CHANGTE chanty
Lyricist
John Carew
Subject or historical figure
Eric Bolton Beeham
(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..."