Sailor’s Chanties (1906) [pdf]

Re:Sailor’s Chanties (1906) [pdf] by bschne on Sunday January 17, 2021 @05:35AM (#25809657)

I've seen the tiktok meme taken up on twitter, but somehow it's always the same song (Wellerman) and only about 2-3 variants of it being reposted.

Is this a bigger thing with more variety that's going on on tiktok, or is it just the one that went viral with a few variants alongside?

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Re:Sailor’s Chanties (1906) [pdf] by sanqui on Sunday January 17, 2021 @05:37AM (#25809669)

I'm not on Tiktok, but I've seen a few others posted on Twitter, like this one: https://twitter.com/EKingstonBooks/status/134990668753737318...

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Re:Sailor’s Chanties (1906) [pdf] by idakyne on Sunday January 17, 2021 @08:35AM (#25810511)

Not aware of the tiktok meme, however there are a few uk based acapella groups specializing in sea shanties. 'The longest johns' are one of my favorites.

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Re:Sailor’s Chanties (1906) [pdf] by jesse_cureton on Sunday January 17, 2021 @08:14PM (#25817129)

"Wellerman" is certainly the most popular, but there have been several! Lately I've been seeing people take up "Leave Her Johnny", "The Last Shanty", and even some labor songs like "Process Man"/"The Chemical Worker's Song"

It's been surprisingly fun watching the various takes blow up on TikTok.

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Re:Sailor’s Chanties (1906) [pdf] by witherk on Sunday January 17, 2021 @07:31AM (#25810188)

The in game song "Sea Shanty 2" has been one the bigger memes in the "Old-school Runescape" community ( a bigger community than you would expect)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJhF0L7pfo8&ab_channel=OldSc...

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Re:Sailor’s Chanties (1906) [pdf] by williamdclt on Sunday January 17, 2021 @05:47AM (#25809723)

Yeah, it's a bit of a trend, there's more than this one song going round on tiktok

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Re:Sailor’s Chanties (1906) [pdf] by chris_wot on Sunday January 17, 2021 @06:17AM (#25809841)

I know of this one, which is "Leave her Johnny".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Fow61Zsn2s

For once I can actually get into something in the Zeitgeist. TikTok has something actually great - layering voices. Amazing. Never thought I'd say that about TikTok.

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