Mudcat Café message #790456

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Thread #51742 Message #790456
Posted By: Keith A of Hertford
24-Sep-02 - 02:08 PM
Thread Name: Who Said - Shanty worth 5 men?
Subject: RE: Who Said - Shanty worth 5 men?

I have The Seven Seas Shanty Book by John Sampson. He sailed from 1886 to 1898. The publishing date is 1926. There is a foreword by John Masefield who writes "It used to be said that 'a song was ten men on a rope.' "
Haul away,
Keith.