Sea shanty

Sailors sang shanties while performing shipboard labor.

A Black fiddler accompanying heaving at the capstan, from The Quid (1832)

Leader of Mississippi steamboat hands singing a song from atop a capstan

An American packet ship of the Black Ball Line

A sea shanty, chantey, or chanty is a type of work song that was once commonly sung to accompany labor on board large merchant sailing vessels. The term shanty most accurately refers to a specific style of work song belonging to this historical repertoire. However, in recent, popular usage, the scope of its definition is sometimes expanded to admit a wider range of repertoire and characteristics, or to refer to a “maritime work song” in general.

单词	Shantyman
释义	Shantyman 英语百科 Sea shanty A sea shanty, chantey, or chanty is a type of work song that was once commonly sung to accompany labor on board large merchant sailing vessels. The term shanty most accurately refers to a specific style of work song belonging to this historical repertoire. However, in recent, popular usage, the scope of its definition is sometimes expanded to admit a wider range of repertoire and characteristics, or to refer to a “maritime work song” in general.
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Shantyman

Sea shanty