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Bully in the Alley

from Shower Chanteys by Chris Maden

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“Bully in the Alley” is a halyard chantey, according to Hugill, though he thinks it may have been originally used for cotton-screwing. It has mutated a bit since Hugill noted it; the grand chorus in this version (which Hugill just gives as the first verse) would make it appropriate for a capstan or other tedious task (though cotton-screwing could be that).

I first got to know this song at the San Francisco chantey sing, but this set of verses is closest to the one recorded by Finest Kind. The “British ammunition and French champagne” verse just comes across as more fun than it has any reason to be.

… for more notes, see music.maden.org/index.php?title=Bully_in_the_Alley

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from Shower Chanteys, released October 1, 2018

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Chris Maden Raymond, New Hampshire

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