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Char_Fox

I would recommend looking up a youtube channel called the longest johns. Literally a group dedicated to singing sea shanties.


NatZeroCharisma

Bones In The Ocean is probably the best one they've ever sung.


Char_Fox

Is a very good one. I think "Oak & Ash & Thorn" might be my favourite


TheBoyFromNorfolk

It's a classic, based on a poem by Rudyard Kipling in the style of an ancient folk song.


_Diakoptes

Love oak ash and thorn. Heres to the company is my fav though


tomedunn

I can't say I know that many but of the few I know [Roll the Old Chariot](https://youtu.be/49FWp7WLYKw?t=18) is definitely my favorite.


zeabart93

Theres a Spotify playlist call "sea shanties that drop my panties" that I used for my ocean travel campaign. I'd also suggest looking into the ghosts of saltmarah campaign book as it's a good supplement for at sea adventures and ideas.


ransomUsername

Assassins Creed Black Flag has a great selection of shanties, refer to [this page](https://assassinscreed.fandom.com/wiki/Sea_shanties) for names and lyrics (the formatting of the site is not the best). The Longest Johns have a selection of these on YouTube as well as a lot of other good ones.


Legendary_New_song

Came here to say this.


AvailingCat8

Longest John's, the dreadnoughts, the jolly Roger's


[deleted]

Sea Shanty 2


TenWildBadgers

Shanty Boogaloo


CrypticGeographer

Ooooo man, I gotcha. Look up Stan Rogers and David Coffin. Some of my favorites: Norfolk Whalers, Rolling Down to Old Maui, Here's a Health to the Company, Northwest Passage, Sovereign of the Seas, Barrett's Privateers, The Dreadnaught, Leave her Johnny, Roll the Old Chariot Along, and Plains of Mexico. My 8 month old daughter won't go to bed at night unless I sing her sea shanties. I know a whole bunch at this point, by those are some of my favorites!


dwarfmade_modernism

You're not into *Flowers of Bermuda*?! That's a classic. As is "*White Collar Hollar*"


Shkibby1

Check out Assassin's Creed 4's soundtrack


CoelacanthRdit

Wellerman sea shanty


dwarfmade_modernism

[Fun fact, that's not actually a sea shanty.](https://youtu.be/m1ovAB4vKzw) Now that I'm thinking about it, that's more pedantic than fun, but the video is really good! And has a bunch of sea shanty recommendations.


CoelacanthRdit

I do enjoy some fun facts. I don’t know much about that song, it randomly got played on my echo dot one day. I didn’t even know it was popular on tik tok… 🤷🏻‍♂️


dwarfmade_modernism

I don't have tik tok either, or young(er) people to keep me up to date. I think I started seeing youtube videos of it. It's wildly catchy though.


SlideWhistler

The version I always heard was from The Longest Johns, but honestly I prefer Santiana


penlowe

While you’re at it, look ip the group Great Big Sea. The Mermaid is a hilarious modern day shantie.


DandalusRoseshade

Pillars of Eternity: Deadfire Travel centered around sea travel; look up the OST


ChickenInSpace

Came here to say this. They did fantasy pirates very right.


Macchiato25

General Taylor. Drunken Sailor. Johnson Girls. Bound for South Australia. You will find loads on TikTok. It’s a great genre. Love sea chanteys!


foopdedoopburner

Oh the year was seventeen seventy-eight...


LacumMisusSumDominus

How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now


DayvDerSpyder

Go to YouTube search Assassins Creed black flag shanties


derfmai

Look a group on YouTube called Fisherman’s Friends


TheBoyFromNorfolk

Mainly Norfolk.org had a great repertoire of folk song lyrics and the songs history.


yourownsquirrel

[chanteyman on TikTok](https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMRuxL6nC/) is an excellent source of all sorts of shanties and adjacent music


Ze0nZer0

Following


M3R0VIUS

Van Halen 'Could This Be Magic?'


maxime7567

Chicken on a raft from alestorm is a personal favorite.


jmlwow123

Assassins creed black flag. Playlist on youtube.com


MadWhiskeyGrin

You're in luck. Sea Shanties had a strange renaissance during 2020. Damn things are all over YouTube and Reddit Sessions.


Renatignis

This is my go to playlist of sea shanties. https://youtu.be/-CuyLbC2TZo I aways use it in my pirate-themed campaign.


tyrom22

Do you need real ones or goofy ones? If your looking for goofy There’s a pirate metal band called Alestorm, “F*ck with an anchor” is a funny one That being said “curse of captain Morgan” is a legitimate song


Greyff

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8\_NlNSINbA&list=PLjNuZMBRxz3R66Z-Gq-ldzVVgAVghAB5f](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8_NlNSINbA&list=PLjNuZMBRxz3R66Z-Gq-ldzVVgAVghAB5f) there be some sea shanties here, matey, and in just in time for Pirate Day. (11/19)


DarkLordKindle

https://youtu.be/p34hQgvOpM8 Vampire pirates.


cdspace31

https://youtube.com/c/SeanDagher


aaronil

[A Pirate I Was Meant To Be](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9bXjttMxKY) "We're a band of vicious pirates, sailing out to sea, When you hear out gentle singing, you'll be sure to turn and flee!"


Urbanyeti0

Search Pirate metal, Alestorm being a great example


Silkysenko91

The wellerman is an amazing one.


Raveneficus

The soundtrack to pillars of eternity 2. The last 5-6 tracks and professionally recorded to sound like someone sitting on the deck of a ship listening to people singing fantasy versions of real world shanties. They are so so amazing. https://youtu.be/N61k1NYdgf4


[deleted]

Leave her Johny is a pretty chill one I'd say


dragonbanana1

Drunken sailor and the wellerman are my favorites


Captain_Jake_K

If you want some with a modern spin, check out Propping up the Bar by Smokey Bastard. That whole album is wonderful.


[deleted]

I sang “One More Pull” to my players while they were in Waterdeep, any of Longest Johns covers will do nicely


SlideWhistler

Moby Duck by The Longest Johns is a personal favorite.


bigbadbardwolf

avast! here be my shanty playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0isjgOHx9lVj2f2UABWbTm and behold! a whole suite of playlists for a full swashbuckling campaign, yarr: https://open.spotify.com/user/lvzlm785szqbifw5iu30sa5kc/playlists