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A sea shanty, shanty, chantey, or chanty (/ ˈ ʃ æ n t iː /) 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.
In 2013, the Wellington Sea Shanty Society released a version of the song on their album Now That's What I Call Sea Shanties Vol. 1. [3] A particularly well-known rendition of the song was made by the Bristol-based a cappella musical group the Longest Johns on their collection of nautical songs Between Wind and Water in 2018. [16]
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Denny Gerrard (of Warm Sounds) produced Sea Shanties in return for High Tide acting as the backing band on his solo album Sinister Morning.The recording sessions for the two albums overlapped, with Sinister Morning being finished in late June 1969, [2] and Sea Shanties being started on the 2nd of that month.
"Rio Grande" is a nineteenth-century sea shanty, traditionally popular amongst American and British crews.Some people believe the title refers to the Rio Grande river, which forms much of the border between Mexico and the United States; but the shanty talks about the Brazilian state Rio Grande do Sul and its chief port of the same name. [1]
Laura Alexandrine Smith (1861–1902) [1] was an English musician, [2] ethnomusicologist [3] and one of the earliest collectors of sea shanties. [4] Smith's The Music of the Waters, published in 1888, was possibly the first collection of sea shanties to include music as well as words.
In 1957, it was recorded as "Heave Away, My Johnny" by English folk singers A. L. Lloyd and Ewan MacColl on their album of whaling ballads and songs, Thar She Blows. [4]In 1964, English folk singer Lou Killen sang "Heave Away My Johnny" in 1964 on the Topic anthology of sea songs and shanties, Farewell Nancy.
2012 Storm Weather Shanty Choir released an album named after the song which features the song as the opening track. 2013 The Wellington Sea Shanty Society released a version of the song on their album Now That's What I Call Sea Shanties Vol. 1. 2021 Industrial/Steampunk band Abney Park released a version on their album "Technoshanties"