"This book is a gold mine for anyone who wants to know how the sea shanty was authentically used and sung." They say that sea shanties-authentic sea shanties-are no more.
As a child, he grew up hearing Shanties sung to him by his uncles and grand-uncles-all tall-shi. will they? Richard Runciman Terry was born in 1865 to a family that had been seafarers as far back as the family history could be traced.
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They died with the sailing ship, and will never again be heard in their original form. "This book is a gold mine for anyone who wants to know how the sea shanty was authentically used and sung." They say that sea shanties-authentic sea shanties-are no more