https://www.marineinsight.com/life-at-sea/what-are-sea-shanties/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-are-sea-shanties The Maritime Industry Guide Sun, 17 Mar 2024 03:52:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://www.marineinsight.com/life-at-sea/what-are-sea-shanties/#comment-4756167 Tue, 19 Jan 2021 04:23:01 +0000 https://www.marineinsight.com/?p=22064#comment-4756167 Thanks for a great article. Way back in the 70s, we young officers amused ourselves by singing bawdy sea songs like “4 and 20 Virgins” and “Waltz me around.”
We were in a remote location with few amusements.

]]> https://www.marineinsight.com/life-at-sea/what-are-sea-shanties/#comment-4756029 Sun, 17 Jan 2021 21:34:18 +0000 https://www.marineinsight.com/?p=22064#comment-4756029 Hey, it’s “sea CHantey/CHanty” (chanter chanson, cantar, cancion, Gregorian chant), get it? NOT “SHanty”. A “shanty” is a shack, a small,mean dwelling, a hut.
My favorite is “Haul Away Joe” — “When I was a little boy, this my mother told me (“Sing now!”) “Way haul away! We’ll haul away Joe!”
“That if I did not kiss the girls, me lips would grow all mouldy!” (“Sing now!”) “Way haul away! We’ll haul away Joe!”.
“King Louie was the king of France before the revolution” (“Way haul away…!”) “But then he got his head cut off, which spoilt his constitution!” (“Way haul away…!”)
Another song that I suspect was originally a sea chantey is the (now) Christmas carol “I Saw Three Ships”.
And for those determined to be hip, check out Bruce Springsteen’s Irish album with its “I Thought I Heard My Captain Say”, in which he has the entire audience CHanting.

]]> https://www.marineinsight.com/life-at-sea/what-are-sea-shanties/#comment-4745104 Fri, 16 Oct 2020 01:23:54 +0000 https://www.marineinsight.com/?p=22064#comment-4745104 Very nice article! Very informative and provided exactly the information I was looking for.

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