Mettons la Chaloupe a L'eau

DESCRIPTION: French. Forebitter shant: "Mettons la chaloupe a l'eau (x2), Matelot tomba dans l'eau, Mentendez vous?" A sailor falls overboard. His arm is hurt. He will not have it amputated. When they reach port, the singer wants pipe and tobacco
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1977 (Hugill-SongsOfTheSea)
KEYWORDS: foreignlanguage sailor injury drugs shanty
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Hugill-SongsOfTheSea, p. 54, "Mettons la Chaloupe a L'eau" (2 texts, French and English, 1 tune)
File: HSeSo054

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