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Thread #57206   Message #3063306
Posted By: Charley Noble
29-Dec-10 - 12:54 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Yangtse River Shanty
Subject: RE: Origins: Yangtse River Shanty
Dead Horse-

I've rechecked the spelling of the black cutter from the Osborne and Dartmouth Naval Training College named above and it should be "Widgeon." So, there was a typo in what I transcribed from his remarks in Cockalorum, p. 43.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble