The Hog-eye Man

Go fetch me down my riding cane

for I'm going to see my darling Jane.

When a hog-eye, railroad navi with a hog-eye.

Roll ashore and a hog-eye oh. She wants the hog-eye man.

Oh the hog-eye men are all ago,

when they come down from San Fransisco.

When a hog-eye...

Now who's been here, since I've been gone,

a railroad nigger with his seaboots on.

When a hog-eye...

Oh Sally in the garden picking peas,

her golden hair hanging down to her knees.

When a hog-eye...

Oh Sally in the garden shelling fees,

with a young hog-eye sitting on her knees.

When a hog-eye...

Oh a hog-eye ship and a hog-eye crew,

a hog-eye man and a skipper too.

When a hog-eye...

Selv om dette var en populær sang blandt britiske sømænd, er sangen dog sandsynligvis fra Amerika. Sangen er blevet fundet i flere versioner i Missouri. Denne er nedskrevet ca. 1860. Det er en sømandssang og derfor uden akkompagnement. Ordet Hog-Eye refererer til en bestemt type pramme der sejlede på kanalerne inde i landet og denne shanty blev brugt omkring et gangspil (kapstan).

The Pure Malt Songbook

David Fønsbo

2005-01-23T13:49:01