Sea shanty
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A sea shanty, shanty, chantey, or chanty is a genre of traditional folk song that was once commonly sung as a work song to accompany rhythmical labor aboard large merchant sailing vessels. The term sh
An American packet ship of the Black Ball Line
Stan Hugill, author of Shanties from the Seven Seas. Hugill's old-time sailor image helped bolster the perceived authoritative nature of his work, in contrast to the academic, landlubber appearance of many previous scholars.
Sailors hauling a line
Sailors working at a capstan
Drunken Sailor
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"Drunken Sailor", also known as "What Will/Shall We Do with a/the Drunken Sailor?" or "Up She Rises", is a traditional sea shanty, listed as No. 322 in the Roud Folk Song Index. It was sung aboard sai
Sea shanty
…staples of the Folk genre. This is evidenced in the popular Folk music fake book Rise Up Singing, which includes such shanties as "Blow the Man Down", "What Shall We Do with a Drunken Sailor", and "Bound for South Australia". Borrowings into Rock music have often resulted from the fluid borders between Folk and Rock performers and audiences…
"Drunken Sailor Medley" by John Baltzell (1923)