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If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
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Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)
Artist: John Goss & the Cathedral Male Voice Quartet
Author: traditional
Label: His Master's Voice
Year: 1927
Roud #809 (as Haul Away For Rosie). Hauling was the principal activity on board of a 19th century merchant mariner. Most sea shanties helped while hauling.
Covers:
Lead Belly [for Moses Asch]
Kingston Trio [as Haul Away]
Paul Clayton [with Foc'sle Singers]
Ewan MacColl [as Haul Away For Rosie]
In chapter 22 of Herman Melville's Moby Dick (1851) sailors sing about Girls of Booble Alley just as in Haul Away, Joe.
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)