" The repetitive drone of the shanty music and raucous banter had stopped dead.
All eyes were upon them.
‘Carry on, boys—don’t let me spoil yer merriment,’ Brady called, rolling his hand around in a barrel-organ gesture.
Then, just like an engine, the whole commotion rumbled up to steam again, the fiddler’s elbow sawing away, concertina pumping and spoons clacking, but no one sang... "

― Martin R Jackson : Running with Finn McCool