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	American Ballads and Folk Songs
	Heave away, heave away! 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 than work for Henry Clay. Heave away! Yellow gal, I want to go!
	WHISKY JOHNNY*
	As we sailed on the water blue. Whisky Johnny! A good long pull and a strong one too, Whisky for my Johnny! Whisky killed my brother Tom, Whisky Johnny! I drink whisky all day long, Whisky for my Johnny! Whisky made me pawn my clothes, Whisky Johnny! *We arc indebted for words and air to Carl Sandburg and through him to Robert Frost. Three stanzas are quoted from the Post Statesman of San Francisco. U86]