Re: Shrislia Sea Chantey - "Aurenit Zleteind" (Aboard the Aureni)
From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
Date: | Wednesday, March 14, 2001, 11:57 |
Matt McLauchlin scripsit:
> OK, I confess. The song isn't original; it's largely adapted from Stan
> Rogers' "The Nancy;" it even has the same rhythm and can be sung to the same
> tune. But I thought it was cool anyway. :)
Wow. I actually spotted this resemblance while I was reading the gloss
(had I been really clever, I would have spotted it while reading the original).
I think the line "To surrender, I say fuck that!" is what clued me in.
I've been a SR fan since hearing him (rivetingly) at the Clearwater Festival,
and then later in extreme close-up in Spencertown, NY.
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John Cowan cowan@ccil.org
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