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26 Mar 23 - 02:08 PM (#4168523) Subject: Circus Chanteys From: StephenH I have recently enjoyed going through editions of Sing Out magazine on the Internet Archive (thank you Joe Offer for posting the link.) One article in particular intrigued me. It was entitled "Circus Chanteys of Yesteryear Raised the Bigtop to Song." This was an entirely new genre to me - I had never heard of circus chanteys before nor suspected that they existed. I half thought that the article might be a satire but when one reads how they were used, it seems obvious. Anyway, anyone interested can find the article here: https://archive.org/details/sim_sing-out_summer-1958_8_2/page/28/mode/2up Of course, this may be familiar stuff to lots of folks. |
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26 Mar 23 - 02:09 PM (#4168524) Subject: RE: Circus Chanteys From: StephenH proper link https://archive.org/details/sim_sing-out_summer-1958_8_2/page/28/mode/2up |
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30 Mar 23 - 09:35 PM (#4168833) Subject: RE: Circus Chanteys From: Sandra in Sydney As is my wont, I sent the link to my shanty loving friends & one sent it to at least one friend who is ... raising a tent at a festival and is keen on the idea. Pity there are no tunes attached ... I suggested my friend go thru all the tunes he knows, as well as various tune sites! Any suggestions? |
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04 Apr 23 - 01:56 PM (#4169247) Subject: RE: Circus Chanteys From: StephenH For me, one that comes to mind is the tune for Cyril Tawney's "Chicken On a Raft." This more or less fits the verses that begin: "Oh come along you children, come (heigh ho.) Perhaps it's just the similarity of the response. |
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05 Apr 23 - 03:16 AM (#4169281) Subject: RE: Circus Chanteys From: Gibb Sahib Here's the original source: Billboard, 27 May 1957 |