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Thread #34080   Message #461806
Posted By: Peter Kasin
14-May-01 - 04:13 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Blood Red Roses (what's it mean?)
Subject: RE: Blood Red Roses
Of course, in time the meanings of the words to chanteys like "Blood Red Roses" are lost on sailors, and they just want a good chantey to set the rhythm, but at one time this song must have meant something to the chanteyman who made it up, and others who might have changed words over time. Fi8nding out it's mea