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CHANGTE chanty
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CHANGTE chanty

Lyricist
Subject or historical figure (Australian, born 1917)
Date9 June 1961
Object numberANMS0841[280]
NamePoem
MediumPaper, ink
DimensionsOverall: 336 x 210 x 1 mm
ClassificationsEphemera
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Elaine Beeham
DescriptionLyrics from CHANGTE chanty by John Carew beginning " Around the world the guns of war called falour fourth once more, and CHANGTE mustered with the rest, her colours at the fore; from Addu atoll, Chubbat Shoab, from Burms to Bombay her name was known and signals shown to keep the wolf away..."