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Sea chanteys are work songs traditionally sung by sailors to accompany and set the rhythm for certain kinds of tasks onboard the ship. ... The term “shanty” came from the shore dwellings of those that went to sea from the sailing ports of New Bedford, MA, Mystic, CT, Gloucester, MA, Nantucket, MA, New Orleans, LA and New York, NY. ... The sea chantey developed its most robust form during the “Age of Sail”. ... As sailors who had shipped out would look for other work rather than endure the hardships or risks of going to sea they became railroad men, dock workers and lumberjacks across the new American nation. ... As the sea chantey became widely known poets like Carl Sandburg referred to these songs and Herman Melville who had actually gone to sea on a whaler was impressed with the use of the sea chantey for work on board his ship. ... Some sea captains, before shipping a man, always ask him whether he can sing out a rope. ... Many countries or nationalities have shanties such as the United States, England, Ireland, Germany, French, Norway, all countries that had large sea-based economies that derived from import-export to their colonies or fishing. ... There was obscenity in sea chanteys though and often they would have to clean it up or improvise by using plain language. ... The crew’s second favorite thing to do was to tell stories of the sea which some were true and some false.
Approximate Word count = 1836
Approximate Pages = 7.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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