This song comes from the days of the Gold Rush. In those days, it was necessary to sail around South America (no Panama Canal). Thus the trip from Boston to San Fransisco was quite lengthy by way of Cape Horn. This tune was a pumping shanty. Pumps were located on the bilge (the very bottom section of a ship) in order to drain the water that had collected there. A shanty helped the sailors to complete this very arduous task. Listen to this version of the song...it just may have sounded like this.
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