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Thread #126347   Message #2867078
Posted By: Charley Noble
18-Mar-10 - 04:07 PM
Thread Name: From SF to Sydney - 1853 Shanties Sung?
Subject: RE: From SF to Sydney - 1853 Shanties Sung?
What an incredible wealth of information is being harvested!

Lighter-

I really like the detailed observations made of sailors singing at work as in "News from Our Digger." They really transport one to the deck of a ship in 1853.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble