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GUEST,Phil d'Conch Whalers and chanteys? (41) RE: Whalers and chanteys? 16 Sep 23

The ol' chorus helciariorum*. Warping, tracking, cordelling, towpath &c &c maritime work song. Chanty corpus? No lyrics at all is more the norm but it had to be such a down tempo dirge of an antiphon, one doubts it would pass for a chanty.

Also:
Journal of a Voyage of Discovery to the Arctic Regions, 1818, Greely, 1818 (fiddler falls through the ice, ...in the middle of a lively air.)
California and Oregon, Or, Sights in the Gold Region, and Scenes by the Way, Johnson, Thurston, 1853 (upriver w/ a yo heave O.)
Selma, Younghall, The Opal, Vol.IV, No.10, 1854 (more yo heave O plus a bugle!?)
Peter the Whaler: His Early Life, and Adventures in the Arctic Regions and Other Parts of the World, Kingston, 1855 (w/song and laughter…)

Art house Folk. Same general task:
Song of the Volga Boatman – Paul Robeson
All along the shore we run.
Sing our shanty in the sun.


*Google it ;)

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