10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHANTEY»
Discover the use of
chantey in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
chantey and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Set in the far future, Space Chantey chronicles the adventures of Space Captain Roadstrum and his crew, on a journey through galaxies resonant with myth and peril as Roadstrum valiantly battles to return across the cosmos to Big Tulsa, the ...
Neil Gaiman, R. A. Lafferty, 2009
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Harper's Monthly Magazine
THE now old-fashioned sea chanteys* hark back to such a remote period that it is
impossible to say when or whence they originated, but in the language of the sea
, " chantey " means a working-song. Unfortunately these purely salt-water ...
BY H. PHELPS hark back to such a remote period that it is impossible to say
when or whence they originated, but in the language of the sea, “ chantey ”
means a working-song. Unfortunately these purely salt-water songs were
unwritten, being ...
Sea Chantey Survival of me PROBABLY few men still alive today have heard a
deepwater chantey sung in its native environment—aboard a working sailing
ship. Since the age of sail has been gone for over 50 years, sea chanteys (
variously ...
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Nonfiction Reading Practice, Grade 2
The Sea Chantey A chantey is a sailing song. The word chantey comes from a
French word that means "to sing." A sea chantey was chanted, or sung, as sailors
did their work. The chantey helped sailors to work together. There were different ...
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary ... ...
CHANTEY or SHANTY, subs, (nautical). — A song sung by sailors at their work.
— See CHANTEY-MAN. [Obviously a diminutive of CHANT, a song.] 1869.
Chambers' Journal, n Dec., pp. 794-6. [Article on 'Sailors' SHANTIES and Sea-
Songs.
John Stephen Farmer, Henley, 1891
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Troublemaker: How Much Hell Can a Woman Really Cause a Man?
William and I are going out,” Chantey replied. Melissa glanced at me, smiled, and
in a nonchalant voice said, “Have a good time.” “Don't you want to meet him and
tell him a little about yourself?” asked Chantey. Melissa abandoned the doll on ...
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Work, Class, and Power in the Borderlands of the Early ...
Chanties are one example of how sailors cultivated a culture useful to the
functioning of the ship while also holding values distinct from that of the masters
and officers. There were four different classes of chantey and each aided a
different type ...
Chantey. *" Derek Walcott St Lucia La, tout n 'est qu'ordre et beaute, Luxe calme,
... coral, The lithe,' ebony hulls Of strait-stitching schooners, The needles of their
masts That thread archipelagoes is Refracted'. I A Sea Chantey Derek Walcott.
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Jazz: New Perspectives on the History of Jazz
Swannee River was based on a Mississippi capstan chantey named Mobile
River. Shenandoah was first known as a Negro windlass chantey named
Shanadore. The Sally of Sally Brown was identified by Cecil Sharp as the Sally
who "lives ...
Nat Hentoff, Albert J. McCarthy, 1975
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHANTEY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
chantey is used in the context of the following news items.
Going Country Without Nashville
There's even a sea chantey. The lyrics are deeply personal: about his wife's cancer and his own neglect of family in pursuit of professional ... «Atlanta Magazine, Jun 15»
Court report online – June 17
Chantey B. BigJohn, Lac Du Flambeau, charged with retail theft-intentionally take and felony bail jumping. Bail continued, set for PH-to be set in ... «Starjournalnow, Jun 15»
Family, friends mourn girl killed in Mattapan
Chantey Pagan, 32, said her son is battling broken bones at Boston Medical Center. She said the boy does not know that Yadielys is deceased, ... «Boston Globe, Jun 15»
Court report online – June 9
Chantey B. Big John, Lac Du Flambeau, charged with retail theft-intentionally take. In another case, charged with retail theft-intentionally take ... «Starjournalnow, Jun 15»
Find your way to downtown Thursday for AHA!
Plus, the New Bedford Harbor Sea Chantey Chorus will bring you along on a voyage across the oceans of the world. Head to the New Bedford ... «SouthCoastToday.com, Jun 15»
Survivors deliver lessons
To DiSanzo, a poignant moment of the day was Chantey Jung's story. Jung survived the Killing Fields in Cambodia in the 1970s. At the age of 9 ... «Allentown Examiner, Jun 15»
$500000 bail for man held in fatal Mattapan hit-and-run
Meanwhile, Joseph Eduardo Cordova's mother, Chantey Pagan, 32, said her son was doing better and was no longer in the intensive care unit. «Boston Globe, Jun 15»
18 quirky Bay Area adventures and destinations
Chantey Sing at Hyde Street Pier in San Francisco. Once a month, the National Park Service lets average citizens play seadog, allowing ... «San Jose Mercury News, Jun 15»
Mystic Seaport to host 36th Sea Music Fest
... the Northern Neck Chantey Singers, the S.S. Chanteens, Ian Bell, Charlie Zahm, Pressgang Mutiny, and the Mystic Seaport Chantey Staff, ... «WTNH, May 15»
DC's Great Noise Ensemble reprises favorites as celebrates 10th …
“The Walrus and the Carpenter,” a spoof on the Baroque in four “arias” and three recitatives, sports a sea chantey, a disheveled march, ... «Washington Post, May 15»
