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Thread #102661 Message #2082669
Posted By: Snuffy
20-Jun-07 - 07:14 PM
Thread Name: Meaning: Long Tail Blue in sea songs?
Subject: RE: Meaning: Long Tail Blue in sea songs?
Long tailed Blue coats were naval uniform
"Long tail blue" is mentioned in a couple of shanties
Shanties were not sung in the navy, only on merchant ships
Therefore merchant seamen were singing about putting on naval uniforms.