“Shallo Brown (Shallow Brown)”
Description
Shanty. Characteristic line: "Shallo, Shallo Brown." The sailor admits that he is leaving, and regrets being parted from his wife and baby. In some versions he may be a slave sold for the "Yankee Dollar"; in others, he is a whaler going about his work.
Notes
According to Hugill, the name "Challo" used in some versions is "a West Indian word of Carib extraction meaning a 'half-caste.'" - RBW
Cross references
- cf. "Hullabaloo Belay" (character)
References
- Doerflinger, p. 44, "Shallo Brown" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Colcord, p. 61, "Shallo Brown" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Harlow, pp. 126-127, "Shallow Brown" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Hugill, pp. 257-260, Shallow Brown (4 texts, 4 tunes) [AbEd, pp. 188-191]
- Sharp-EFC, LV, p. 60, "Shallow Brown" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Smith/Hatt, p. 22, "Shiloh Brown" (1 text)
- DT, SHALOBRN SHALBRN2*
- ADDITIONAL: Captain John Robinson, "Songs of the Chantey Man," a series published July-August 1917 in the periodical _The Bellman_ (Minneapolis, MN, 1906-1919). A fragment of "Shallow Brown" is in Part 3, 7/28/1917.
- Roud #2621
- BI, Doe044