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Thread #85881 Message #1596022
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
02-Nov-05 - 05:58 PM
Thread Name: C. Fox Smith PermaThread
Subject: RE: C. Fox Smith PermaThread
HOLYSTONING
Notes by CFS:
The sailor had a song for everything. "When we were holystoning the decks." an old sailor once told me, "we would sing:"
Leave her, Johnny and away we'll go, Leave her Johnny.
"Leave Her Johnnie" is included in this collection. X:1 T:Holystoning C:C. Fox Smith 'A Book of Shanties' p 85 M:4/4 L:1/8 K:Bb F2B2B B c d|c2B2F4|B2d6|c2B6 w:Leave her John-ny and a-way we'll go, leave her John-ny.