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[1st line in red] THE SHELL BOOK OF SEA CHANTIES | There was a saying in the days of sail that | 'A song is worth ten men on a rope'. Chanties were not sung in exuberance, | but to co-ordinate the efforts of mere handfuls of men | who worked sailing ships by heaving, hoisting, pushing and straining | in muscle-cracking labour. | There used to be a taboo against singing work songs off watch, but times have changed. | The sea chanties and songs in this book | have been collected and are here presented with the intention of helping you to | while away some happy hours of leisure. [colour halftone block: the Shell trademark inside a ship's wheel] | [last 2 lines in red] Sea chanties in this book and most of the illustrations have appeared previously in a well-received | series of advertisements for Shell World-wide Bunkering Service.

Published in 1952 by The Shell Petroleum Company Limited | St. Helen's Court, Great St. Helen's, London, E.C.3 | [lines 3-7 in red] EDITOR HEREWARD KING | BOOK DESIGNED BY G.E.EVANS, M.S.I.A. | MUSICAL ARRANGEMENTS BY RAYMOND BENNELL | MUSICAL EDITOR GORDON HITCHCOCK | PRINTED IN ENGLAND AT THE CURWEN PRESS, PLAISTOW, E.13 | Sole distributors for the world | E.H.Freeman Limited,95a St. George's Road, Brighton, Sussex, England | COPYRIGHT 1952 BY THE SHELL PETROLEUM COMPANY LIMITED FOR ALL COUNTRIES