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Thread #115630   Message #3211851
Posted By: Gibb Sahib
24-Aug-11 - 03:02 AM
Thread Name: James Madison Carpenter shanties
Subject: RE: James Madison Carpenter shanties
I wonder if "haul" was really meant at all in any of the variations, or if Carpenter merely interpreted "all" to be a possible "haul" with the characteristic "missing H" of many UK English speakers.

E.g. The American, Harry Bowling's, is not represented by "haul".