don't make a "thing" about it, or draw attention to it. If somebody comes up to me and passes a comment, then I will try to educate them, black or white.
Unless the overwhelming opinion of COLOURED catters tries to educate ME otherwise, of course!!!