The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #129512   Message #2907996
Posted By: Charley Noble
16-May-10 - 10:31 AM
Thread Name: May Shanty Sing, Portsmouth, NH USA
Subject: RE: May Shanty Sing, Portsmouth, NH USA
Correction to the above:

It was Mark who told the story of Admiral Nelson and the "brown pants" followed by Linn leading "Down Below."

The story Earl told was how after his death at Trafalgar, Nelson was shipped home in a cask full of rum, which arrived back in England remarkably dry. Chris followed this story with a rendition of "Roll the Old Chariot" with it's leading verse of "A drop of Nelson's blood wouldn't do us any wrong."

Cheerily,
Charley Noble