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Categories: Nursery rhymes, Maritime culture, Maritime music, Irish songs, British songs
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chantey  chanty  sea chantey  shanty  sea shanty
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A sea shanty, chantey, or chanty is a genre of traditional folk song that was once commonly sung as a work song to accompany rhythmical labor aboard large merchant sailing vessels. Wikipedia
Genre of folk song. Wikipedia Disambiguation
A type of shipboard work-song Wikipedia Disambiguation
Work song sung to accompany labor on board large merchant sailing vessels Wikidata
A work song that sailors sang in rhythm to their movement. Wiktionary
A song a sailor sings, especially in rhythm to his work. Wiktionary
A sailor′s work song. Wiktionary (translation)