The Boatman's Dance
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The Boatman's Dance
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"The Boatman's Dance" is a minstrel song credited to Dan Emmett in 1843. In 1950 it was revived and arranged by Aaron Copland as part of his set of Old American Songs. It is a celebration of the Ohio River boatmen, bawdy and wily, and is easily recognizable by its repeated clarion cry: "Hey, ho, the boatman row, sailin' on the river on the Ohio." The song went through numerous revisions before a settled version passed into the repertoire. Both the minstrel version and the Copland arrangement are
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1843 song by Dan Emmett
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boatman%27s_Dance
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2024-01-07T05:05:26Z
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