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"Come, men, can't any of you sing? Sing now, and raise the dead." - Herman Melville
Hello and welcome to the Ultimate Sea Shanty Bracket! This is a silly little competition to see which sea shanty everybody loves the most. (Or the majority of people, at least.)
I'm currently taking submissions for songs to put in the bracket, which will be comprised of random match-ups. Feel free to include a version of the song that you particularly like along with your submission, if you feel like it!
I've decided to keep my definition of "sea shanty" pretty loose. Songs can be traditional shanties or foc's'le songs, or modern songs modeled after them (ex. Barrett's Privateers). Songs that are generally about the sea or oceangoing lifestyle, but that aren't quite sea shanties (ex. The Mariner's Revenge Song) won't be included in the bracket, but we love them anyways.
Songs that have already been submitted:
Leave Her, Johnny
Mingulay Boat Song
Drunken Sailor
Barrett's Privateers
Randy Dandy O
Fish In The Sea
Running Down To Cuba
Lowlands Away
Happy submitting, and fair winds and following seas to you!
JOURNAL OF THE LIGHTHOUSE STATION AT CACHALOT COVE
[[ log 83]]
~Rainy Conditions All Day~
~Wind Speeds Up to 25 km/h~
Time of writing this log is 2259
Duties done at the station:
πΌ Fog Watch
πΌ Mail Check
πΌ Winding of the Clockworks A little bit of an unfortunate situation happened today. It has been windy practically all of last night, and this led to a fairly large tree branch to fall onto the main road towards the station. Thankfully, the telephone lines weren't affected, so I was able to let the Coast Guard know of the situation. It took them a while to arrive and fix what had happened, and I was unable to preform my morning tour. Other than that, everybody is thankfully safe.
It is also the day of Pi, which means that I can eat pie? I was a little bit confused, but one of the people on my tour helped me understand that this is what humans call a joke, a βplay on words.β How do you play with words? I have no clue.
Even though it was more gloomy weather, a nice cup of black tea sure helped as well as a slice of pie made by the local bakery.
May the Seas Guide You~~
Pov you live in an old lighthouse by the sea
β you wake up every morning with the sun and the soft crashing waves
β every day the smell of the sea greets you as you drink your tea or coffee in a homemade mug
β you befriend the seagulls and you feed them cookie crumbs as you read an old book about sea life
β you wave at the ships passing by and sent them kisses to protect them from storms
β during thunderstorms you stay inside and knit sweaters for your loved ones while listening to the rain
β sometimes you take walks by the sea and collect seashells the sea gifts you
β you make seashell strings and hang them and they play a sweet melody when it's windy
β you watch the starry sky with your grey cat and the moon smiles at you
β your room is decorated with old maps
β sometimes the sea gifts you things like the steering wheel of a pirate ship that now lays in your bedroom or the old compass of a sailor
Pov you live in an old lighthouse by the sea
β you wake up every morning with the sun and the soft crashing waves
β every day the smell of the sea greets you as you drink your tea or coffee in a homemade mug
β you befriend the seagulls and you feed them cookie crumbs as you read an old book about sea life
β you wave at the ships passing by and sent them kisses to protect them from storms
β during thunderstorms you stay inside and knit sweaters for your loved ones while listening to the rain
β sometimes you take walks by the sea and collect seashells the sea gifts you
β you make seashell strings and hang them and they play a sweet melody when it's windy
β you watch the starry sky with your grey cat and the moon smiles at you
β your room is decorated with old maps
β sometimes the sea gifts you things like the steering wheel of a pirate ship that now lays in your bedroom or the old compass of a sailor