The John B. Sails
"The John B. Sails" is a Bahamian folk song from Nassau transcribed by Richard Le Gallienne, with five verses and the chorus published in his article “Coral Islands and Mangrove-Trees” in the December 1916 issue of Harper’s Monthly Magazine (pp. 81–90). The first two verses and chorus were also published in Chapter IV of Gallienne’s 1917 novel Pieces of Eight.
Read more about The John B. Sails: 1927: Carl Sandburg, 1935: Alan Lomax Recording, 1950 To 1963, 1966: The Beach Boys' Version, Newer Recordings
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