National Song Used for Hauling (Russian Shanty)

DESCRIPTION: Russian hauling shanty. Translation: "Let us pull away together, boys, all together it goes - it goes, Pull away, away, together."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1888 (L.A. Smith, _Music of the Waters_)
KEYWORDS: foreignlanguage shanty worksong ship
FOUND IN: Russia
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Hugill-ShantiesFromTheSevenSeas, p. 573, "National Song Used for Hauling" (1 text, 1 tune)
File: Hugi573A

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