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Of Salty Sailors And Flying Boats

’m a longtime fan of old-time music. I cycle through Appalachian, Irish, Civil War and anything else that tells a story that captures a moment in simpler times. Recently, I recharged my collection of sea chanteys, which generally chronicle the lonely, longing, hungry, hardbitten lives of men who set off on sailing ships. Listening to the musical tales of life aboard commercial and exploration ships in the

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