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Thread #17029   Message #2415664
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
16-Aug-08 - 06:36 PM
Thread Name: Discussion: Rollin' Home (sea song)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Rollin' Home (sea song)
Hugill quotes one by an Australian sailmaker that begins that way (Shanties from the Seven Seas) and quoted by Lighter in the DT Study-

Call all hands to man the capstan,
Set yer cable flaked and clear,
Now we're sailin' homeward bound, boys,
For the Channel we will steer.

The one in C. Fox Smith (A Book of Shanties), from an English sailor, is about the same (see thread 85881)-

Call all hands to man the capstan,
See the cable run down clear,
Heave away, and with a will, boys,
For old England we will steer.

Thread 51635: DT Study Rolling Home

C. Fox Smith thread 85881: C Fox Smith Permathread