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Thread #126347   Message #2875434
Posted By: John Minear
30-Mar-10 - 06:18 AM
Thread Name: From SF to Sydney - 1853 Shanties Sung?
Subject: RE: From SF to Sydney - 1853 Shanties Sung?
Lighter, thanks for the continued work on Dana (revised). So this turns out to not be a reference to "Round the Corner, Sally", the chanty, but perhaps a 'round the corner, Sally', "Sally". If so, it does finally document that use of the phrase. Hugill refers to "round the corner" Sallies, but this is the first actual use I've seen. I think that there is some significance to the fact that Dana was acquainted with both this use and *a* version of the song. What sense do you make out of the rest of the list?

And thanks for the soup pot of mixed metaphor chanties! Wow, if we ever doubted the fluidity of this process, this example should be somewhat convincing. It is hardly surprising to find Sally Brown around the corner. But Victoria with Jim Crow!