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  2. Ten Thousand Miles Away - Wikipedia

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    The lyrics as given in The Scottish Students' Song Book of 1897 are as follows: [3]. Sing Ho! for a brave and a valiant bark, And a brisk and lively breeze, A jovial crew and a Captain too, to carry me over the seas,

  3. Sea shanty - Wikipedia

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    Traditional Sea Shanties webpage This is the place where you can meet sea shanties and forebitters sing in an authentic way. Shanties and Sea Songs webpage has lyrics popular among and culled from North American shanty revival performers, and links to albums on which the songs may be heard.

  4. New York Girls - Wikipedia

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    New York Girls", also known as "Can't You Dance the Polka," is a traditional sea shanty. [1] It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 486. [2] It was collected by W. B. Whall in the 1860s. [3] It was printed in 1910 in "Ships, Sea Songs and Shanties".

  5. Go to Sea Once More - Wikipedia

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    "Go to Sea Once More" or "Off to Sea" [1] [2] (Roud 644) is a sea shanty and folk song originating from the English Merchant Navy, likely from the period of 1700 - 1900. Overview [ edit ]

  6. How old English sea shanties inspired Cape Verdean singer

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  7. The Mermaid (ballad) - Wikipedia

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    The song belongs in the category of sea ballads, being a song sailors sung during their time off and not while they worked, but is more commonly thought of as a sea shanty. [5] It is well known in American folk tradition as well as European traditions, and the text has appeared in many forms in both print and oral mediums.

  8. Maggie May (folk song) - Wikipedia

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    In one version of the lyrics she is wearing a "crin-o-line", the bell-shaped dress worn by the woman in the foreground. [ 1 ] " Maggie May " (or " Maggie Mae ") ( Roud No. 1757) is a traditional Liverpool folk song about a prostitute who robbed a "homeward bounder", a sailor coming home from a round trip.

  9. Bell Bottom Trousers - Wikipedia

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    A sea shanty version has bawdy lyrics, but a clean version of the tune was written in 1944 for modern audiences by bandleader Moe Jaffe. [1] Moe Jaffe version