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Snuffy Req: Tommy's Gone Away-Short Sharp Shanties (22) RE: Req: Tommy's Gone Away-Short Sharp Shanties 17 Oct 12


Tommy could go any place in the world, provided it had three syllables and could conveniently be rhymed with some other word(s). It helped if it was actually a port, but he could be sent far inland to Milton Keynes or even Las Vegas.

Here's a listing of the ports of Britain and Ireland, plus a few of the major ports in the British Empire during the Victorian heyday of shantying. This may help you to make up your own itinerary - one of my "versions" goes to towns and villages in "Shakespeare Country", far from the sea or even an inland waterway in many cases.


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