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ah, the strains of a sea shanty drifting into my garden while everyone is isolated in lockdown. it’s quite lovely to just sit and bask for a while
"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!
so i’ve seen this around a lot and i always felt like the version i listened to just. didn’t have everything? sO! i edited together my three favourite versions of the tik tok sea shanty! enjoy!!
(listen with headphones if possible!)
(yes i know the ending is bad oKaY-)
Drink ‘til I die by The Poxy Boggards is bloody hilarious.https://open.spotify.com/track/1vBin2JSUOYyAvUu96CGCW?si=68AB9CTxSLSugtYoAa9BHg
This is literally the only good thing I’ve seen come out of TikTok
This is awesome
Is it strange to unironically listen to Sea Shanties? They slap... They’re great, but... is it weird?
A Sea Shanty Quote:
"HOLY F*** STAN ROGERS MADE A SONG ABOUT ME!"
-Me, listening to "The Idiot", by Stan Rogers