“Sally Brown”
Description
Shanty. Characteristic lines: "Way, hey, roll and go... Spend my money on Sally Brown." The singer describes Sally ("A Creole lady... She had a farm in Jamaica... She had a fine young daughter") and his (unsuccessful) courtship
Cross references
- cf. "Roll and Go" (verses)
Recordings
- J. M. (Sailor Dad) Hunt, "Sally Brown" (AFS, 1941; on LC02)
- Leighton Robinson w. Alex Barr, Arthur Brodeur & Leighton McKenzie, "Sally Brown" (AFS 4231 A2, 1939; in AMMEM/Cowell)
References
- Doerflinger, pp. 74-76, "Sally Brown" (2 texts, 2 tunes)
- Bone, pp. 97-98, "Sally Brown" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Colcord, p. 82, "Sally Brown" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Harlow, pp. 87, 122, "Way Sing Sally," "Sally Brown (Roll and Go)" (2 texts, 2 tunes)
- Hugill, pp. 162-166, "Sally Brown," "Tommy's on the Tops'l Yard" (4 texts plus several fragments, 3 tunes) [AbEd, pp. 129-134]; p. 254, "Hilo, Johnny Brown" (1 text, 1 tune) [AbEd, p. 184]
- Sharp-EFC, XXVIII, p. 33, "Sally Brown" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Shay-SeaSongs, pp. 24-25, "Sally Brown" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Lomax-FSNA 24, "Sally Brown" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Meredith/Covell/Brown, p. 94, "Sally Brown" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Greenleaf/Mansfield 166, "Sally Brown" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Doyle3, p. 53, "Sally Brown" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Blondahl, p. 31, "Sally Brown" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Mackenzie 108, "Sally Brown" (2 texts)
- Silber-FSWB, p. 92, "Sally Brown" (1 text)
- DT, SALBROWN* SALBRWN2* (SALBRWN3)
- Captain John Robinson, "Songs of the Chantey Man," a series published July-August 1917 in the periodical _The Bellman_ (Minneapolis, MN, 1906-1919). Two versions of "Sally Brown" are in Part 2, 7/21/1917.
- Roud #2628
- BI, Doe074