Haul on the Bowline
Traditional
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Traditional short-drag sea shanty. Public domain. Recording: Stan Hugill - 'Haul on the Bowline etc.' (uploaded by Joe Stead). Stan Hugill (1906-1992) was the last working shantyman of the British merchant marine and the author of 'Shanties from the Seven Seas' (1961) - the foundational reference work.
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