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The Johnson Girls, on a sleeve note, give the following origin: “the text we use is Barry Finn’s, who heard the song from a Polish chantey singer, Mareck Schakowsky, in the summer of 1992 during the tall ships visit to Boston. Mareck got it from Roy Harris. Roy found the tune and a fragmentary text on a recording in the Robert W. Gordon collection at the Library of Congress. Just as Roy and Barry have provided verses today, so did the sailors and collectors in their day.”
Johnson Girls: 2009 Chicago Maritime Festival – The Johnson Girls – London Julie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m1ZV45_wv8
Juliana, Juliana where do you go? Ah ha, me London Julie Juliana, Juliana where do you go? Ah ha, me London Julie Chorus (x2) Juliana, Juliana where do you go? Ah ha, me London Julie Up aloft, up aloft this spar must go Up aloft, up aloft from down below Around Cape Horn there’s ice and snow But around Cape Horn we’ve got to go The mate is a-bawlin’ down below So heave away, let’s stamp and go