Madeleine

DESCRIPTION: French (Belgian). Capstan shanty. "En revenant d'Beaumont, La digue, digue, daine." The singer dreams of Beaumont, where he meets a girl. Her name is Madeleaine. He lifts her petticoat. You can guess the rest
AUTHOR: "Commandant LeMaitre" (source: Hugill)
EARLIEST DATE: 1977 (Hugill-SongsOfTheSea)
KEYWORDS: shanty foreignlanguage courting sex dream
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Hugill-SongsOfTheSea, p. 102, "Madeleine" (2 texts, French and English, 1 tune)
File: HSoSe102

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