Mudcat Café message #3063327

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Thread #128220 Message #3063327
Posted By: Lighter
29-Dec-10 - 01:24 PM
Thread Name: The Advent and Development of Chanties
Subject: RE: The Advent and Development of Chanties

Seems to me that the French "chanter" in this case means/ meant something like English "to sing out an order (for sailors to get to work)," rather than "to sing a shanty."