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I first heard this in the film, "Jaws!" Diane Hayes-Rügger made this a standard song for apprentices at King Richard's Faire in 1985. This arrangement is different from some versions that I've seen or heard, including Hugill's, but is one that I prefer. Ushant & Scilly are pronounced "OO-shant" & "Silly," respectively. LAURIE & WHITTLE "A New Chart of the British Channel from the Mouth of the Thames to Ushant and the Scilly Islands; from an actual survey revised, corrected and improved by John Stephenson, A Master in the Royal Navy." London. 1794. 20½X41. B/W as issued. (Two charts joined). A fine chart of the English Channel that includes the coast of France and the Channel Islands. The Straits of Dover, the Isle of Wight and the Solent and the entrance to the Bristol Channel. Detailed soundings appear throughout, bottoms and shoals. Tides & currents. Navigational notes indicated. All harbors & bays are located, with points and capes, & lighthouses. Rhumb lines cross the chart from a compass rose. Includes a decorative title cartouche with leaves, scroll and shell motifs. Two anchors with lighthouse and fishing boat offshore. A finely engraved chart, by two prominent chartmakers of the 18th century. |
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