English: Headed down the Mississippi, pg. 835:
At the bow of the boat were gathered the negro deck-hands, who were singing a parting song. A most picturesque group they formed, and worthy the graphic pencil of Johnson or Gerome. The leader, a stalwart negro, stood upon the capstan shouting the solo part of the song, the words of which I could not make out, although I drew very near; but they were answered by his companions in stentorian tones at first, and then, as the refrain of the song fell into the lower part of the register, the response was changed into a sad chant in mournful minor key.
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Nichols, George Ward. “Down the Mississippi.” Harper’s New Monthly Magazine 41(246) (November 1870).
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Illustration from the above; illustrator unknown.
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