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Passed down in the oral tradition and sung traditionally as working songs, sea shanties tell the human stories of life at sea: hard graft, battling the elements, the loss of ships or pining for a lady on shore. Acclaimed shanty devotee Gerry Smyth presents the background to each shanty alongside musical notation.
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Sailor Song, Gerry Smyth
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- Released
- 2021
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- Title
- Sailor Song
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Gerry Smyth
- Publisher
- British Library Publishing
- Released
- 2021
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 160
- ISBN10
- 0712353704
- ISBN13
- 9780712353700
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction
- Rating
- 3.8 out of 5
- Description
- Passed down in the oral tradition and sung traditionally as working songs, sea shanties tell the human stories of life at sea: hard graft, battling the elements, the loss of ships or pining for a lady on shore. Acclaimed shanty devotee Gerry Smyth presents the background to each shanty alongside musical notation.