Re: Thread drift, again -

Subject: RE: Chanteys in Royal Navy?
From: Ged Fox
Date: 29 Apr 19 - 03:49 AM

I asked in a less appropriate thread, and received no reply, "Did they sing shanties in the fighting navies of other nations than Britain?"

It's a courteous and reasonable question.

And the subject is "shanties" not "singing." Who in the Royal Navy ever said singing was banned? Who ever said shanties shall have English lyrics? What's the source there?

If there's a better thread for these questions, or it needs a new one, elves will be elves.