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Thread #56514 Message #886710
Posted By: Charley Noble
10-Feb-03 - 08:30 AM
Thread Name: history of English army song
Subject: RE: history of English army song
Your remarks make a lot of sense to me, Walrus.
What is hard to convey is the "spirit" in which these old songs were sung, and Denis had a powerful set of lungs.
Some of Denis' sailing around the world adventures in the late 1930's are chronicled in his BLUE WATER VAGABONDS, which was reprinted about 5 years ago and should be available from Bookfinder.com and the like. It's a great read.