“Songs of the Sailors,” The Day (New London, Conn.) (Nov. 15) p. 7:

“For heaving up anchor or walking round the capstan, there are more songs than for any other form of labor aboard ship. Some of these are of great beauty….Prime favorites are ‘Goodby, fare-you-well,’ ‘Hurrah, me boys, we’re homeward (or outward) bound,’ ‘The rolling river’ – that is, the Missouri – ‘The Rio Grande,’ ‘Santa Ana [sic]’ or ‘All on the Plains of Mexico,’ for the windlass, while for the capstan or winch, ‘Sally Brown the Bright Mulatto’ easily holds first place, with ‘Stormalong,’ or ‘Oh! Wake Her; Oh! Shake Her. Wake Dat Girl With the Blue Dress on’ coming close up behind. It must be said, however, that many of the quaintest chanties are confined to the negroes in West Indian and southern states ports, never getting hold on board ship at all, except where exclusively negro crews are carried.”