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shanty song
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a folksong about the men who worked in the shanties (def. 2a); also, a song favored by shantymen (def. 1).
Quotations
1947
Like a well-known shanty song that tells the story of young Munroe . . . this French-Canadian shantyman lies buried by the shores of the river where he met his death.