Re: traditional paddling songs?

Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 16:47:40 GMT
Newsgroups: rec.boats.paddle
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In article <b8on9o$dds$email-address-deleted>,
email-address-deleted says...
> any suggestions for traditional work songs used for synchronizing paddle
> strokes? I found a copy of En Rouant Ma Boule on a children's recording at
> the public library but its the only one I know of. Presumably most of
> these songs would be in Canadian French.
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> National Capital FreeNet www.ncf.ca Ottawa's free community network
> website: www.ncf.ca/~ag384 "Tank, take me in."
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You can try the lyric search at http://www.mudcat.org/threads.cfm
I put in the term "canoe" (without quotes) and got about 25 or 30 songs.
If the lyric search doesn't work, ask on that forum- lots of knowledge
to be had there.