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Thread #160599   Message #3810375
Posted By: Charley Noble
18-Sep-16 - 06:27 PM
Thread Name: September Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing
Subject: RE: September Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing
Linn-

Excellent work!

With regard to "Jolly Roving Tar," while I was pointing out its origins as a song in the play Old Lavender, produced in 1885, what I sang was a version that has been heavily folk-processed and very close to how most of us now sing the song. The song has been greatly improved from its original lyrics.

Charlie Ipcar