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Great work! I bet Emmett version of "John Come Down de Holler" is based on an earlier African-American version.

Here are lyric versions in the DT:
HILO, BOYS, HILO
TOM'S GONE TO HILO 2
CAN'T YE HILO?
TOMMYS GONE TO HILO
JOHNNY COME DOWN TO HILO
HILO, JOHNNY BROWN
RANZO RAY

There are three Shallow Brown versions including, HULLABALOO BELAY in the DT.

There are also fiddle tune lyrics that have Hilo (Shilo) in them. Perhaps there is also a connection there.

Does anyone think that this is a one of the origins of the "Shallow Brown" "Hilo" and Hog-eye" sea shanty songs?

Are the tunes related also?

-Richie