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A sea shanty, chantey, or chanty is a genre of traditional folk song that was once commonly sung as a work song to accompany rhythmical labor aboard large merchant sailing vessels. The term shanty most accurately refers to a specific style of work song belonging to this historical repertoire. However, in recent, popular usage, the scope of its definition is sometimes expanded to admit a wider range of repertoire and characteristics, or to refer to a "maritime work song" in general.
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"Drunken Sailor", also known as "What Shall We Do with a/the Drunken Sailor?" or "Up She Rises", is a traditional sea shanty, listed as No. 322 in the Roud Folk Song Index. It was sung onboard sailing ships at least as early as the 1830s.
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"South Australia" is a sea shanty, also known under such titles as "Rolling King" and "Bound for South Australia". As an original worksong it was sung in a variety of trades, including being used by the wool and later the wheat traders who worked the clipper ships between Australian ports and London. In adapted form, it is now a very popular song among folk music performers that is recorded by many artists and is present in many of today's song books.
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"A Drop of Nelson's Blood" is a sea shanty, also known as "Roll the old chariot along" The origins are unclear, but the title comes from the line: "A drop of Nelson's blood wouldn't do us any harm". Often described as a "walkaway" or "runaway chorus" or "stamp and go" sea shanty, the song features on the soundtrack of the 2019 film Fisherman's Friends. The chorus comes from the 19th century Salvation Army hymn, 'Roll the old chariot'. This song developed into a shanty.
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- ↑ Clifton, Harry (1865). "On board of the Kangaroo". London: Hopwood & Crew. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ↑ Salto, Cattia (2018-04-26). "Aboard the kangaroo/The Good Ship Kangaroo". Terre Celtiche Blog (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-10-26.
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- ↑ Ó Cróinín, Dáibhí, ed. (2000). The Songs of Elizabeth Cronin, Irish Traditional Singer: The Complete Song Collection. Dublin: Four Courts Press. ISBN 1- 85182-259-3.
- ↑ "On Board the Kangaroo (Roud 925; G/D 6:1211)". mainlynorfolk.info. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
- ↑ The Good Ship Kangaroo, 2014-11-17, retrieved 2022-10-26