Shennadoah again

In this stanza, what does "notions" mean? In another version, there is no "sweet" after it. In dictionaries, "notions" (in plural form) means small commodities.

About the "tipped his flipper" phrase, I asked an American friend, who also explained it as "touching the edge of his hat".


A white man loved an Indian maiden
Away you rolling river
With notions sweet his canoe was laden
Away, we're bound away across the wide
Missouri

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• 嗨，您干嘛这么较真呢？难不成，这歌有重大历史意义？晚辈是真不知道。 - 新学生 20000728105904
  • 我喜欢译民歌 - 方壶斋 20000729124559
• "Notions" could mean "intentions, plans, dreams, fancies..." in the context. - tian xin 20000728161550
  • 原也以为如此， 可考虑到他是商人， 估计应指百货给印第安人的 - 方壶斋 20000729124444
    • 但他更是赴约的恋人：“小木舟载满甜蜜的憧憬”。 - tian xin 20000729203506
      • "shi1 wu2 da4 gu1" - Fang Huzhai 20000730160356
      • Sorry should be "shi1 wu2 da2 gu1" - Fang Huzhai 20000730160433
        • 诗无达诂 - NJX 20000730184538

嗨，您干嘛这么较真呢？难不成，这歌有重大历史意义？晚辈是真不知道。

我喜欢译民歌

"Notions" could mean "intentions, plans, dreams, fancies..." in the context.

原也以为如此， 可考虑到他是商人， 估计应指百货给印第安人的

但他更是赴约的恋人：“小木舟载满甜蜜的憧憬”。

"shi1 wu2 da4 gu1"

Sorry should be "shi1 wu2 da2 gu1"

诗无达诂