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Thread #30063 Message #3017311
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
27-Oct-10 - 07:58 PM
Thread Name: Origins: What Does the Deep Sea Say?
Subject: RE: What Does The Deep Sea Say?
U. S. Merchant Marine Songs here:
From www.usmm.org/poems.html#p100:
"What Did the Deep Sea Say?
Traditional folk song, recorded by Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston ("The Folkways Years"). Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston and friend Jim Longhi sailed together on three ships during World War II. They were torpedoed on William B. Travis in the Mediterranean, and either torpedoed or mined on Sea Porpoise off Normandy. Cisco's older brother, Adrian Houston was killed on Parismina in Nov. 1942. [Text from www.ciscohouston.com]."