Argh, the latest trend in pandemic distraction may be - shiver me timbers - sea shanties. (SOUNDBITE OF VIDEO) UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: (Singing) There once was a ship that put to sea, and the name of ...

Following from the successful sea shanty evenings at Burnham-on-Sea Tennis Club, well known sea shanty group ‘The 85ers’ will ...

During the cold winter of 2021, we had the humble sea shanty to keep us warm. TikTok saw a surge of creators recording renditions of sea shanties, making the tradition that dates back to the 1800s ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — There once was a tune that tickled the Internet's fancy/When TikTok revived the humble sea shanty/The views came fast, the fad could last/Go, read about it go: People are stuck ...

Herman Melville once observed that a sailor who could sing well was almost guaranteed to be a popular one. Not surprising – no one wants to be stuck on a ship for three or four years with someone who ...

If you’re on TikTok, the go-to app for Gen Z and millennials, you probably spent early January humming catchy nautical tunes while washing never-ending dishes or doomscrolling while you wait for pizza ...

SEA shanties have gone viral due to TikTok. But what exactly are they? Sea shanties are collective folk songs that go back 600 years. According to Historic UK they originate from the days of the old ...

Sailors used to sing sea shanties to synchronize their labor. Now, students are singing these same tunes to will away the quarantine blues. At 9 p.m. on Saturday in the Communications Residential ...

The Exmouth Shanty Men of Norfolk, England warm up with a crowd at the Maritime Festival in 2019. Shutterstock / Stephen William R You’re welcome — for the tune you won’t stop humming for the rest of ...

From Wellerman to Drunken Sailor, sea shanties are attracting the attention of landlubber TikTokers. "It went wild. I don't really know what happened," says the guy at the center of it all. Erin ...