The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #10945 Message #1523874
Posted By: GUEST,Santa
19-Jul-05 - 09:21 AM
Thread Name: Origins: The Sailor's Way / Across the Line
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Sailor's Way / Across the Line
Rollicks is right: it is the "working" pronunciation of rowlocks. Presumably these are knnown as oarlocks in that other tongue they speak across the Great Water.