chantey

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chantey

noun chanteys

alternative Alternative form of shanty (sailor's song). Then we had a mouth-organ solo or two, which naturally led on to songs. My turn came. I struck up the first verse of a sailor chantey as possessing at least the interest of novelty. Oh once we were a-sailing, a-sailing were we; Blow high, blow low, what care we; And we were a-sailing to see what we

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@misc{chantey_2026,
  title = {chantey},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chantey},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}