I agree with Sandy, get hold of a copy of Mary Wheeler's 'Steamboatin' Days' - here's the full reference: Wheeler, M. (1944) Steamboatin' Days: Folk Songs of the River Packet Era. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. Brian
Wheeler, M. (1944) Steamboatin' Days: Folk Songs of the River Packet Era. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press.
Brian