[Grizzly]

<p>I went out for a walk at lunch yesterday and while strolling down Stephen Avenue I espied a group of fourth graders lining up outside the Glenbow museum.  You know the drill, 2x2 and quick step march.</p>
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<p>All of a sudden a clear treble voice piped "I thought I heard the old man say" and the whole crew whooped and followed it up with a "John Kanaka-naka tu-rye-ay!"  They marched down the avenue singing the sea shanty (John Kanaka) for all it was worth.</p>
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<p>I had to follow and I sought out their teacher to thank her for teaching the kids to sing.  She told me that she teaches them one a week, but that this one has stuck and they sing it all the time.</p>
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<p>There is hope.</p>

 

[wherestheportojohn]

<img alt="biggrin.gif" class="bbcode_smiley" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif"> groovy!<br><br><br>
I hope they were singing the PG rated verses.<br><br>
No salty lyrics, kids. <img alt="rolleyes.gif" class="bbcode_smiley" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/rolleyes.gif">

 

[Grizzly]

<p>No salty lyrics?  It's a SEA SHANTY!  Of course there's going to be salty lyrics!</p>
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<p>We chatted about PG versions and I told her my story of having a call from the principal when our obys were in kindergarten.  They shared a song with the class - Barrett's Privateers - that has the recurring refrain "God Damn Them All!". </p>
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<p>I had a lot of 'splaining to do.</p>

 

[Buxtehude]

<p>Those are some great songs. It's great those kids are familiar with them.</p>
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<p>I have this on my "favorites" list.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.contemplator.com/folk.html" target="_blank">http://www.contemplator.com/folk.html</a></p>
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<p>It includes a lot of song types, in addition to shanties. The drawback to this site is that the song samples are these weird computery-midi files. But, it's a starting point, and you can google around for better versions. I love some of the titles. Much fun!</p>