Sailor song the shanties and ballads of the high seas

"Passed down in the oral tradition and sung as working songs, sea shanties tell the compelling human stories of life on the water: hard labor, battling the elements, pining for distant loves and far-away homes. The music's rhythms are designed to galvanize the group effort of heaving, pushing, and p...

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Main Author:	Smyth, Gerry, 1961- (Author)
Other Authors:	Hannah, Jonny (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2020.
Subjects:	Sea songs > Texts. Sea songs > History and criticism. Sea songs > Terminology. Sailors > Social life and customs.
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