Ships, Sea Songs and Shanties (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Whall, W. B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1332195350 ISBN 13: 9781332195350

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from Ships, Sea Songs and Shanties These Songs have appeared in the Nautical Magazine and Yachting Monthly. By the courtesy of the Editors I now publish them in book form. A few portraits of celebrated sailing ships of the date in which these songs were sung are added. I set myself a plain task, namely, to write down these songs, music and words, as I heard them sung at sea by sailors. I have, therefore, not searched through the British Museum for the correct(?) wording or tune in any case. As to the spelling of "shanty" I see no reason why, because shore people have fancied a derivation of the word and written it "chanty," I should follow. It was not so pronounced at sea, and to spell it so is misleading. I have good reasons for supposing that the presumed French derivation of this word is wrong. The book would be shorn of half its value were it not for the harmonising of the Songs by my brother, R. H. Whall, Mus Bac., and the clever Drawings of my niece, Miss Veronica Whall. I hope this attempt to rescue these old Songs from oblivion will find favour. A Second edition being called for so soon is gratifying to me. Curiously enough, I find that as many shore people are interested in these songs as sailors. I have added a few more Songs and Shanties; of course there are numbers of others, but I think this selection is fairly representative. I have been asked why "The Banks of Sacramento" is not inserted; this was nothing but an old Christy Minstrel song turned into a Shanty, and for that reason I omitted it. Questions have been asked about others, but it is impossible to use all. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an impe

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Excerpt from Ships, Sea Songs and Shanties

Second edition being called for so soon is gratifying to me. Curiously A enough, I find that as many shore people are interested in these songs as sailors. I have added a few more Songs and Shanties of course there are numbers of others, but I think this selection is fairly representative. I have been asked why The Banks of Sacramento is not inserted 3 this was nothing but an old Christy Minstrel song turned into a Shanty, and for that reason I omitted it. Questions have been asked about others, but it is impossible to use all.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

About this edition

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1332195350
• ISBN 13: 9781332195350
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 152