Sundown Below

DESCRIPTION: Response line is "Sundown, Sundown below." Leader lines include "Sun is down in the hole below," "Sun is down and I must go"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1942 (Parrish-SlaveSongsOfTheGeorgiaSeaIslands)
KEYWORDS: nonballad shanty
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Parrish-SlaveSongsOfTheGeorgiaSeaIslands, p. 221, "Sundown Below" (1 text)
NOTES [47 words]: The current description is based on the Parrish-SlaveSongsOfTheGeorgiaSeaIslands text. Parrish-SlaveSongsOfTheGeorgiaSeaIslands writes, "This tune was sung at the end of the day as a hint to the captain, when the hold was too dark for the stevedores to see what they were doing." - BS
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File: Parp221

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