1. Work chants and sea Shanties

2. Singing Sailors?
Sea shanties began as simple chants that were used by sailors to organize their work
Usually they were call and response
Eventually these became more complex

3. Raising and lowing the sails and anchor took massive amounts of effort
This was not a very fun job

4. - By the time Robert Louis Stevenson published Treasure Island, sea shanties were going out of fashion

5. - Sea shanties have since found their way into American folk music

6. Blow the man down But as we were a-going she said unto me
"There's a spankin' full rigger just ready for sea"
That spankin' full rigger to New York was bound
She was very well mannered and very well found
But as soon as that packet was clear of the bar
The mate knocked me down with the end of a spar
As soon as that packet was out on the sea
'Twas devilish hard treatment of every degree
So I give you fair warning before we belay
Don't never take heed of what pretty girls say.
As I was out walkin' down Paradise street,
(Chorus) To me way, hey, blow the man down!
A pretty young damsel I chanced for to meet,
(Chorus) Give me some time to blow the man down!
She was round in the counter and bluff in the bow
(Chorus)
So I took in all sail and cried "way enough now"
I hailed her in English, she answered me clear
"I'm from the Black Arrow bound to the Shakespeare"
So I tailed her my flipper and took her in tow
And yard-arm to yard-arm, away we did go

7. Blackball line In the Black Ball line I served my time
(Chorus) To me way-aye-aye, hurray-ah
And that's the line where you can shine
Hurrah for the Black Ball Line
The Black Ball Ships are good and true
They are the ships for me and you
For once there was a Black Ball Ship
That fourteen knots an hour could clip
They'll carry you along through frost and snow
And take you where the wind don't blow
You will surely find a rich gold mine
Just take a trip in the Black Ball Line
Just take a trip to Liverpool
To Liverpool, that Yankee school
The Yankee sailors you'll see there
With red-top boots and short-cut hair
At Liverpool docks we bid adieu
To Poll and Bet and lovely Sue
And now we're bound for New York Town
It's there we'll drink, and sorrow drown

8. Common topics How the sailors were treated
What they will do when they reach land again
Where they are going and where they have been
Description of the quality of their ship
The types of people they met in their travels