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Thread #149438   Message #3477380
Posted By: mg
08-Feb-13 - 09:58 PM
Thread Name: 'Unexplained nonsense' in chanties
Subject: RE: 'Unexplained nonsense' in chanties
some could have come from Chinook jargon perhaps, which did have Hawaiian words. Also, I have a book onj my kindle..an old Scottish Highland folklore set of articles..it goes on about toora loora and other "nonsense" phrases were really old relics of druid chants and authors did a very good job of relating these phrases to old Gaelic calls to sun, moon etc.