OT: Sea shanties

[Urshurak]

I love this one:

 

[Conndog]

"There once was a man from Nantucket...

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[MTHusky]

"Soon may the Wellerman come" has taken the internet by storm - pun intended.

What's your favorite sea shanty?

PS nothing by The Beatles or Rolling Stones counts.

Billy Joel's The Downeaster Alexa Billy Joel - The Downeaster 'Alexa' (Official Video) - YouTube

 

[CajunHusky]

Here is one from "Fisherman's Friends". They are featured in a 2019 movie that is currently available on NetFlix. My wife and I enjoyed the music immensely and she gifted me a recording of them entitled "One and All" for Christmas.

They are a group of Cornish Fisherman and the movie is based on actual events.

Fisherman’s Friends movie review (2020) | Roger Ebert

The film wants to be as amiable as a drunken singalong, but it's too pushy to make you want to join in.

www.rogerebert.com

"In 1992, a group of Benedictine monks burned up the Billboard 200 charts with their album of Gregorian chants (titled Chant), and sold nearly six million copies worldwide. In 2010, a group of rugged fishermen carved out their own anachronistic moment in pop music lore, as the copyright-free folk songs sung by Fisherman's Friends placed them at the Top 10 charts in the UK. "

 

[CajunHusky]

Sailor's farewell: on the sailor's side! | Terre Celtiche Blog

A further variant of "Sailor's Farewell" is titled "Adieu, My Lovely Nancy" (aka "Swansea Town," and "The Holy Ground") found in England, Ireland, Australia, Canada, and the United States. It's developed on twice directions, on the one hand it's the typical and cheerful sea shanty, sometimes...

terreceltiche.altervista.org

 

[HHH]

Don't know much about sea shanties, but I do love me some Leslie West and Mountain, from whom I learned what a "Nantucket Sleighride" was:

 

[hard2please]

stan rogers has many, the mary ellen carter maybe his best. also gordon bok, isle au haut.