Grey Funnel Lines: Traditional Song & Verse of the Royal Navy 1900-1970

ISBN-13: 9781138122291 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 178 str.

Tawney

Opis

Originally published in 1987. This book presents songs reflecting every aspect of life in the twentieth-century Royal Navy, both upper and lower deck: war, ship’s routine, aviation, submarines, the antics of dockyard personnel, not to mention the matelot’s shore-going adventures.

Spis treści

Preface. Introduction. The Songs 1. Ships Routine 2. At Liberty 3. Dockyard 4. War 5. Fleet Air Arm 6. Submarines 7. One from the Wrens 8. Envoi. Appendices – Tradition Continued, Shared Repertoire, Fragments, Some Tunes. Sources. Glossary. Sternpiece

O autorze

Cyril Tawney