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Pirates enjoying drink and song

Sea Shanties are working songs commonly sung aboard ships by sailors. They were especially common among navy men and pirates. They shanty consisted of two parts, the chant and the chorus. The chant would often be initiated by a single man who would sing the opening lines and establish the beat. The chorus would come and the rest of the singers 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

  • Leave Her, Johnny
  • Spanish Ladies
  • Billy Reilly
  • Cheerly Man
  • Drunken Sailor
  • Fish In The Sea
  • Hauley Hauley Ho
  • Homeward Bound
  • Johnny Boker
  • Lowlands Away
  • Paddy Doyle's Boots
  • Padstow's Farewell
  • Randy Dandy-O
  • Roll and Go
  • Roll, Boys, Roll
  • Roller Bowler
  • The Coasts of High Barbary
  • The Sailboat Malarkey
  • The Wild Goose
  • The Worst Old Ship
  • Where Am I To Go M'Johnnies
  • 'Way Me Susiana

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