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Thread #126347   Message #2871727
Posted By: John Minear
25-Mar-10 - 02:58 PM
Thread Name: From SF to Sydney - 1853 Shanties Sung?
Subject: RE: From SF to Sydney - 1853 Shanties Sung?
From Tristan Jones' ADRIFT, here is Tansy Lee's (1866-1958) version of "Sally Brown":

http://books.google.com/books?id=HQfybxyQceoC&pg=PA153&dq=Sally+Brown+had+a+daughter,+Nellie&cd=1#v=onepage&q=Sally%20Brown%20ha

If he was born in 1866, it is conceivable that he was at sea by the early '80's.