One man swung the beetle, a huge maul like a giant croquet mallet against the head of the hawsing iron

that drove the hemp deep into the seam. The other man, holding the iron in place and inching down the

seam, kept up a deep rhythmic chant... With each line, the maul srtuck iron Blam...blam...blam...
The big beetle and the huge hawsing iron, driving the hemp into place, produced a heavy thunk, and

the smaller hand mallet tapping the caulking iron to beat down the twisted cotton kept up a rapid patter,

and behind both were the voices...Sometimes there'd be 24 to 30 men caulking one 300-fot boat, all

singing, and in harmony...


X:1
T:COME ALONG DOWN BUDDY
M:2/4
L:1/8
K:F
F,F, A,2 | B,4 | DD z2 | DD B,2 | A,2 F,2 | F,4 :|
w: Come a long down, bud dy. Come a long down, big boy.
W:
W:Come along down, buddy.                           Sally got a great long bangs.
W:Come along down, big boy.                         Hangs way down buddy.
W:Come along down, buddy.                           Sally got a great long bangs.
W:Come along down, big boy.                         Hangs way down buddy.
W:Come along down, buddy.                           Who gonna curl them bangs
W:Come along down, big boy.                         After I'm gone, buddy.
W:Drive 'em down, buddy.                              Who gonna curl them bangs
W:Drive 'em down, buddy.                               After I'm gone, buddy.
W:
W:That's the blow, buddy.                               One more time, buddy.
W:Makes him go, big boy.                               One more time, big boy.
W:That's the blow, buddy.                               One more time, buddy.
W:Makes him go, big boy.                               One more time, big boy.
W:That's the blow, buddy.                               One more time, buddy..
W:Makes him go, big boy.                               One more time, big boy.
W:All day long, buddy.                                     All day long, buddy.
W:All day long, buddy.                                     All day long, buddy.

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