Trois Marins de Groix, Les

DESCRIPTION: French. Forebitter. "Nus etions trois marins de Groix (x2), Embarques sur le Saint Francois." Three sailors from Groix sail on the Saint Francois for 45 francs a month and win with every meal. A sailor falls in the sea when a rope parts and is never found
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1977 (Hugill-SongsOfTheSea)
KEYWORDS: foreignlanguage sailor death money shanty
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Hugill-SongsOfTheSea, p. 47, "Les Trois Marins de Groix" (1 text, 1 tune)
File: HSeSo047

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