Posted by Robin Marshall on September 12, 2011 at 04:49:41 user TARSUS.
In Reply to: Swallows and Shanties posted by Jock on September 12, 2011 at 03:51:20:
Being a member of our local shantie singing group, I find most shanties are quite old and of course mainly used as working songs to make work on sailing vessels go with swing and synchronization. As sailing vessels were still in use at the time of the S&A's and considering their nautical background and inclination, I do not see it to be unreasonable that they would know and sing shanties.
Obviously AR would have been exposed to them as he went on many sailing vessels.
Shanties seem to be having something of a revival particularly in the UK, with the Cornish group Fishermens Friends making recordings and bringing the songs to the everyday media.