The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #140619 Message #3232385
Posted By: Charley Noble
01-Oct-11 - 08:28 PM
Thread Name: Origins of Shanties as Work Songs?
Subject: RE: Origins of Shanties as Work Songs?
Lighter-
I'm seeing a vision of some way-back ancestor in the Rift Valley of Ethiopia pounding out coffee beans in a wooden mortar to the rhythm of tor-ri-lay, tor-ri-oh!