Working and singing go hand in hand - even on a galley!

Posted by Jinan Tonix from lanatex.selfnet.cz (212.96.161.139) on Saturday, March 30, 2002 at 6:49pm :

In Reply to: Note toward geneology of the sunset digging/singing scene posted by Inby from ? (198.187.135.242) on Saturday, March 30, 2002 at 6:23pm :

Weren't they singing when hoisting sails on tall ships? The catchy rythm made the labor smoother and more effortless and a real shared - not to say "bonding" - experience. That's also why Ben Hur was singing while paddling that big rowboat. Does the same go for digging?

"I've been working on the chain!"

Cheetahs, Jinan

: The story goes that Woolley encouraged his workmen to sing Phonecian boatmen's songs while they dug at Ur. It's said he thought it added to the atmosphere and exoticism of digging the site. Hyperbole or not, it's bound to have inspired the sunset digging scene.
: FYI http://emuseum.mnsu.edu/information/biography/uvwxyz/woolley_leonard.html

: As for liberals being name-callers and muckrakers, well, that kind of talk doesn't belong here, does it. I thought we'd settled all that when that asphole was made president of the US! :p

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: Weren't they singing when hoisting sails on tall ships? The catchy rythm made the labor smoother and more effortless and a real shared - not to say "bonding" - experience. That's also why Ben Hur was singing while paddling that big rowboat. Does the same go for digging? : "I've been working on the chain!" : Cheetahs, Jinan : : : The story goes that Woolley encouraged his workmen to sing Phonecian boatmen's songs while they dug at Ur. It's said he thought it added to the atmosphere and exoticism of digging the site. Hyperbole or not, it's bound to have inspired the sunset digging scene. : : FYI http://emuseum.mnsu.edu/information/biography/uvwxyz/woolley_leonard.html : : As for liberals being name-callers and muckrakers, well, that kind of talk doesn't belong here, does it. I thought we'd settled all that when that asphole was made president of the US! :p

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