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Thread #126347 Message #2822548
Posted By: Charley Noble
27-Jan-10 - 10:02 AM
Thread Name: From SF to Sydney - 1853 Shanties Sung?
Subject: RE: From SF to Sydney - 1853 Shanties Sung?
Lighter-
Very interesting. Now we're back to the 1850's for some version of "Rio Grande."
I'm impressed with the variety of other songs that shantymen shoe-horned into "Rio Grande." We have verses to "Fish of the Sea;" there's also the "milk-maid," "Liverpool" and the "Gold Rush" versions mentioned by Hugill, and Bullen's first verse is a verse from the "Bold Princess Royal." The next time someone in the circle raised the version from the "Blue Book," RISE UP SINGING, be sure to point that out!