Filles de La Rochelle, Les

DESCRIPTION: French. Forebitter shanty. "Sont les filles de la Rochelle." The ships are "the daughters of La Rochelle." They are made of ivory, diamond, lace, gold, silver, redwood. The crew is 15-year-old girls. A girl aloft cries because she has lost her white rose
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1977 (Hugill-SongsOfTheSea)
KEYWORDS: ship shanty flowers separation
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Hugill-SongsOfTheSea, p. 156, "Les Filles de la Rochelle" (2 texts, French & English, 1 tune)
File: HSoSe156

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