1st Edition
Grey Funnel Lines Traditional Song & Verse of the Royal Navy 1900-1970
By Cyril Tawney
Copyright 1987
198 Pages
by
Routledge
198 Pages
by
Routledge
198 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1987. In this book we find songs reflecting every aspect of life in the twentieth-century Royal Navy, both upper and lower deck: war, ship’s routine, aviation, submarines, the antics of dockyard personnel, not to mention the matelot’s shore-going adventures, both amorous and bibulous.
The compiler was well-known as a folk-singer, though he began his career in the Royal... Read more
Preface. Introduction. The Songs 1. Ships Routine 2. At Liberty 3. Dockyard 4. War 5. Fleet Air Arm 6. Submarines 7. One from the Wrens 8. Envoi. Appendices – Tradition Continued, Shared Repertoire, Fragments, Some Tunes. Sources. Glossary. Sternpiece
Biography
Cyril Tawney
