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GUEST,Phil d'Conch	Should women sing chanties (203* d)	RE: Should women sing chanties	23 May 19
Uh....oh: "Saturday, 8th July—Mr. G—— who had lately come down from Leeds, having consented to return there with me, he and I embarked on board a batteau, for St. Nicholas's Mills. While sailing up the river, we were entertained with the simple melody of the Canadian boat song : the men sang a verse, or part of a verse, and were then followed by the females, who took up their part very readily; and their fine clear voices, keeping time with the motion of the oars, had a pleasing effect..." [A Journal of a Voyage to Quebec in 1825, Finan, 1828, pp.138]

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