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Thread #112033   Message #2366796
Posted By: GUEST,Suffolk Miracle
16-Jun-08 - 06:31 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: Shantying on Military Ships
Subject: RE: Folklore: Shanteying On Military Ships
"I have a memory of someone stating that there were two shanties allowed in the Royal Navy, one of which was 'Drunken Sailor.' Gurney

Was the other one 'Spanish Ladies'? I ask, because the official Royal Navy history website lists 4 'shanties' as being RN - Captain Kidd, Benbow, Spanish Ladies and Drunken Sailor. The first two aren't shanties, and in my view Spanish Ladies isn't either, but Hugill accepts it as a capstan shanty.