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Stedman and Hutchinson, comps. A Library of American Literature:
An Anthology in Eleven Volumes. 1891.
Vols. IX–XI: Literature of the Republic, Part IV., 1861–1889

Savannah Firemen’s Song

By Negro Hymns and Songs: Miscellaneous

HEAVE away, heave away!

I’d rather court a yellow gal than work for Henry Clay.

Heave away, heave away!

Yellow gal, I want to go,

I’d rather court a yellow gal, etc.

Heave away!

Yellow gal, I want to go.