? The very interesting Talequah verses you posted in thread 4257, Origins: Shenandoah, are accessible. (I have refreshed that thread, which was running a day or so ago.
I think the problem may be that you posted as Guest "Jed on a borrowed PC" (02 Aug 06, 08:44AM), so the post does not show on your list of posts.

Or am I missing something? I checked the closed posts, and found nothing applicable.

The pre-1910 anecdotal references to non-chantey versions are numerous enough that I think proof should be found before too long.