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	Shinbone Alley is a place that shows up in a lot of 19th-century African-American songs, and the Mudcat thread above has lots more information about that. It seems possible and even likely that one of those songs became a cotton-screwing chantey, and then went to sea as a halyard chantey. It’s all a bit murky, though, as the origins of so many traditional songs are.		Shinbone Alley is a place that shows up in a lot of 19th-century African-American songs, and the Mudcat thread above has lots more information about that. It seems possible and even likely that one of those songs became a cotton-screwing chantey, and then went to sea as a halyard chantey. It’s all a bit murky, though, as the origins of so many traditional songs are.
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		+	But what does “bully in the alley” actually mean‽ Good question! You really should hear Tom Lewis’s impression of Stan Hugill’s explanation,<ref>Chris Maden. “Bully in the Alley,” [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/crism/shower-chanteys/posts/2249111 Kickstarter update.] 27 July 2018.</ref> but the short version: to feel good (to feel “bully”) in an alley is to be drunk, staggering down the alley, bouncing off the walls; a ship tacking into the wind follows a very similar zig-zag path. Now you know.

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 “[[Bully in the Alley]]” is track 8 on ''[[Shower Chanteys]]'', recorded 25 July 2018 at [[Mill Pond Music Studio]].<ref>“Bully in the Alley,” recording by Chris Maden. [https://musicbrainz.org/recording/6c5ae5b0-716d-4b2d-8e15-0ab17bf07142 MusicBrainz].</ref>
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+“Bully in the Alley” is a halyard chantey, according to Hugill, though he thinks it may have been originally used for cotton-screwing.<ref>Stan Hugill.  ''Shanties from the Seven Seas'', pp. 381–382.  New U.S. Edition.  Mystic, Conn.: Mystic Seaport, 1994.</ref>  It has mutated a bit since Hugill noted it; the grand chorus in this version (which Hugill just gives as the first verse) would make it appropriate for a capstan or other tedious task (though cotton-screwing could be that).
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 == Liner Notes ==
-“[[Rio Grande]]” is track 8 on ''[[Shower Chanteys]]'', recorded 25 July 2018 at [[Mill Pond Music Studio]].<ref>“Bully in the Alley,” recording by Chris Maden. [https://musicbrainz.org/recording/6c5ae5b0-716d-4b2d-8e15-0ab17bf07142 MusicBrainz].</ref>
+“[[Bully in the Alley]]” is track 8 on ''[[Shower Chanteys]]'', recorded 25 July 2018 at [[Mill Pond Music Studio]].<ref>“Bully in the Alley,” recording by Chris Maden. [https://musicbrainz.org/recording/6c5ae5b0-716d-4b2d-8e15-0ab17bf07142 MusicBrainz].</ref>
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		+	== Liner Notes ==
		+	“[[Rio Grande]]” is track 8 on ''[[Shower Chanteys]]'', recorded 25 July 2018 at [[Mill Pond Music Studio]].<ref>“Bully in the Alley,” recording by Chris Maden. [https://musicbrainz.org/recording/6c5ae5b0-716d-4b2d-8e15-0ab17bf07142 MusicBrainz].</ref>
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		+	== References ==
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