Mudcat Café message #2888602

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Thread #128220 Message #2888602
Posted By: Gibb Sahib
17-Apr-10 - 12:15 PM
Thread Name: The Advent and Development of Chanties
Subject: RE: The Advent and Development of Chanties

I forgot a reference in the above "timeline":

c.1846-1852

- "Oh sailors where are you bound to/Across the briny ocean" Packet ship, Liverpool > Philadelphia/ pump windlass (Nordhoff 1855)

By a close, close reading of the text, I imagine the date could be made more precise.