There is a (I think) Caribbean shantey, "JOHNNY COME DOWN TO HILO" :

I never (nebber)seen the (de) like since I been born
When a big buck n*g*e* with (wid) his se-boots on sang
(Omnes) Johnny come down to Hilo-
Poor ole man !

Chor: O wake her! O shake her!
O wake dat gal wid de blue dress on
When Johnny comes down to Hilo-
Poor old man.

I lub a little gal across de sea
She a Bajan beauty and she say to me
Johnny come down to Hilo -
Poor ole man. (Cho.)

Hab you see de cotton plantation boss
Wid he black-haired woman an he high-tailed hoss
Sing! Johnny, etc. (Cho.)

O was you ebber in Moblie Bay
A-screwin' de cotton at a dollar a day,
Sing! Johnny, etc. (Cho.)

Love this one for the tune. We learned this at an all-lads grammar school in the mid-1950s. There was one black lad in the class, and everyone looked at him when the first verse was sung. But, we didn't know any differently, then.