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Once a month, hundreds gather to blow the roof off an Ottawa brewery, belting out songs that originated hundreds of years ago on distant seas. The singalong sea shanty night often ends with a ...

The Coda singing group, which consists of seven local singers, performed the "Mingulay Boat Song", at Matt Molloy's Yard Bar in Westport, in August 2016. The sea shanty pays homage to the island ...

“Wellerman” (Sea Shanty) is a folk song about a whaling ship named the Billy o’ Tea. It talks about the crew waiting for a “Wellerman” to bring them supplies, showing their struggles and ...

Sea shanties, songs sailors sang when working ... He learned that the sailors of old went all over the world, and the music spread and mixed. Many sailors wrote lyrics, but they recycled the melodies ...

You have songs in Irish as well such as 'Trasna na dTonnta' which is about coming home from having been far, far away.” The lyrics of sea shanties are often adapted to suit the local area.