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Some here may be interested in knowing that this chantey lives on in very modified form in a Trinidad children's game song. It's included in the book "Brown Girl In The Ring" (New York: Pantheon Press, 1997), Alan Lomax, J. D. Elder, and Bess Lomax Hawes, editors. It's also song #8 on Rounder CD 1716. That song's title is "Coming Down With A Bunch Of Roses" & was sung by children in San Juan, Trinidad. Google Cocojams Children's Rhymes & Cheers for the words to this song.
Azizip17 1 year ago
@Azizip17 The recording in Trinidad was 1962. That does not equal "lives on." And for all we know, the game song may have been the source for the chanty, or both the game song and the chanty may have come out of a share source, perhaps a land-based work song.
hultonclint 1 year ago
@hultonclint Thanks for your response. I wrote my comment to share with those who might be interested that there is (or was) a game song in Trinidad whose title is similar to the shanty.I agree with the points that you make in your comment that the source of the shanty could be the game song, or vice versa, or a land based work song. Or the source could be something else.
Azizip17 1 year ago
Oldie but goodie. Great for learning the words.
McGrenzer 1 year ago