Mudcat Café message #2606141

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Thread #119776 Message #2606141
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
06-Apr-09 - 09:10 PM
Thread Name: 'Rare' Caribbean shanties of Hugill, etc
Subject: RE: 'Rare' Caribbean shanties of Hugill, etc

There are thousands of uses of the name Lucy Loo (Lou); the two come together naturally.

The chantey needn't have a predecessor but see the song, "Lucy Loo," written in 1896 by Herbert N. Farrar and A. B. Sloane; a copy at the NY Public Library.
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm

"Looping the Loop with Lucy Loo" was an early British airforce song, c. 1914-1916, with its own tune. "Airman's Song Book," 1945, Ward-Jackson and Leighton Lucas.