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"It is sometimes difficult for old sailors like myself to realize that
these fine shanty tunes—so fascinating to the musician, and which no
sailor can hear without emotion—died out with the sailing vessel, and
now belong to a chapter of maritime history that is definitely closed."

There is a lovely hovercraft shanty ("From Dover to Calais") on Finest
Kind's "For Honour and for Gain")

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Honour-Gain-...4007712&sr=1-1

Paul Magnussen
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