sj | ||
|
User Name | Thread Name | Subject | Posted |
GUEST,Gareth Williams | The origin of Sea Chanteys (129* d) | RE: The origin of Sea Chanteys | 26 May 01 |
Rutters ! - The old menmonic sailing directions may have been mutated into shanties. Try pricking the geographical locations, depths, and sea bottom mentioned in "Spanish Ladies" on a chart of the English Channel and see what you get - a pilots memonic from the Dodman to the North Foreland. Just a thought. |