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Thread #119172   Message #2582888
Posted By: EBarnacle
06-Mar-09 - 05:42 PM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Seeking a 1600s Sea Shanty
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Seeking a 1600s Sea Shanty
In the Pilgrimage to Compostella, there is reference to the sailors calling out a rude chant: A-hissa, a-hoea. You could build this into a sea chantey to meet your needs such as:

I told my wife I'd quit the sea,
A-hissa, a-hoea;
She laughed and made a fool of me,
With a hiss-a, and a hoea.

etc.