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The songs, which were sung by sailors to create a sense of community and to help establish a rhythm to their work, would often see a solo-singer, or shantyman, lead the group.Ī group of sailors would then join in with the chorus of the song in unison in a 'call and response' technique.Īmong the most famous songs are Spanish Ladies, which describes the voyage from Spain to The Downs, in the southern North Star near the English Channel, from the viewpoint of the Royal Navy and What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor?ĭrunken Sailor, which was sung to accompany certain work tasks aboard sailing ships in the early 19th century, was revived as a popular song among non-sailors in the 20th century. Sea shanties can be traced to as far back as the mid-1400s when they were sung among sailors as they carried out manual tasks onboard their ships, such as walking around the capstan or hoisting the sails. 'The words are simple and it's just a beat and then the voices so I think it's a bit of everything.' 'I think it's the fact that it gets everybody involved, everybody can join in and you don't necessarily need to be able to sing. 'I think it's the fact that sea shanties when they were originally sung, they were sung to get everybody involved and to keep them in time with their work. Sailors employed by the vessel's employer would be involved in butchering whales after they had been caught in a process called tonguing.Įxplaining why sea shanties were now making a comeback, Mr Evans said: 'I think it's a combination of a lot of things.

The 19th Century song Wellerman tells the story of the Australia shore-whaling company Weller Brothers that took to the seas along the southern coast of New Zealand from 1830 to 1840. The aspiring musician later uploaded a cover of the 19th Century sea shanty Wellerman, which tells the story of the Australian shore whaling company Weller Brothers, and has since seen his video amass 4.3million views and sparked the viral trend #ShantyTok. Russian warplanes are providing close air support to the offensive, and trying to suppress and destroy Ukrainian air defences, the Ministry of Defence tweeted in a regular bulletin. The students' message of pro-Kremlin support comes as Russian forces are advancing from staging areas in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region towards Kramatorsk, which continues to be hit by rocket attacks, according to a British military update today. The shanty ends with the message saying 'With Russia in our hearts'. 'Be proud of the motherland! Remember the heroes for centuries! Glory to the holy land! Russ-ia!'

They sing: 'There lies on the land a big country, beautiful and honest, strong in the soul, rich in nature and spreading wide - Russ-ia! Young women seemingly dressed in World War I-style nurse uniforms form the letters 'Z' and 'V' - which are not part of the Cyrillic alphabet but which appear on invading Russian vehicles - and sing about the importance of patriotism, The Times reports. Students from the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic have now released a version of the song with new lyrics, telling listeners to be 'proud of the motherland'
