first assignment on board the US Frigate "Shenandoah". It is presented as a rowing song: "Oh! I do love that good, old bottle! Row, bullies, row! Oh! I do love that good, old bottle! Row, my bullies, row! Why do you love that good, old bottle? Row, bullies, row! Why do you love that good, old bottle? Row, my bullies, row! I love it 'cause it suits my throttle! Row, bullies, row! I love it 'cause it suits my throttle! Row, my bullies, row! After singing five more verses in the same elegant strain, we happened to pass a bum-boat, in which were seated a fat, old white woman and a negro boy, whereupon the singers roared out with great glee, and in a higher key than before: 'Yonder sits a dear old lady! Row, bullies, row! Yonder sits a dear old lady! Row, my bullies, row! How do you know she is a lady? Row, bullies, row! How do you know she is a lady? Row, my bullies, row! I know her by her nigger baby! Row, bullies, row! I know her by her nigger baby! Row, my bullies, row!" The author had shipped as a seaman in a packet ship TORONTO from New York to London circa 1844-1844. Here is a passage noting the connection between "hoosiers", deepwater sailors, and singing chanties: The Toronto was double the size of the Horatio and every spar and sail was heavy, so as to stand the heavy weather of the North