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Was you ever down in Mobile Bay? Johnny come and tell us and pump away, A-screwing cotton by the day? Johnny come and tell us and pump away, Aye, aye, pump away, Johnny come and tell us and pump away. |
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This is a negro shanty used for pumping, which, like 'Fire Down Below', made the transition to steel ships as the sailors merely substituted the word 'heave' for 'pump'. |
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