Shanties Hit the High Times!
What happens when the high-powered Hollywood crowd start making pirate films
and fall in love with sea shanties? Turn the likes of Johhny Depp and the
makers of the Pirates of the Carribean loose and you get a CD set like this!
A 43-song, two CD set of fun shanties, sea songs, drinking songs recorded by
the likes of Sting, Richard Thompson, Bono, Nick Cave, Bryan Ferry, Lou Reed,
and the list just goes on! There's never been anything like this before.
Welcome!
In 1993 I started this site as a place to share lyrics to traditional maritime songs, particularly sea shanties. It's also a place to find relevant books and CDs.
People come to love sea songs in many ways: Some grow up by the sea. Some fall in love with sailing, done the traditional way on talls ships. Some are just having a lot of fun with the pirate theme. However you find them, these are songs that do what music does at its best: they make you feel connected to something powerful. Whatever your interest, I hope you'll find something here that inspires you!
If you link to this site or have it bookmarked, please note the current address of the site: http://shanty.rendance.org/
Happy sailing and singing!
