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Thread #89292 Message #1684059
Posted By: Dave Hanson
03-Mar-06 - 02:48 AM
Thread Name: Roll the old chariot along- or similar-want MP3
Subject: RE: Roll the old chariot along- or similar-want M
Being pedantic here, a capella means in the style of the church, it does NOT apply to sea shanties, which were mostly ribald and often obscene.
In folk music the tradition is ' unaccompanied ' ie. no musical instruments, not a capella.