whole-lunged

Updated: July 16, 2025

Or the jungle reëchoed the edifying reiteration of "Sardines and bread OH! Sardines and bread, Sardines and bread AND! Sardines and bread." The thrill that a whole-lunged chanty gives is difficult to describe. It arouses some deep emotional response, as surely as a military band, or the reverberating cadence of an organ, or a suddenly remembered theme of opera.

William Beebe - Edge of the Jungle