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I note an unfortunate typo above with reference to the minstrel song "Whoop Jamboree":

"Whoop Jamboree" is also a minstrel song, dating from circa 1950, by Dan Emmett..."

Which should read:

""Whoop Jamboree" is also a minstrel song, dating from circa 1850, by Dan Emmett..."

I do have an original copy of the minstrel songster CHRISTY'S PANORAMA SONGSTER but it's strictly lyrics, no musical notation; the lyrics are about a steamboat rather than a ocean sailing ship.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble