Asturian-American Migration Forum

Very complete answer, Art, thanks. When I finish the translation I'll post it here, or as a new subject (Maybe subject is not the appropriate word). I don't know any sea chantey like english-language ones, with a rythm that helps to work. But there are some songs called "Habaneres" (from L...

Thanks, Bob. Stick him in a barrel with a hosepipe on him... Put him in a barrel with a "hosepipe on him". Does it mean cover the barrel that contains the man with the hosepipe? So the words "way hay" are only "work voices" or "work screams" to coordinate, the...

Mui buenes tardes a toos, nun sé si esti ye l'apartáu del foru apropiáu, espero que sí. Prestaríame traducir un cantar tradicional de marinos al asturianu calteniendo el ritmu y la métrica pero hai dellos detalles de los que nun soi quien a entender dafechu'l significáu. Primero quiero entendela daf...