The current threads on shanties remind me of this.

Legend has it that shantyman Stan Hugill used to regale after-hours audiences with the uncensored words of old sea shanties that he wasn't allowed to publish fifty years ago.

It looks like these lyrics have disappeared forever.

If any Mudcatters learned any uncensored lyrics directly from Stan, now's your chance for immortality as a "collector" and a "source" and to fill out the record by posting them. What better place than Mudcat? You can even post anonymously as a "Guest."

By the standards of today's rugby songs, X-rated rap songs, and R-rated movie dialogue, they can't be that shocking.