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A sea shanty, shanty, chantey, or chanty (/ ˈ ʃ æ n t iː /) 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. However, in recent ...
This style of shanty, called a "runaway chorus" by Masefield, and as a "stamp and go" or "walk away" shanty by others, was said to be used for tacking and which was sung in "quick time". The verses in Masefield's version asked what to do with a "drunken sailor", followed by a response, then followed by a question about a "drunken soldier", with ...
The trend sparked a huge interest in sea shanties (despite Wellerman not actually being a sea shanty) with millions of people discovering The Longest Johns' recording of Wellerman, originally released on their 2018 album Between Wind and Water. [24] The song has been streamed on Spotify over 58 million times (as of 11 March 2023). [25]
British group The Longest Johns helped the digital revival of sea shanties with a 2018 recording of "Soon May the Wellerman Come,’ which has since seen nearly 30 million streams on YouTube and ...
Sea shanties albums (1 C, 6 P) Pages in category "Sea shanties" The following 54 pages are in this category, out of 54 total. This list may not reflect recent changes
Sailors heading down the Mississippi River picked up the song and made it a capstan shanty that they sang while hauling in the anchor. [4] This boatmen's song found its way down the Mississippi River to American clipper ships—and thus around the world. [5] The song had become popular as a sea shanty with seafaring sailors by the mid 1800s. [6]
Cooped-up sailors who felt the same way on long ocean journeys broke up the tedium with work songs called sea shanties. TikTok helped sea shanties surge into the mainstream. People began using the ...
It contained 50 songs, half of which would find their way into most modern shanty books or repertoires. [4] Whall's book preceded the collection of another genuine seafarer Frank Thomas Bullen (1857–1915). Bullen went to sea in 1869 aged 12 and later became a prolific novelist. At the end of his life, he set out 42 shanties in his interesting ...