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Thread #102326   Message #2906799
Posted By: JWB
14-May-10 - 10:45 AM
Thread Name: Sailors' Songs or Chanties- Songbook Index
Subject: RE: Sailors' Songs or Chanties- Index
Here is an excerpt from Terry's notes to The Lion Man-o'-war:

"A version of the words appears in Firth's Naval Songs and Ballads. The melody and two verses are quoted in L.A. Smith's The Music of the Waters. I do not think it has appeared in print before, with words and music complete."

Jerry