The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #166019   Message #3989858
Posted By: GUEST
29-Apr-19 - 11:07 AM
Thread Name: Should women sing chanties
Subject: RE: Should women sing chanties
Ah yes the charm of thin reedy voices, or Kate Rusbyesque gasping about how hellish it is handling sail, punching canvas, heaving and hauling away and pumping like mad-persons, well it wouldn't be like mad-men would it? It lends so much to the song, you could almost taste the tang of the salt-spray in the air as another goffer comes washing over the sharply tilted deck.