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Thread #11353   Message #2347779
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
23-May-08 - 02:18 PM
Thread Name: I give up. What's a HOGEYE?
Subject: RE: I give up. What's a HOGEYE?
Joanna C. Colcord, "Songs of American Sailormen," also includes this gold rush chantey. Her first and last solos are different, but the rest of the solos are the same as those in Whall.

THE HOG-EYE MAN

Solo
Oh, the hog-eye man is the man for me,
He was raised way down in Tennessee,
Chorus
With a hog-eye!
Row boat ashore with a hog-eye,
Row boat ashore with a hogeye,
All she wants is a hog-eye man!

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Solo
Oh, I won't wed a nigger, I'll be damned if I do,
He's got jiggers in his feet and he can't wear a shoe.

With score, p. 104. "Sacramento" is another gold rush chantey, also using some solos derived from minstrel songs as well as whatever comes to mind of the leading singer.