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Lighter	The Advent and Development of Chanties (929* d)	RE: The Advent and Development of Chanties	29 Jul 23
Hi, Gibb. Jack London, “An Odyssey of the North” (1899): “[He] swayed back, with a hitch to his skin trousers, and began to sing a chanty, such as men lift when they swing around the capstan circle, and the sea snorts in their ears: Yan-kee ship come down the ri-ib-er Pull ! my bully boys ! Pull ! D’yeh want – to know de captain ru-uns her ? Pull ! my bully boys ! Pull ! Jon-a-than Jones ob South Caho-li-in-a Pull ! my bully —— ” (London, a skilled sailor, should have known you don't "pull" while "swinging around the capstan circle. but, hey, it's just a story!)

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