“Subject: RE: Maritime work song in general
From: Steve Gardham
Date: 18 Sep 22 - 07:09 AM

These 1820s anecdotes are very tantalising. It is not easy to relate them to what was happening in the 1840s or to the embryonic chanties of the rowing slaves. Some titles or hints of what they were singing would be useful and more conclusive. The fact that there was a Sally Brown song being sung on stage is also intriguing but without further details again we can't draw any other conclusions.”

Donner longue rime!

My Mudcat search function has been a dead end for a while now. Is there a “main” Sally Brown thread? Found these:
Lyr Add: 'Sally Brown'
Lyr Req: Sally Brown – unexpurgated

But they all appear to come much later and give no mention of the 'original' (???) Sally Brown. Should merge this with the other if it does exist.