Sailortown
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(The following information has been taken from the front flyleaf of Sailortown)
Half-frozen, underfed and sex-starved sailors did not need to be told that the rigging was encased in ice, nor that the ship was awash, hence their shanties were more likely to conjure up the 'shore delights' they longed for.
Stan Hugill, author of the magnificent 'Shanties from the Seven Seas', has now written a fascinating history of the Sailortowns of the world: Tiger Bay, the Barbary Coast, 'Frisco, and many others.
'As I wus a-rollin down Paradise Street' they sang. What happened to Jack after he had chased his delight up the street, the people he met and the time he had - very often the dangers he found were far greater than those he found at sea.
Shanties complement the text in each chapter.
Also included in this 360 page book :-
16 full page sketches - by Stan
25 sketch maps of the location of Sailortowns in the old seaports.
Published 1967 by Routledge & Keegan
Paul Ltd (London)
EP Dutton & Co ., Inc (New York)
ISBN 7100 1572 0
One of the full page sketches
Map of a 'Sailortown'
Sketch map of San Francisco Bay
