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Keywords: Steamboat.tiff en Headed down the Mississippi pg 835 At the bow of the boat were gathered the negro deck-hands who were singing a parting song A most picturesque group they formed and worthy the graphic pencil of Johnson or Gerome The leader a stalwart negro stood upon the capstan shouting the solo part of the song the words of which I could not make out although I drew very near; but they were answered by his companions in stentorian tones at first and then as the refrain of the song fell into the lower part of the register the response was changed into a sad chant in mournful minor key Nichols George Ward Down the Mississippi Harper ™s New Monthly Magazine 41 246 November 1870 Illustration from the above; illustrator unknown 1870 PD-old-100 Check categories 2012 September 18 en wikipedia Sea_shanty 4 Sociological genres of music Harper's Magazine Sea shanties
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