The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #123355 Message #2715342
Posted By: Gibb Sahib
03-Sep-09 - 09:27 AM
Thread Name: Sing-outs (semi-chanteys)
Subject: RE: Sing-outs (semi-chanteys)
This little chant was documented by Harlow, then reproduced in Hugill's book.
Corn broom, hickory broom, squilgee, SWAB!
This is also the chant that C. Sharp reproduced, although he has:
I sell brooms, squeegees and SWABS!
Here's a video I made of it. There's no pretense of authenticity, as I am only imagining what it was to sound like.
"Broom" chant