“Bahaman Lullaby – This combination lullaby and spiritual is widely known in the Bahamas, where it is sung as a hymn. Gibson learned this arrangement from the singing of Erik Darling of New York.”
[Goldstein, Kenneth, Liner Notes, Offbeat Folksongs, Riverside Records Specialty Series RLP 12-802, trk. B2, 1957]

Notes:
Erik Darling was performing with The Tarriers for the period under discussion.

With all respect due Goldstein, Baez et al, in this Conchy's family folklore it is neither lullaby, spiritual, hymn nor 'Bahaman.' It is certainly an American Manhattan calypso. It is almost as certainly related to the Universal Negro Improvement Association and the 1942 so-called 'Burma Road' labour riots in Nassau... if only by copyright... if not actual old school style junkanoo road march. Nasty piece of work that.