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The sailors alphabet

by Michael McCurdy · 1998

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One of many variations of a forecastle chantey created about 1837 by an unknown sailor and named after the bow section of the ship where sailors sometimes bunked or relaxed.

Genre
adventureadventureMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Form
poetrypoetryMore like thisLess of this

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