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Thread #161882 Message #3850863
Posted By: GUEST,Don Hale
17-Apr-17 - 02:44 PM
Thread Name: April Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing
Subject: RE: April Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing
#40 should be "The Greenland Whale", as it comes from the 1833 journal of the whaling ship "Bengal", to distinguish it the more usually sung versions (with multiple titles). I know, nit-picking ....