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Steve Gardham	Spanish sea shanties (64* d)	RE: Spanish sea shanties	11 Oct 24
Yes, quite. I'm not sure I'm totally happy with using the term 'chanty' with reference to the Menhaden singers. As far as I know chanties as we know them from shipboard and stevedores have never been used for net hauling. I've seen you have plenty of references to singing whilst net hauling, but not of chanties. My perception is that sometime c1900 the Menhaden people came across chanties as a genre and decided, quite reasonably, that it described what they were doing, albeit with a different style and repertoire. I am not questioning their right to call what they do anything they want. I am questioning researchers and casual enthusiasts who are confusing the 2 very different genres.

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