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Thread #119219   Message #3065784
Posted By: Gibb Sahib
02-Jan-11 - 04:45 PM
Thread Name: Sea Chanteys/Shanties page-Gibb Sahib
Subject: RE: Welcome to my Sea Chanteys/Shanties page
In terms of specific numbers, I have counted something like:

5 Welsh
11 French
13 German and Dutch
30 Scandinavian
1 Italian
TOTAL = 60

That is only counting distinct "items" -- defined by their having an all-capitals title. There are many more fragments of non-English verse throughout.

These are in only the unabridged version of "Shanties..." A number of them did turn up again in _Songs of the Sea_, sometimes edited down.