The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-13
0UEsTIONs AND ANsWERS.

n u0llar ana n nal1. " won I clear my way,
Ny dollar and a half a day.
Here is a version TO which Is attached the date Of
1852:
Lowlands, lowlands. away. my joint
o. my old mother she wrote TO me,
Ny dollar and q half a dayi
She wrote TO me TO come back from sea
The "Lowlands" refrain is said to be perhaps
an echo OF the old Golden Vanity" song or Its
precursor. The seventeenth century broadside
copy OF this, referring to Sir Walter Raleigh, was
directed TO be sung TO the tune OF Sailing In the
Lowlands," which tune would thus appear TO
belong TO a stll earlier sea song. The refrain
OF this air Is:
Sailing low In the lowlands. low In the sea,
Sailing low In the lowlands low.
Other lines OF the chanty are the following. each
used twice with the alternating burdens:
Five dollars q day Is a white mans pay.
But a dollar and a half is a nIggers pay.
The niger works both night and day.
hut the white mamie works but q day.
In explanation OF away. my John" 1t is said
Ndchtng Monthly. October, 1900: Years ago q
merchant seaman was never q Jack tar. as his
naval brother. but q John. A crew OF men was
often spoken of as the Johns. particularly In
Liverpool; hence the use OF the term my Johns
In chantles"
The children Of to-day laugh incredulously
when | tell them Of the band OF trained neas on
sss1ei', spg i. On convince MsM sN Them n Siih S Ss;sii, a ne more rae
uproarious their derision. That the neas were
cs y ma the villa neS tSst vas chained nv
hts ankle they refuse TO accept unless they see
u d SUN MSS"
LIS hienV piooaoie ,ha sueh In..ouu.ouS
onnureh may feius y. ueneve nis
were styled were indeed shown In New York
after having been exhibited before all the
crowned heads of Europe" There have been
several troupes OF meas. u " oe proper 30 20 DC
lomihate 'nem IN 'nei nIs'''oho capac''S'
Snouio Tue uhoeieVine cnioreh remain uhcoh-
Vinceo ana IN 'ne,l aisoeNei eehaha ye' o'ner
authority they VIII ma ,he suo)ect ehhausuve,y
discussed oy Wiham H.. IAN In 'he eieVeh'n
volume OF the American Nafura'".
now.r .,r.,,. =, ,t,nr mr.
~" ~ ,omnSs Is IT,, "o' " "'''' sn" .Mroup
- pN''.'
This standard unit OF motors Is the power
capable OF raising $4,000 pounds through one
roo. In one minute. Inc only renhon Nnieh
u hears to the muscle power OF any horse Is
Watt computed the work done in eight hours
hv The hors.s uorkipp in the drays Of ondon
brewers and thus arrived at their estimate
the horse the horse power bears much mc same
relation as the foo. OF linear measure does to any
numah loo'. VIC" Iea"eea 70 .ns noIo sven
WIN uh's " -" 'N' bo''s ~ b~"N
OF average horses mas been ionnd TO lie between
such wide extremes as io'tfo ana 41VU 1901
pounds.
v,., q III. r.,.,.nc. In IN. .,,,e.s,on -n.dl.
cine days- and what DAYS are they CT. II.
p,o,.,,u ,,. ,,ns,o, A.. medicinal, d.v.
~ 80. A.. tn ,,,.n.d In ~. r,.d,,,, .,rac,ic.
u.a...,., ~ h.,,r d,,. -, nn,.n No .r,s,.
-. nrn..,.d .nd ,h.r.sor. r.d,oin. r,.ht he
.sn,s,,.,.d a,,, s.t.,v md In .,n...,,,on NJ
a f.yor,his rcs,,l, He d,s,,nVuisbrd under this
hAme inc even humoei.u ~
an Illness. the s'x'h' e'ghth' ana so on. inc
fourteenth. however was omitted from the 'lst
OF medicinal days because the seve'tn day
and all mulup,es OF seven were considereo
days OF favorable CT SIS Ihis ancient pnys'.
clan founded his theory on q ude'Re coo and
now OF the humos OF 'he body.
-
VA ~ ~na,a ! ,itiie maid
And he said Little maid, viii you wed, wed. wed,
Though little love 70 prste
WIN Ine htiie goo q love ~ on hre' hfe! me-
Inc httie maiu iepnea.
-. some say a nttle signed. .,,
wlil the names mat you're 80 men In
Or the iittie rod OF love turn the spit, spit, Split
The poem for which Ellen Stuart Patterson
has asked ls In q book which has been q great
fayorite with the children OF one family Tor over
mn y Ssr q oo na > SsI in. nsc W ns m noGSe
-