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'''Sea shanties''' are working songs commonly sung aboard ships by sailors. They were especially common among navy men and [[Piracy|pirates]]. The shanty consisted of two parts, the chant and the chorus. The chant would often be initiated by a single crewman who would sing the opening lines and establish the beat. The chorus would come and the rest of the crew would join in. | |||
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===Known singable Shanties=== | ===Known singable Shanties=== | ||
* | *Billy Riley | ||
*Bully In The Alley | |||
* | |||
*Cheerly Man | *Cheerly Man | ||
*Derby Ram | |||
*Drunken Sailor | *Drunken Sailor | ||
*Fish In The Sea | *Fish In The Sea | ||
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*Homeward Bound | *Homeward Bound | ||
*Johnny Boker | *Johnny Boker | ||
*Leave Her, Johnny | |||
*Lowlands Away | *Lowlands Away | ||
*Paddy Doyle's Boots | *Paddy Doyle's Boots | ||
*Padstow's | *Padstow's farewell | ||
*Randy Dandy-O | *Randy Dandy-O | ||
*Roll and Go | *Roll and Go | ||
*Roll, Boys, Roll | *Roll, Boys, Roll! | ||
*Roller Bowler | *Roller Bowler | ||
*Running Down To Cuba | |||
*So Early in The Morning | |||
*Spanish Ladies | |||
*Stormalong John | |||
*The Coasts of High Barbary | *The Coasts of High Barbary | ||
*The Dead Horse | |||
*The Rio Grande | |||
*The Sailboat Malarkey | *The Sailboat Malarkey | ||
*The Wild Goose | *The Wild Goose | ||
*The Worst Old Ship | *The Worst Old Ship | ||
*Where Am I To Go M'Johnnies | *Where Am I To Go M'Johnnies | ||
*Whiskey Johnny | |||
*'Way Me Susiana | *'Way Me Susiana | ||
==Reference== | ==Reference== | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' | *''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' | ||
[[Category:Art]] | |||
Revision as of 04:15, 1 November 2013
Sea shanties are working songs commonly sung aboard ships by sailors. They were especially common among navy men and pirates. The shanty consisted of two parts, the chant and the chorus. The chant would often be initiated by a single crewman who would sing the opening lines and establish the beat. The chorus would come and the rest of the crew would join in.
Golden Age of Piracy
When Edward Kenway sailed the Caribbean and the West Indies, he could request his crew to sing various shanties.
Known singable Shanties
- Billy Riley
- Bully In The Alley
- Cheerly Man
- Derby Ram
- Drunken Sailor
- Fish In The Sea
- Hauley Hauley Ho
- Homeward Bound
- Johnny Boker
- Leave Her, Johnny
- Lowlands Away
- Paddy Doyle's Boots
- Padstow's farewell
- Randy Dandy-O
- Roll and Go
- Roll, Boys, Roll!
- Roller Bowler
- Running Down To Cuba
- So Early in The Morning
- Spanish Ladies
- Stormalong John
- The Coasts of High Barbary
- The Dead Horse
- The Rio Grande
- The Sailboat Malarkey
- The Wild Goose
- The Worst Old Ship
- Where Am I To Go M'Johnnies
- Whiskey Johnny
- 'Way Me Susiana