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Author Hurd, Michael, 1928-2006.

Title Sailors' songs and shanties / by Michael Hurd ; illustrated by John Miller
Published London : Oxford University Press, 1965

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Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 ADPML SPTXT  784.68359 Hur/Ssa  LIB USE ONLY
 MELB SPCBC  782.420243875 Hur/Ssa  LIB USE ONLY
Description 58 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Series The Young reader's guides to music ; 12
Young reader's guides to music ; 12
Summary Describes the importance of the sea shanty to the life of the sailor at sea, explains the role of the shantyman, and presents various folksongs of the sea and the work to which they were sung
Notes Some shanties in score
Audience For children
Subject Sea songs -- Juvenile literature.
Sailing ships -- Juvenile literature.
Merchant mariners -- Juvenile literature.
Genre/Form Sea songs
Australian school textbook collection.
Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) collection.
Author Miller, John.