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Thread #162651   Message #3990719
Posted By: GUEST,Phil d'Conch
04-May-19 - 01:59 PM
Thread Name: Chanteys in Royal Navy?
Subject: RE: Chanteys in Royal Navy?
Dutch Navy c.1825:
“All except the top and forecastle men walked in well trained tactics to the music of the drum and fife around the capstan; and while the boat swain's mates piped loudly the signal to unfurl the sails,...”
[Pfeiffer, G.S.F., Dr., The Voyages and Five Years Captivity in Algiers, (Harrisburg: Winebrenner, 2nd German ed., Rupp, I.D. trans., 1836, p.5)]

Getting to be something of a cliche.