H.M.S. Rose off Ferryland, August 1995. Printed from shanty.rendance.org Site contents © 1993-2009 Andrew Draskóy excepting product images and lyrics.
John Cherokee - as sung by the crew of Zawisza Czarny

This is the tale of John Cherokee
Alabama John Cherokee
Injun man of the Miramashee
Alabama John Cherokee, way, hey, yah
Alabama John Cherokee, way, hey, yah
Alabama John Cherokee

They made him a slave down in Alabam'
He run away every time he can

They gave him nothing to eat or drink
How his bones began to clink

And now his ghost is often seen
Sitting in the middle of Galway Green