What Are Sea Shanties, What Do the Songs Mean, and Why Do Sailors and Shantymen Sing Shanties?
Sea shanties are the songs sung by sailors working on the great sailing ships of a more romantic time. A shanty man leads the songs. He chants a line, and the sailors respond within the rhythm of their work. Shanties take different forms, depending on the labour being done. There are short-haul shanties and long-haul shanties fo
