This song has a calypso rhythm, but the melody is a variation on the English sea shanty 'Blow the Man Down'. It is thought to have been sung by the men loading the ships with rice, indigo and cotton a...
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This ballad is one of the most enduringly popular, both in England and Scotland. It is mentioned by Samuel Pepys in his diary on 2 January 1666. It has been set to various tunes, but the familiar melo...
This is from Northumberland and is a shanty, or sailor's work song, sung while pulling together on a rope and so helping to secure rhythmic unanimity. The shantyman sang the tune, the rest joining in...
