So I guess shanties have seen a small resurgence because of Assassin's Creed Black Flag. I've never played that game. I was looking up Irish Drinking songs and the rabbit hole took me to sea shanties. I like the cadence of them and plan on trying to run to some of them.

The Dreadnoughts - Sally Brown


The Dreadnoughts - Randy Dandy-Oh


The Dreadnoughts - Roll the Woodpile Down


The Dreadnoughts - Eliza Lee (I guess a Bulgine is slang for a railroad steam engine. I guess a lot of sailors found work on the railroads and this is also a well known railroad song.)


The Dreadnoughts - Old Maui


The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem - Haul Away Joe


Bob Neuwirth - Haul On the Bowline


Santy Anno


These technically aren't shanties, but still good songs.

Stan Rogers - Barrett's Privateers (Talk about a commanding voice, I guess Stan Rogers is hailed as a Canadian Hero and many of his songs are unofficial anthems. He died at 33.)


The Pogues with the Dubliners - The Irish Rover

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Originally posted by Skull Leader:
I like the cadence of them and plan on trying to run to some of them
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Barrett's Privateers

What's that? You'd like a version with a bit more "crunch" to it, to get you pumped up for running? Well, if you insist...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2YT8HDlCp4



(Heh... Pirate metal. )

Another good one...

 
Work songs. The cadence dictates the work rythym. Used on ships, in cotton fields, on chain gangs, anywhere work rhythm is important to productivity.
 

The music on the high seas was one of the best parts of Black Flag.

I was lucky enough to see Stan Rogers in concert (I was a little kid but my father was very involved in the folk music scene) and I watched him perform, Barrett's Privateers (a song he wrote so he could have his own shanty) and he also did Rolling Down to Old Maui. He had a huge booming voice that could fill a room.

In the linked video of Barrett's Privateers the long-haired gentleman seen in many pictures is Stan's brother Garnett Rogers.

He is remembered as a hero in Canada, New Newfoundland because of his heroism during an airline disaster in which he lost his life. I can still remember hearing of his death on the morning radio.