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Try the following books for starters: Stan Hugill, Shanties and Sailors' Songs, Herbert Jenkins, London, 1969 Stan Hugill, Shanties from the Seven Seas, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1961 Stan Hugill, Songs of the Sea, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1977 Gale Huntington, Songs the Whalemen Sang, Barre, Barre, Mass., 1964 ...then look at the extensive bibliography in each. ...then contact: Chris Roche, 6 Brafferton Road, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 1AD, England I have always found Chris to be knowledgeavle and helpful, but he isn't on the 'net (or he wasn't last time we spoke). Cheers Simon ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Cheesman <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: 03 April 1999 20:28 Subject: Whaling Songs (Whales in Folklore?) > A friend is working on music in various Pacific islands (lucky guy). > He is finding a lot of whaling songs. Does anybody have material or > resources? Reading suggestions? Research in progress? People to > contact? > I wonder if the Atlantic and Pacific whalers sang the same songs....? > Results could also be of interest to Marjetka, re (large marine) > 'Animals in Folklore'. > > Please, no wailing songs. No Wales songs. And no songs sung *by* > whales. Just songs of people who hunted them, OK? Thanks. > > Tom > > (Reply to list or to: [log in to unmask]) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%