chanty
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The Beach Boys hoist sail to the tune of a seaworthy old chanty with a trim new arrangement by Brian Wilson that starts off rolling softly but soon has everyone swinging.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sing a song of sixpence—a chanty of three $100 prizes awarded for those three groups of players deemed best by the gaffers sitting in judgment!
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One million and a half copies of this chanty were sold.
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British chanty leaders continued their efforts to curry favor with Mrs. Simpson.
From Time Magazine Archive
Here is a heaving chanty, or slow pull: “‘To South Australia we’re bound to go— Heave away, heave away.
From The Dead Men's Song Being the Story of a Poem and a Reminiscent Sketch of its Author Young Ewing Allison by Hitchcock, Champion Ingraham
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