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Thread #94304   Message #1824630
Posted By: Keith A of Hertford
01-Sep-06 - 11:26 AM
Thread Name: Stan Hugill - the real words?
Subject: RE: Stan Hugill - the real words?
Drunken Sailor was a runaway or stamp and go shanty. No soloist. All hands would sing as they ran away with the braces.

I also once asked Stan Hugill about the original versions because he would often make a point of telling an audience that the words had been softened. He just said that he might get around to it. he did not seem to think that it mattered much.