The 19th century returns in this Mystic, Conn ., maritime museum, filled with ships and shops and sailors singing chanteys.
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Some of the recordings are new compositions that echo melodies of the old sea chanteys; about half are traditional tunes juiced with pop.
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When this British storyteller occupies a room, the air fills with gauzy drifts of cigarette smoke and riffs of sea chanteys and adventure yarns.
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As a rule, the chantey in its entirety possesses neither rhyme nor reason; nevertheless, it is admirably fitted for sailors'work.
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Foss reads poems and short stories to his passengers after dinner, for instance, while other captains play the guitar or organize sea chantey singalongs.
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:This chantey is obviously of American origin . . . . " Shenandoah " was more a wool and cotton chantey than a capstan chantey.
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:This chantey is obviously of American origin . . . . " Shenandoah " was more a wool and cotton chantey than a capstan chantey.
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:This chantey is obviously of American origin . . . . " Shenandoah " was more a wool and cotton chantey than a capstan chantey.
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The American folk revival group The Almanac Singers were recruited by Alan Lomax to record several shanties for the 1941 album Deep Sea Chanteys and Whaling Ballads.
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Lightfoot gave the ballad, perhaps the only sea chantey to become a major hit in the arena rock era, a straightforward reading midway through his set.
