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The music of the waters; a collection of the sailors' chanties, or working songs of the sea, of all maritime nations. Boatmen's, fishermen's, and rowing songs, and water legends /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Laura Alexandrine (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Milford House, [1971]
Subjects:
Sea songs > History and criticism.
Seafaring life > Folklore.
Sailors > Folklore.
Chansons de marins > Histoire et critique.
Vie en mer > Folklore.
Marins > Folklore.
Sailors.
Sea songs.
Seafaring life.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Folklore.
Table of Contents:
  • English and American "chanties;" or, working songs of the sea
  • Gaelic boat songs and Scotch sea songs
  • Keelman's and fisherman's songs, and songs of the press gang on Tyneside
  • Canadian boat songs
  • French sailors' and boatmen's songs
  • Italian sailors', Neapolitan fishermen's, and Venetian gondoliers' songs
  • Scandinavian sea songs
  • German sailors' songs
  • Dutch sailors' and herring-fishers' songs
  • Russian sailors' songs
  • Greek songs
  • Japanese sailors' songs
  • Nile boatmen's chants
  • Indian water-songs
  • From China to Peru
  • Superstitions, customs, and water-legends of the sea, rivers, and lakes.