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Thread #6166   Message #1001458
Posted By: GUEST,John - Yorkshire
13-Aug-03 - 04:27 PM
Thread Name: Other parting songs?
Subject: RE: Other parting songs?
I thought the Farewell Shanty was about leaving harbour, then I was put right?

I was told that it comes from Padstow and is a fisherman's burial song.