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imported>Slate Vesper m Calling them "singable shanties" is a bit redundant too. |
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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 then come and the rest of the crew would join in. | '''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 then come and the rest of the crew would join in. | ||
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*Billy Riley | *Billy Riley | ||
*Bully in the Alley | *Bully in the Alley | ||
*Captain Kidd | |||
*Cheerly Man | *Cheerly Man | ||
*Derby Ram | *Derby Ram | ||
*Drunken Sailor | *Drunken Sailor | ||
*Fish in the Sea | *Fish in the Sea | ||
*Good Morning Ladies All | |||
*Handy Me Boys | |||
*Hauley Hauley Ho | *Hauley Hauley Ho | ||
*Hi-Ho Come Roll Me Over | |||
*Homeward Bound | *Homeward Bound | ||
*Johnny Boker | *Johnny Boker | ||
Revision as of 05:05, 5 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 then 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 shanties
- Billy Riley
- Bully in the Alley
- Captain Kidd
- Cheerly Man
- Derby Ram
- Drunken Sailor
- Fish in the Sea
- Good Morning Ladies All
- Handy Me Boys
- Hauley Hauley Ho
- Hi-Ho Come Roll Me Over
- 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