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Thread #163587 Message #3905317
Posted By: GUEST,henryp
13-Feb-18 - 04:23 AM
Thread Name: What sea shanties did Blackbeard know?
Subject: RE: What sea shanties did Blackbeard know?
The Drunken Maidens - from the Isle of White - was one of Baring-Gould's favourite songs, writes Martin Graebe in As I Walked Out. Baring-Gould traced the song back to Charming Phyllis's Garland printed in about 1715.