Sea Shanty Lyrics
Most of these songs are traditional shanties, used to co-ordinate the work of many sailors. For more information, see What Is a Sea Shanty? and More About Shanties.
- Alabama
- The Black Ball Line
- Blood Red Roses
- Blow the Wind Westerly
- Blow the Man Down
- Bold Riley
- Bully in the Alley
- Cape Cod Girls
- The Dead Horse Shanty
- Drunken Sailor
- Essiquibo River
- General Taylor
- Good Bye, Fare Thee Well
- Haul Away Joe
- Heave Away
- Hieland Laddie
- High Barbary
- The Hog-Eye Man
- Homeward Bound
- A Hundred years Ago
- The Island Lass
- John Cherokee
- John Cherokee (variant)
- Juliana
- John Kanaka
- Leave Her, Johnny
- Liverpool Judies
- One More Day
- Rollin' Down to Old Maui
- Roll the Woodpile Down
- The Rio Grande
- Roll the Old Chariot Along
- Sally
- Santayana
- Shallow Brown
- Strike the Bell
- South Australia
- Sugar in the Hold
- Tom's Gone to Hilo
- Whiskey-O
- Whiskey Johnny
- Whup Jamboree
- The Wild Goose
- The Yankee Ship