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Howdy all.
Oftentimes when I’m solo hiking and away from crowds, I’ll sing shanties to make some noise and help keep bears away. A little hobby of mine is to make up lyrics that fit with the context, often fly fishing, and locality, the Rocky Mountains
So, for example, Cape Cod Girls becomes Denver Girls:
Denver girls don’t use no combs Haul away, haul away Oh they comb their hair with brown trout bones And we’re bound away for Salida
So on and so forth.
I’ve got quite a few of these, and I like to think it keeps some of the improvised nature of shanties alive in some way. Just wondering if anyone else does anything similar.
All the time. It's called the folk process.
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I never sing Sam's Gone Away the same way twice.