#shantytok

[goodbunbuncutie]

I LAUGHED SO HARD THAT I YEETED MY PHONE CLEAR TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BED OMFG 🤣🤣🤣

And I keep falling into fits of coughing strangle-cackling every time the damn thing repeats.

Farewell friends, for I am utterly D E C E A S E D 🤣🙃💀

[field-s-of-flowers]

Modern AU Hélène Anatole Dolokhov and Balaga are on shantytok send tweet

[fureliselost]

So I was singing Wellerman. In my room.

My cat came running inside soon after and stopped in front of my bed. Just watching me.

So I recorded it.

[andmynewlymeltedheart]

my contribution to shantytok

[cruelsister-moved]

you guys: it's literally fine for us to singly revive a song that literally celebrates violent colonisers by name and explicitly celebrates a bunch of colonialist violence because all sea shanties are inescapably colonialist anyway :)

most sea shanties: heave ho me boys heave ho me boys we're off to sea once more

[thegirlwholied]

If you’re feeling salty about life and would rather feel the salt of the sea, look no further: TikTok’s hottest new shanty is Heave Away. Just when you start wondering whether the fun’s over, the actual Alan Doyle, who you may know as Robin Hood’s pal, lead singer of Great Big Sea, or as his awesome-damn self, is coming at you straight out of St. John’s. Move over, Wellermen; the Newfoundlanders are here, and since this classic starred in Come from Away, the Broadway crew’s bound to break in. Up less than 24 hours, this one has everything: men with beards, and ladies in knit hats, and okay, maybe it’s majority men with beards, but that duet chain’s got possibility, baby. Get those duds in order, and break out the concertina. It’s the thing, like when you’re working the windlass to raise the anchor already - get at it, you jolly boys.

[misbehavinmaidens]

“Mermaids and Queers,” our song based on this Tumblr post about asexuals and sirens. How would mermaids lure people of various sexualities?

This video has captions and ASL interpretation, thanks to the hard work of Kat Sharp (Sharp Productions) and Judi Miller (interpreter). We recorded this in lockdown for our virtual concert at the 2020 Ohio Valley Filk Festival.

The professionally-recorded version can be found on our third album, Swearing is Caring.

[cjbolan]

Now that THIS is viral...remember when I suggested a Tail of Emily Windsnap musical?

If that happens some sea shanties would be PERFECT!!!

The story’s set in a seaside town, the main villain is a lighthouse keeper, and Emily’s mom reveals her past as an avid sailor...

[kyidyl]

Thought you guys would like this, especially @systlin

[pers-books]

This is marvellous!

[fureliselost]

Mother’s Savage Daughter (except I’m more of a son)

:) Give my singing tiktok some love @/for.eli.sings 

[intangible-rice]

So this song isn’t actually a sea shanty and was only written in the 80s but I probably only have one chance to share it while sea shanties are trending so here’s a song about doomed canadian sea explorers that’s epic enough to transform you into a viking 

[cruelsister-moved]

i say this so often but. if it isn't in simple call and response structure and if someone with zero musical training who might not even know the song couldn't sing the response part whilst doing hard manual labour, its probably not a sea shanty. there are lots of other songs that would've been sung by musicians on board during leisure time for entertainment (and sometimes I see stuff labelled a "sea shanty" just because its like. a ballad about the sea that might have been sung by people who'd never been to sea).

sea shanties are work songs, which means their primary purpose is to be functional rather than to be aesthetic. finding aesthetic enjoyment in them is fine, making up fake stories because the actual songs of working people aren't so tik-tok-able, less fine.