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Big number of examples with timestamps - A Collection of Sea Shanties (vocal only) - YouTube

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[โ€“] Frank@hexbear.net 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The foundation of any good shanty is stealing the tune and half hte lyrics from another shanty

[โ€“] buckykat@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago

I think I once heard Utah Phillips describe the IWW songwriting process as something to the effect of stealing the hymn tunes 'cause they're pretty and changing the lyrics so they made more sense.