This dance song from Arzon, Brittany, shares the same theme as the children's song Il était un petit navire.

Each verse follows the same call and response pattern as the first one, i.e. the leader sings the 1st two lines, the group repeats them, then the leader sings the last two lines and the group repeats them.

Notes

*Maintop: A platform at the top of a square-rigged vessel's mainmast; used for observation and for the attachment of rigging. (Per Wiktionary)

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Sheet Music

Sheet Music - Trois jeunes marins porteurs de lettres

Thanks and Acknowledgements

Translated by Monique Palomares with Lisa.