Row the Boat, Child

DESCRIPTION: The structure has a verse line, three times, and "Come row the boat child." The verse lines alternate with "Come row the boat child," three times, and "An' lemme go home."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1959 (LomaxCD1713)
KEYWORDS: sea work nonballad shanty ship
FOUND IN: US(SE)
RECORDINGS:
Peter Davis and the Georgia Sea Island Singers, "Row the Boat, Child" (on LomaxCD1713)
NOTES [16 words]: Alan Lomax and Anna L. Chairetakis, liner notes for LomaxCD1713 have this as a "rowing song." - BS
Last updated in version 6.7
File: RcRtBCh

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