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Most of the famous chanteys were born in the packet service and shouted as working choruses by the tars of this Western Ocean before the chanteyman perched upon a capstan and led the refrain in the clipper trade.
The Old Merchant Marine; A chronicle of American ships and sailors Ralph Delahaye Paine 1898
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"There's nothing finer with a rousing chanteyman leading it and the watch hauling on the braces.
Java Head Joseph Hergesheimer 1917
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