Mudcat Café message #3476878

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Thread #149438 Message #3476878
Posted By: GUEST
07-Feb-13 - 06:45 PM
Thread Name: 'Unexplained nonsense' in chanties
Subject: RE: 'Unexplained nonsense' in chanties

John Kanakanaka was eplained to me as coming from French:

Jean qui n'a qu'un, n'a que tous raillaient--

Jean who has only one, only has everybody jeering.