I'm surprised that this song doesn't turn up in any other collection of riverboat songs or so far in any other collection of southern regional songs. The 1914 publication date for Cable's novel seems late for establishing this as an early riverboat song and that may be why it doesn't show up anywhere else. I haven't been able to come up with any riverboats named "Lindy Lowe" yet, either. Is there anything in the blackface minstrel collections that resembles this song? I keep getting hits for "My Lindy Lou" which is a different song altogether and quite late. From your note, Gibb, I am assuming that this song doesn't show up in any other sea song collections besides Harlow. Charley, I'm expecting my copy of "With Shipmates All Around" to arrive in the mail any day and I'm looking forward to that after reading your comments here and elsewhere.