Shanty Collector

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About Shanty Collector

The Shanty Collector is dedicated to preserving and sharing the rich tradition of sea shanties and maritime folk songs.

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Browse our collection of traditional and popular sea shanties
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Credits

Inspiration: Ressa
Architect/Developer: Teal
Song Compilation: Madame of the Black Hand, Teal
Composition: All of the talented artists whose works are featured here (including some of our own!)

Sea Shanties Collection

Browse our collection of traditional and popular sea shanties

All For Me Grog

Boys of Bedlam

"For to buy myself a cider"

Dear Old Stan

"From the streets of old Victoria to fair old Mabou town"

Drunken Sailor

popular work song call and response

Fire Marengo

work song call and response

Hammer and the Anvil

Here's a Health to the Company

popular farewell

Hoist the Colors

popular call and response

I Met a Gal

Leave Her Johnny

"I thought I heard the old man say"

farewell melancholy work song call and response

Lowlands Away

call and response melancholy

My Mother Told Me

Northwest Passage

popular melancholy

On the Railroad

Proud Mary

Randy Dandy-O

work song call and response

Rattlin' Bog

popular cumulative

Ren Faire Ladies

popular call and response

Renaissance Man

Retirement Song

farewell upbeat

Roll the Old Chariot Along

work song call and response

Rolling Down to Old Maui

work song call and response

Row Me Bully Boys

work song call and response

Rye Whiskey

Santiana

work song call and response popular

Savage Daughter

Sláinte

popular farewell

The Bay of Suvla

"Plucked from the finest of hamlets and dales"

The Last Shanty

The Milkmaid

The Ramblin' Rover

Wellerman

popular work song