Mudcat Café message #3033791

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Posted By: Charley Noble
16-Nov-10 - 03:51 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Nordhoff Chantey 'We're Going Away'
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Nordhoff Chantey 'We're Going Away'

I wonder if it was Nordhoff who invented the term "chantyman," inspired by his research of the stevedore worksongs along the New Orleans waterfront in the 1840's.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble