[Posted by Dan Milner, University of Birmingham (England); recent link: http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2011/04/smithsonian-folkways-releases-civil-war-naval-songs/] Stan Hugill was the last seaman known to have sung sea shanties aboard a British merchant ship. Hugill was also a prolific maritime painter and author of books on sea songs. In Sailortown(1967), he mentions a New York shanghier who operated a combination hostelry-cum-grogshop named Larry Maher. About 10 years …
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