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According to Barry Finn's notes what he sings on Fathom This! is based on Jerry Bryant's "resurrection" of an old pumping shanty from Frederick Pease Harlow's book Chanteying Aboard American Ships.

You should get a copy of Barry's CD if you don't already have one; I'll mail you one for $15 (any anyone else) from my current inventory. Barry's renditions of shanties were a deliberate attempt to take them back to their roots in terms of singing style.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble