The Boatman's Dance
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The Boatman's Dance is a minstrel song credited to Dan Emmett in 1843 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 recognisable 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 widely performed and recorded.
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