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Thread #126347 Message #2871955
Posted By: John Minear
25-Mar-10 - 06:54 PM
Thread Name: From SF to Sydney - 1853 Shanties Sung?
Subject: RE: From SF to Sydney - 1853 Shanties Sung?
Hey, Gibb, thanks for the "Salambo". I hadn't noticed that. Would you believe that I have had something like this rolling around in my head for several days now!
"In Alabama I was born CH: Heave away, heave away Among the cotton and the corn CH: We're goin' to Alabama!"
I think that's amazing. It was more like
Way down south where I was born, Heave away, heave away Among the cotton and the corn We're goin to Lousy-Anna!
Here is a very interesting (non-chanty) song about going to "Lousy-Anna":