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Thread #61207   Message #995683
Posted By: Jim Dixon
02-Aug-03 - 06:54 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Sea Shanties from 'The Complaynt' (1549)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Sea Shanties from 'The Complaynt' (1549)
Would anyone care to translate the text from IanC's post into modern English? There are quite a few words there I don't understand.

Exactly what language or dialect is that, anyway? It seems to be a variety of old Scots or English, but I don't quite recognize it.