Sea shanties

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
• Goodbye Johnny Bell
• Handy Me Boys
• Hauley Hauley Ho
• Hi-Ho Come Roll Me Over
• Homeward Bound
• Johnny Boker
• Leave Her, Johnny
• Lowlands Away
• Maid of Amsterdam
• 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

Reference

• Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag