Mudcat Café message #983938

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Thread #61207 Message #983938
Posted By: GUEST,Nancy King at work
15-Jul-03 - 03:51 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Sea Shanties from 'The Complaynt' (1549)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Sea Shanties from 'The Complaynt' (1549)

Just checked O'Brian's "The Thirteen-Gun Salute," and one of the other "songs" the Orkneymen sing goes:

Afore the wind, afore the wind
God send, God send
Fair Weather, fair weather,
Many prizes, many prizes.

Which is clearly a part of the third bit from the "Complaynt." I'm not sure why this fascinates me so, but I guess it does show that O'Brian was reading "The Complaynt of Scotland" back in the 1980s.

Cheers, Nancy