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User Name	Thread Name	Subject	Posted
Jacob Bloom	Lyr Add: Hold the Woodpile Down (43)	RE: Lyr Add: Hold the Woodpile Down	04 Jan 00
My understanding was that the nautical version was "Row The Woodpile Down" - the "woodpile" was the ship, and this shanty was used when the ship was becalmed and the sailors were sent out in a rowboat with a cable tied to the ship, to give the ship some headway by rowing. I don't have an authoritative source for this, it's just something that a friend told me.

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