{"id":3514,"date":"2015-06-04T07:52:43","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T11:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=3514"},"modified":"2018-02-26T09:48:09","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T13:48:09","slug":"de-boatman-dance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=3514","title":{"rendered":"De Boatman Dance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first time I was conscious of someone performing this song was Rick doing a marvelous job that still will pop up as a brain worm for me from time to time. He recently pulled it out at my request on a recent Monday performance and I was asked for the lyrics during the following break.<\/p>\n<p>The famed Daniel Decatur Emmett composed this song in 1843 for a minstrel show and it quickly became quite popular. It is written in the fashion to mimic the speech of the regular, less educated men of the time (as it were) and reflects the wild and fun-loving boatmen on the Ohio River. There are many versions circulating in the folk music world today but the following is the original set of lyrics.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3514 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?attachment_id=3516'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Dan-Emmet-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Dan-Emmet-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Dan-Emmet.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3516'>\n\t\t\t\tDaniel Decatur Emmet\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?attachment_id=3515'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Boatman-Dance-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3515\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3515'>\n\t\t\t\tJolly Flatboatmen, 1846, George Caleb Bingham \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Jos. Morneault<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>De boatman dance, de boatman sing, de boatman up to eb&#8217;rything.<br \/>\nAnd when de boatman get on shore, he spends his cash and works for more.<\/p>\n<p>Chorus:<br \/>\n<em><strong>Dance, de boatman dance! O dance, de boatman dance.<br \/>\nO dance all night till broad daylight<br \/>\nAnd go home wid de gals in de morning.<br \/>\n|: Hi ho de boatman row, Floatin&#8217; down de ribber on de Ohio! :|<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>De boatman is athrifty man<br \/>\nDa is none can do as de boatman can ;<br \/>\nI neber see a pretty girl in all my life<br \/>\nBut dat she be some boatman&#8217;s wife.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chorus:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>De oyster boat should keep to de shore,<br \/>\nDe fishin&#8217; smack should venture more.<br \/>\nDe schooner sails before de wind,<br \/>\nDe steamboat leaves a streak behind.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chorus:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I went on board de odder day<br \/>\nTo see what de boatman had to say;<br \/>\nAn dar I let my passion loose<br \/>\nAn&#8217; dey cram me in de calaboose.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chorus:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve come dis time, I&#8217;ll come no more,<br \/>\nLet me loose, I&#8217;ll go ashore;<br \/>\nFor dey whole hoss, an&#8217; dey a bully crew<br \/>\nWid a hoosier mate an&#8217; a captain too.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chorus:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you go to de boatman&#8217;s ball,<br \/>\nDance wid my wife or not at all;<br \/>\nSky-blue jacket an&#8217; tarpaulin hat,<br \/>\nLook out, my boys, for de nine tail cat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chorus:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When de boatman blows his horn,<br \/>\nLook out, old man, your hog is gone;<br \/>\nHe steal my sheep, he cotch my shoat,<br \/>\nDen put &#8217;em in bag and tote &#8217;em to boat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chorus:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CJOY6Ec0Sjk\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first time I was conscious of someone performing this song was Rick doing a marvelous job that still will pop up as a brain worm for me from time to time. 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