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Thread #46513 Message #690234
Posted By: Peter Kasin
15-Apr-02 - 03:29 AM
Thread Name: Doc Watson and Sea Shanties??
Subject: RE: BS: Doc Watson and Sea Shanties??
Stan Hugill has Roll The Woodpile Down as a capstan chantey, a seagoing variant of the African American song Haul The Woodpile Down. Hold The Woodpile Down could well be a variant of Haul, etc.