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Thread #125224   Message #2771018
Posted By: Jack Blandiver
22-Nov-09 - 07:13 AM
Thread Name: Shanty or Chantey?
Subject: RE: Shanty or Chantey?
Thanks, YB - that's all I need to know.

Although...

Some are "fore bitters" or foc'sle songs (Forecastle) others are homeward bound songs.

Who came up with these terms anyway? Sailors or folk-revivalists?

BTW - Jaw's Harp, it would seem, is a corruption of Jew's Harp by some centuries...