The Music of the Waters: Sailors' Chanties, 1888

The Music of the Waters: A Collection of the Sailors' Chanties, Or Working ... By Laura Alexandrine Smith:



This relatively rare and out-of-print collection has a larger and more diverse array of the non-English chanteys and maritime songs than those found in Hugill, Colcord, or Doerflinger. Many of the songs have notated tunes, making the collection especially useful to singers.



"CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION xv ENGLISH AND AMERICAN CHANTIES OR WORKING SONGS OF THE SEA i GAELIC BOAT SONGS AND SCOTCH SEA SONGS 79 KEELMEN"




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