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Shanties are working songs


Cindy Tonkin - May 4, 2025

Here’s a snippet of what it’s like to hang out with fellow shanters.

For the Kiama Folk Festival in September 2024 we rented a few airbnbs, and after a fabulous breakfast cooked by Sarah and Dans and Kieras, we cleaned up the kitchen.

Here’s the song we sang as we did it – a mournful version of Shawneetown.

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