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Sea shanty. A sea shanty, shanty, chantey, or chanty (/ ˈʃæntiː /) 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 shanty most accurately refers to a specific style of work song belonging to this historical repertoire.
Drunken Sailor. "Drunken Sailor". Song. Written. 19th century or earlier. Genre. Sea shanty. " Drunken Sailor ", also known as " What 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 sailing ships at least as early as the 1830s.
In 2013, the Wellington Sea Shanty Society released a version of the song on their album Now That's What I Call Sea Shanties Vol. 1. [3] A particularly well-known rendition of the song was made by the Bristol-based a cappella musical group the Longest Johns on their collection of nautical songs Between Wind and Water in 2018. [16]
UK's sea shanty band Kimber's Men released a cover of the song on their 2010 album. [12] Canadian Celtic punk band, The Real McKenzies, released a cover of the song on their 2017 album Two Devils Will Talk. Canadian power metal band, Unleash the Archers, has released a cover of the song on their 2019 EP Explorers. Canadian folk punk band, The ...
Nathan Evans (singer) Nathan Alexander Evans (born 19 December 1994) is a Scottish singer and songwriter. Evans first gained fame in 2020 by posting videos of himself singing sea shanties on social media service TikTok. In 2021, he released a cover of the folk song "Wellerman", which peaked at the top of the UK Singles Chart and also charted in ...
The Maid of Amsterdam. Traditional sea shanty. Genre. Sea shanty. Composed. c. 1600. (1600) " The Maid of Amsterdam ", also known as " A-Roving ", is a traditional sea shanty. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 649.
Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys is a compilation album of sea shanties produced by Hal Wilner.Songs are performed by artists representing a variety of genres, ranging from pop musicians like Sting, Bono, Jarvis Cocker, Lou Reed, Nick Cave and Bryan Ferry, to actors like John C. Reilly, to folk musicians like Richard Thompson, Loudon Wainwright III and Martin Carthy.
Blow the man down, bullies, pull him around. Blow the man down, you darlings, lie down, Blow the man down for fair London town. When the Black Baller is ready for sea, That is the time that you see such a spree. There's tinkers, and tailors, and soldiers, and all, They all ship for sailors on board the Black Ball.