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And a final rec: if you get hooked on sea shanties, check out this BBC documentary about maritime songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqC2-wY_Axw It's really charming and has a ton of interesting tidbits (gutter girls!!!)

I hope this will be useful for someone! It's hilarious that shanties are blowing up like this, I hope it will get a lot more people to listen and sing and have fun with them.

I totally didn't manage to cram in all my favorites, so if you want more recs, hit me up!

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One tip: if you're looking for long playlists of sea shanties, look for Assassins Creed! Shanties first appeared in AC III and became such a hit that they became a mainstay of the series. (BTW many current shanty fans got into them through AC, so if you're here because of TikTok don't worry about not being "real" fans :P)

AC: Black Flag: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uicC2MUZ24I

AC: Odyssey has absolutely beautiful all-woman Greek songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EsC-TszgKE

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"Hoist the Colors", from Pirates of the Carribean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdS2xj0br34

"Twiddles" by Misbehaving Maidens - warning, very NSFW!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS1-_fKF5ug

"Ballad of a Female Shanty Singer": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rIpCbebopQ

"Keelhauled" by Alestorm (metal): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta-Z_psXODw

The pirate song from the game Monkey Island: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK4OnCzPEWI

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Last but not least, there's what I call "modern sea shanties", or sea-shanty-adjacent. Some bands create completely new songs, adapt them into different genres, or are their own thing while being beloved by sea-shanty fans. Some examples:

"Northwest Passage", a famous song by the Canadian folk singer Stan Rogers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVY8LoM47xI

"When the Boat Comes In", an English folk song (here by Friends of The Shipyard and Fisherman's Fayre): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmBz5eGXB3o

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Obviously, there are also sea shanties in other languages! My favorites:

German: "Männer mit Bärten" (Men with Beards), here by Die Streuner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on-CuaGMveg

French: "Guerre, guerre, vente vent" is beautiful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I_vQHbmmaY

And a Dutch one! "Daar Was Eens een Meisje Loos" - be sure to read the description here, you'll get a taste of what digging into a folk genre is like! :D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zep5DbpRYjg

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Aside from these, there are also "leaving songs": these are about leaving for a voyage, or leaving the ship after return. (Sometimes they're still also working songs.)

"Bonny Ship the Diamond" is about leaving the port: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtYaXUfTq4A (a whaler song like the Wellerman, btw)

"Leave her Johny" is about leaving the ship (Johnny Collins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fVQwzv5Qfc

"Don't forget your old shipmate" as well (Jerry Bryant and Starboard Mess): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY1fUAPYH3M

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