Said to be collected from a Welsh Sailor by James Madison Carpenter, there is much speculation about the words of some of the verses! Carpenter noted that the song was widely sung in Barbados and explained that a burton is a term used for a block & tackle used in hoisting, particularly among longshoremen. “Booch free” and “in the archway” may refer to how barrels were stored in the hold of a ship.
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