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: MiscellaneousH
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.