Sea shanties (chanties) are work songs of sailors, usually with alternating solo verses and a chorus matching certain rhythmical movements as sung by sailors working together.
All songs are traditional unless otherwise noted.
Coil up your ropes and anchor here, Till better weather doth appear.

All For Me Grog (Vx2)
Banks Of Newfoundland, The #6 (Canadian) (V)
Banks Of Newfoundland, The #7 (English) (V)
Big Bow Wow
Big Bow Wow (V)
Blow The Man Down (V)
Blow The Wind Westerly
Blow Ye Winds
Bound For St. Peters (V)
Burnt Islands
Chanty ~ Victor Tilly
Donkey Riding (V)
Drunken Sailor (V)
Drunken Sailor (V)
Fine Girl Ye Are (V)
Fire In The Foretop
Fish Of The Sea, The
General Taylor (V)
General Taylor
Good-Bye My Lovely Annie
Haul Away Joe #1 (V)
Haul Away Joe #2 (V)
Haul Her Along ~ Glenn Vincent Breen
Heave Away, My Johnny (V)
Homeward Bound
Johnny Poker
Last Shanty, The ~ Tom Lewis (V)
Leave Her Johnny ~ Stan Hugill (V)
Leave Her Johnny ~ Ryan's Fancy
Leaving Of Liverpool (V)
Maid On The Shore, The ~ Stan Rogers (V)
Maid On The Shore, The ~ Barry Taylor
Maid On The Shore O, The ~ Kenneth Peacock
Morning Glory
Mother Carey ~ Cicely Fox-Smith
Net Hauling Song (V)
Rant And Roar ~ W.H. Le Messurier (V)
Rio Grande (V)
Rolling Down To Old Maui (V)
Rolling Home
Running Down To Cuba
Ryans And The Pittmans ~ W.H. Le Messurier (V)
Sally Brown ~ Collected by Doyle
Sally Brown ~ Irish Descendants (V)
South Australia ~ Clancy/Makem (V)
South Australia ~ Ryan's Fancy (V)
Spanish Ladies (V)
We'll Rant And We'll Roar ~ W.H. Le Messurier
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