While we're on particularities,

"Who do you think is captain of her?
Blow, boys, blow!
Old Holy Joe, the darky lover.
Blow, my bully boys, blow!"

was always sung as

"Who do you think was the captain of her?
Blow, boys, blow!
Oh Three-fingered Fred, the nigger lover.
Blow, my bully boys, blow!"

in my unreconstructed and politically incorrect past.

Cheers, Rowan