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I'm wondering where the slower halyard shanty "Tommy's Gone Away" came from. It's the version that shares the same tune as "Jenny's Gone to Ohio." Hugill references this version as having been learned from a South Wales seaman but being also collected by Terry, SSS, p. 193-194. The Boarding Party recorded this version as "Tommy's Gone to Hilo" on FAIR WINDS AND A FOLLOWING SEA, © 2003.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble