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Thread #145760   Message #3372922
Posted By: RTim
06-Jul-12 - 03:19 PM
Thread Name: Shanties as work songs, question
Subject: RE: Shanties as work songs, question
I asked this question on another thread, and Gibb Sahib suggested I post it here also:

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A question I have is about how the singing happened.

Did the Shantyman when on board working, sing both his line AND the response,
or only his line?

Tim Radford
(Who has just recorded some shanties with a chorus)

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