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Thread #38679   Message #545083
Posted By: Gareth
08-Sep-01 - 07:17 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: 'Beware and take care of the Bight of ...
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sea Chantey-White Man's Grave
Beware, Oh beware of the bight of Benin
Theres one comes out, that twenty goes in.

Patrick O'Brien makes mention of this as a saying common to the RN crews on the anti slave trade patrols, in "The Commodore"

I can't ay that I have ever seen this or heard this as a full shanty.

Gareth