#forebitter

[awly0hifipcif]

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#fullest #freeze-drying #gymnogene #كتاباتي #forebitter #anatifer #saltwaters #sothis #quadriseptate #goalies #adroitly #mentonniere #caldaria #abided #unkenneled #ceratocystis #Parukutu #spermatically #resole #tetraspermous

[njqz2wqc5g]

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#BVY #pledging #noncommunistical #unrespectfully #uninhibitedly #scatteredly #trimodal #zikkurats #lame #gaps #nervimotor #kissed #fullest #freeze-drying #gymnogene #كتاباتي #forebitter #anatifer #saltwaters #sothis

[mesothulass]

anyway one day im gonna be able to think about ffxv in a completely normal manner

#ffxv #i told myself i would stop thinking about it after i finished writing to one forebittered explain why noct still takes up brainspace

[dordey]

have been gaining coherence after a recent depressive episode & realised that due to listening to ****** for Hours every single day for the past week my spotify wrapped is unlikely to recover at this point in the year. ouch rip in pieces etc

#blonde-utah-curl-influencer tiktok dancing to my forebitter playlist to try to make up for it

[ltwilliammowett]

Sea Shanties and Shipboard Music aboard Warships

Traditionally, sea shanties were sung on board both warships and merchant ships to help light the work involved in sailing the ship. They are usually divided into two main groups - capstan shanties, designed to accompany the hard effort involved in heaving on the bars of the ship's capstan, and halyard shanties, where either the rhythm or the words were designed to help the men pull together, for instance when raising a sail pr raising up a new spar to the masthead.

Most shanties follow the same pattern, with short versesand boisterous but repetitive choruses. Sometimes the lyrics were either made up aas the seamen went along, or else improvised or repeated, especially if the task proved longer than the shanty. The words were often less important than the rhythm of the song, although some shanties such Shenandoah or Blow the Man Down have become famous as songs in their own right. Oh and by the way the first known shanties date from the mid-16th century, recorded in the Complaynt of Scotland (1549), but their origins probably lie much further back than that.

It has been argued that sea shanties were much more commonplace on merchant vessels than on warships, as the later were comparatively well manned, so the labour involved in sailing the ship was less arduous. This theory isn't borne out by what we know about life in the sailing navies of the world. While shanties might have been less commonly used as working songs, they were widdely sung as a means of recreation. Music was important on board a sailing man o'war, and instruments such as fiddles, fifes and flutes were often played when sailors were off-duty. And the sailors loved singing on board until ordered to their hammocks at pipe down, these shanties are known as fo'c's'le songs or forebitters. Dancing was also popular, and many captains encouraged it, as a way of keeping spirits high and of providing exercise.

Popular songs in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars were Nancy Dawson, Spanish Ladies and Drops of Brandy and some ships carried an official band, and during the approach of the British Fleet to the enemy at the Battle of Trafalgar, many ships played Rule Britannia, Hearts of Oak or Britons Strike Home.

Shanties during work on board depended on the captain, because not everyone wanted music. It was more like silence aboard a warship so that the men could hear the orders better and not get lost in the singing. But it also happened that there was singing or a flute was played when the anchor was being aweight but that mostly depending on the situation on the ship.

Well the truth was, music such as sea shanties made the work appear easier, whether on board a merchant vessel or a warship. But the shanties went out of favour with the coming of steam. With no sails to raise, and with steam powered capstans there was little need to sing during work. By the later 19th century they had lost their original workmanlike purpose, and shanties became something that were sung for fun and get mixed with the so called sailors songs, rather than as a song of work.

#naval history #sea shanties #mid 16th century -19th century #age of discovery #age of sail #age of steam

[focsle]

Would you be willing to drop the Going to Weather song reference playlist you posted about a few weeks ago? I've been trying to listen to more shanties but have been struggling to find good places to start that also sound good, and a mega-playlist seems like a great way to explore them!

If u mean the little spotify playlist for the comic itself, that's here!

If you mean the...over 27 hours worth of shanties and shanty-adjacent things, I can't link to an actual playlist because they're just my Collection of MP3s I've hoarded over the years. But I can list off all the artists on it for you! They're not all shanty groups, nor is this a comprehensive list of notable musicians in that genre, but there's vibes. Alphabetical order:

The Chieftains, David Coffin, The Dreadnoughts, Forebitter, Friends of the Shipyard and Fisherman's Fayre, Gopher Baroque, Ian Giles, Kraken Shanty Band, The Lobbyists, The Longest Johns, Martin Carthy, Murder by Death, Norma Waterson & Eliza Carthy, Rant & Roar, Skip Henderson, Stan Rogers, Storm Weather Shanty Choir, Stormfrun, The Windjammers, Ye Banished Privateers.

#im surprised the list is this short tbh lol #I guess I just have a Lot Of Cds from a few of these folks #asks #anonymous

[favemusiclessons]

ROWING SONGS

SHORT DRAG SONGS

LONG DRAG SONGS

PUMPING SONGS

CAPSTAN SONGS

FOREBITTERS

Sailors sang at work, but they also sang at leisure. This shouldn’t surprise you—they didn’t have Netflix or Nintendo back then. So you created your own entertainment, and a sailor who had some skill at it was a valued addition to the crew. Forebitters were sung for pure enjoyment. A good example is “Spanish Ladies”—which even shows up in the movie Jaws. This song probably dates back to the Napoleonic wars, when the British Royal Navy carried supplies to Spain, and the sailors engaged in a different kind of cross-border commerce.

#music #history #sea shanties #ted gioia #sunday funday

[goodnightwallace]

#music #forebitter #soundcloud #my posts

[transmutestudios-blog]

Sea shanties vs forebitters

Having just sung a set of sea songs for an annual Pirate Party my friends like to throw, I learned a good bit about the songs of the sea. Many children hear sea shanties (or sometimes spelled ‘chanties’) in their youth like Blow the Man Down or Drunken Sailor.

What I’ve come to learn was not all of the sea songs of my childhood were shanties but rather forebitters (aka ‘sea songs’ or ‘ fo'c's'le songs’ (pronounced ‘forecastle’, the sailors’ sleeping quarters on the ship)). The difference is simple; shanties were work songs used to keep cadence where using strength in unison is critical for actions like raising anchor to set sail.

Unlike the shanty, a forebitter’s purpose was entirely entertainment, on land or at sea. While they share some of the same swaying qualities of their sing-song shanty cousins, their lyrical timing is much looser and tend to have more of a storytelling attribute to them.

Enjoy this short playlist of the sea shanties our small group sang for this year’s annual Pirate Party.

What are your favorite shanties and forebitters?

#shanty #shanties #forebitter #fore-bitters #fo'c's'le songs #pirates #party #yar #sea #ship #sailing #songs #music

[gerrydelano]

it’s time for an actual, legitimate, in-depth discussion about sea shanties, and some corresponding meta about the tundra!

this covers what shanties actually are, what they are not, and why peter lukas wouldn’t be caught dead listening to or participating in one (nevermind allowing his crew to so much as consider them an option.)

i think a lot of people forget what sea shanties actually ARE, tbh! and i won’t say that it annoys me to see people using it wrong, but i always do itch to explain when i see it because it’s just so cool. my time has come.

more specifically, this post is going to talk about:

01. what a shanty actually is, versus other types of sea songs 02. the way they are composed (lyrically, etc.) 03. the practical function they served 04. types of shanties (with examples!) 05. the SOCIAL function they served (genuinely emotional) 06. Peter Lukas Hates Shanties And Everything They Stand For (actual meta discussion about the tundra)

i numbered them so you can skip to the peter part if you don’t care about the Really Specific history of maritime music & don’t want to leaf through examples! 

EDIT: i put the videos used here on a playlist by request, too! i’m adding additional ones that i find/love at the end of it, too. other playlist recs here!

OKAY! here goes. about 3.2k words of pure autism. BOY oh BOY.

01. "shanty” is not just a blanket term for maritime music of any kind! those are actually just called sea songs as a broad umbrella term and there are all sorts of them that were sang for leisure! particularly:

forebitters or fo'c's'le songs - a recreational sea song typically sang at rest, during fair weather, before sleep. 

forebitters refers to singing in fine weather, gathered near large posts on the foredeck, literally called fore bitts. so these would be outside!

fo’c’s’le means “forecastle,” which is the sailors’ sleeping quarters, so those are the bedtime songs™

these could have ranged from any number of popular songs to ballads on any subject, as long as they’re not on watch.

speaking of, ballads are narrative songs that tell stories! often when they would sing about women, missing home, etc. could have been about any subject, but always telling a story specifically.

so basically, forebitters and fo’c’s’le songs are leisure songs, and the distinction between them lies in the setting and circumstance by which they’re sung.

but a shanty (or chantey, chanty, etc.) is specifically what you would call a Call-And-Response Work Song! they’re intended to boost morale and keep sailors in time and in good spirits while performing hard physical labor.

they actually have a specific function and composition, and social purpose which sets them apart from other maritime music! it’s actually seriously awesome!

02. so, the way they worked is that they alternated between:

a solo part sang by a shantyman (just a regular old sailor, usually self-appointed, who had a booming voice, notable lyrical wit, who would come up with his part of the words on the spot holy SHIT.)

and the simplistic refrains, intended to be repeated at a shouting bellow by the whole crew

that’s the “call and response” part of it, which in and of itself sets a rhythm and a tone. the shantyman calls out over the tandem silence of everyone waiting for their cue to respond, for the collective moment, for the rush of being a part of something bigger. swell of waves. the signal to heave or haul.

g-d it’s so beautiful like literally just typing this fills my chest with a very deep love for the way that human beings connect and communicate.

(which is a huge part of why peter lukas would literally never enjoy a shanty. but i’ll get there.)

the tempo usually followed either a 6/8 or a 9/8 time signature, and the basic beat/simplistic refrain would be set before the shantyman gets to work with his improvised lyrics i am still not over that. the simplistic chorus works out for the crew because largely they are VERY busy with the whole Hard Labor thing, so their part of it is less the Lyrics and more the OOMPH, the bellow sound, the moment. 

some of the examples i list in part 4 will include demonstrative videos showing how they work in accordance to the tasks they’re used for! exciting!

03. the “work song” part of it is the most important! a shanty is a WORK SONG, not a leisure song like a forebitter or a ballad.

functionally, shanties literally served the purpose of synchronizing the whole crew’s movements and pacing repetitive tasks like weighing anchor and setting sail. they boosted morale, they kept everyone in time, and were specifically suited to particular tasks on the ship.

there was typically no musical accompaniment to a proper shanty (such as with a fiddle or a concertina) because these songs were performed while everyone’s hands were occupied. it’s all voices. the drum is in your heart, in your footsteps, in the motion of machinery, in the rock of the boat.

so if you’re thinking of a song that a bunch of guys sing while swinging around pints of beer and laughing about pretty girls they miss from back home, you’re thinking of a different subset of drinking songs!

(and if you’re thinking about bloodwater ballad, which i’ve had referred to as a “slow shanty” in the tags, that’s definitely just what it says on the box - a ballad. a murder ballad, specifically, because the story being told has a particular theme. but it’s a ballad nonetheless! DEFINITELY not a shanty, as COOL as that’d have been. please forgive my geekery i’m not mad about the mislableing i just LOVE to talk about the distinctions!)

multiple voices or maritime themes don’t necessarily denote a shanty! there are so many types of sea songs that could cover those, and you’ve definitely heard more of those than you have heard actual shanties.

04. broadly speaking, you can categorize shanties in two easy ways: 

shanties related to hauling actions (pulling)

shanties related to heaving actions (pushing)

there were 6 basic hauling shanty types (this is where i go nuts):

long-drag: also called a halyard shanty! usually sang when hoisting topsails and yards. they tend to contain TWO Pulls per chorus, to a beat such as ”Way, ay, Blow the man down!”

EXAMPLE: hurrah for the blackball line

^ this is actually a video where a guy is EXPLAINING how the shanty works in time with the action, and they demonstrate!

short-drag: sung for short hauling jobs requiring a few bursts of great force, such as changing direction of sails. characterized by one strong pull, timed on the last syllable of the refrain.

EXAMPLE: haul away joe

VERY quick and snappy overall

sweating-up: also called a “swaying off chant” and classed as “sing-outs,” they’re sand for brief hauling tasks like for a few sharp pulls on a halyard to tighten the sail. comparable to short-drags.

EXAMPLE: roll the woodpile down

this is actually my favorite one on this example list so far, i forgot to say so, but the dreadnoughts? good band if you want more of this.

hand over hand:  used for lighter hauling tasks, like setting staysails and jibs, or just hauling in the slack of a rope. the corresponding action is tugging alternately with each hand, on each beat.

EXAMPLE: hellie hellie shumra

honestly just any chant with this particular tempo!

bunt:  used for "bousing up" (i.e. hauling) the tightly bunched bundle of a sail that would need to be gathered up and fastened to the yard when furling. there are only a few of these!

EXAMPLE: paddy doyle’s boots

johnny bowker is also cited, which is also a short-drag used for sweating up, too! here’s the one used in assassin’s creed, and here’s one where a guy is demonstrating the pull timing.

stamp and go: also called a “runaway” or “walk away” shanty, these had longer choruses and were actually more similar to heaving shanties! because the work that went along with these was continuous in nature.  

EXAMPLE: drunken sailor

you ALL have heard this one before, i can GUARANTEE. fun fact, it was one of the ONLY shanties allowed in the royal navy.

and 3 heaving shanty types:

capstan: that big winch wheel thing, you know? like everyone gets a wooden bar and walks forward to push it? it was a continuous action so they had longer solo verses and a “grand chorus” in addition to the call and response pattern.

EXAMPLE: santiana

(i love the longest johns they’re SO much fun. i’ll link another of theirs later when i talk about my favorite heaving shanty.)

EXAMPLE 2: roll the old chariot along

literally just fucking adore this one okay please take it

windlass: so, when raising anchor! operated by the see-saw like action of pumping hand brakes.

EXAMPLE: heave away, my johnny

and here is another live demonstration of how it works in accordance with the windlass, using cheer up, my lively lads!

pump: that’s right! PUMP SHANTY! you all know that song! (i did a meta here about why it’s not. actually an accurate pump shanty but HEY!) historically, these were sang when alleviating leakage in the holds.

EXAMPLE: fire down below

an ABSOLUTE favorite for sure

EXAMPLE 2: leave her, johnny, leave her was specifically sang during the last round of pumping the ship dry once it was tied up in port, before the crew was set to leave the ship! kind of a goodbye ritual! i have a lot of feelings about this one, alright! fuck!

seriously also take this version of leave her johnny sung by a bunch of dudes sitting around a table it’s so organic and their harmonies are killing me it’s SO emotional to me for some reason FUCK.

there were other miscellaneous ones, as well! like:

deep-water shanties: sang when holystoning the deck, or in ritual fashion when celebrating finalky getting paid after the first month’s work was done because they’d burned through their advance pay (by throwing a stuffed horse overboard? wack.)

EXAMPLE: poor old man

yes. the assassin’s creed ones are good. that’s the one they’d use when the horse ritual went down. the more you know.

“men are weird. especially when you put them on a boat for months. they come up with some Shit.”

EDIT: explanation of the horse ritual!

coastwise/longshore shanties: cargo ship/fishing/whaleboating shanties! used when loading and unloading heavy timber, pulling in nets, etc. the musical forms of these differ from the deep-water shanties, namely in that the workers "pull" in between rather than concurrently with certain words of the songs.

EXAMPLE: help me to raise ‘em

this is a demonstration video of the same song done by fishermen in virginia! because that’s right! this tradition exists in places other than europe! the southern US, the caribbean, alaska for the salmon run, etc. and still used in the modern day!

in terms of where you can find more of these: the dreadnoughts, the jolly rogers, and the longest johns are best sources i’ve found so far for clear modern recordings of classic shanties! i love the dreadnoughts’ covers of eliza lee and old maui, fuck.

EDIT: the storm weather shanty choir, too! lots of modernized covers, but VERY enjoyable. check out their renditions of rio grande and a drop of nelson’s blood. 

also, this isn’t quite a shanty, but rye whiskey by the pirate charles is one of the most gorgeous songs i’ve ever heard. the lyrics are INTENSE, definitely give this a shot if you can.

my personal favorite shanty is still RANDY DANDY O, which is a capstan/pump shanty! it’s SO much fun and very influential, total classic. PLEASE listen to that video i just linked there if NONE of the others, it’s like. genuinely really special to me and activates my autism full blast jkdsjfhs. the AC version is also INCREDIBLE.

like fun fact, as i was trying to pick which version to link, i found this one and was actually just. grinning, flapping, rocking, and laughing about it because it just! gets in my chest! the WHOOPING and the RHYTHM it just! this gets inside my heart, dude, that’s what shanties are supposed to do.

which brings me to the most important part of this meta!

05. there is a SOCIAL and PSYCHOLOGICAL component to a shanty that is DEEPLY important (especially in the context of the tundra)

shanties alleviated boredom, reduced the psychological burden of hard labor, and built and strengthened camaraderie!

the point was to keep people together, both physically so work can be done efficiently and socially so that the crew didn’t lose their spirit or drive. they’re not just a song that happens to be sung by many voices; they’re meant to be give and take. call and response. someone to call to; someone to call for you. the very nature of a shanty is a dialogue. you cannot sing a shanty alone.

even just sitting and listening to them on fucking youtube can fill a person with so much feeling and a weird yearning for that kind of togetherness and that open space being filled with voices so many voices all coming together, imagine what it must be like to actually be a part of it in real life! in real time!

even outside of the context of sea shanties specifically, there is a POWER that comes with singing with a chorus at all. there’s a LOVE and EXHILARATION that comes with hearing that many people singing together, with being one of the people singing. 

combine that feeling with the way your blood would be pumping with all that hard work, with the weird broad sweeping intimacy of knowing the people all around you are feeling all the same aches and pains and have the same rope burn calloused hands and the same salt soaked shirts and pinching boots and you’re still singing together through how thirsty you all are and later that night you’re all going to be feeling the same bone deep weariness, the same yearning for sleep, the same human experience.

a sea shanty isn’t just any maritime song. it meant something. it embodied something. and i really don’t think peter lukas would like it very much.

06. there is actually no WAY peter lukas Enjoys sea shanties, or allowed them to be sang on his ship. hell, dumbass rich boy growing up with isolation and money would have no NEED to understand the culture of hard labor. he owns a boat, sure! he ain’t worked a day in his damn life. he wouldn’t even have gone yachting because that implies his family would encourage fun and leisure, which they don’t even! it’s all detrimental solitude and rejection of things people do to feel connected.

peter’s understanding of the need for human connection is based in specifically how to destroy it.

the very nature of a shanty is togetherness and teamwork. it’s the Direct Opposition to Loneliness. they’re supposed to fill your chest with this kind of adrenaline and make you feel surrounded and in step with other people and honestly that’d just give the dude hives.

the boat itself isn’t actually even a real cargo ship. the containments are empty! they’re not actually doing meaningful work of any kind that would require the backbeat of a shanty to carry them through it.

the tundra is JUST a cover for finding and sacrificing people in need of work like this - work that is lonely before and after you get on the boat.

ordinarily, to get jobs like this, you’d wander around in search of a vacancy and sign on for one voyage, and when you hit port? you leave! and don’t typically stay in contact with the people you worked with the whole time you were there! and then you find another boat, and start the process over again.

this cover specifically targets people who are already port hopping and presumably don’t have much that’ll call them back home anywhere. people who are already traveling alone, who aren’t anchored to land. who are already lonely.

it’s not forever work, usually. the more stationary crew on the tundra are not normal sailors, they don’t do normal work, they are kept there for other reasons — presumably the money, at first, but more likely the fear for their lives.

algie’s tags on this post just reminded me of this, and while she’s completely right about peter not knowing/liking/willingly listening to shanties, i have to disagree a bit about his crew ever using them if only because of some technicalities and distinctions between sea songs & their functions.

shanties as a whole became somewhat obsolete as technological advances were made to larger sailing vessels and whatnot over time. pretty sure the tundra is a modernized cargo ship, likely steam, and so there is far less of even a NEED for the TYPE of work tasks that would typically be performed with a shanty at the backbone.

but beyond that, the crew of the tundra is painfully quiet, avoidant of one another, won’t even look each other in the eyes. they don’t even speak the same languages; people who Couldn’t communicate smoothly even if they Wanted to are now forced to feel even more isolated because of that lack of common threading, and understanding.

the job of a port hopping sailor is lonely when you’re hopping between ports. in the in-between. when you’re actually on the ship, though? on a normal ship, there’d be conversation. games. friendships, however fleeting. song. there’d be at least something to make the work bearable before you set off alone again, if you decide not to stay.

on the tundra, the entire point of their business there and their jobs is to somehow work alone doing a job that has always been better done with a hundred parts combined into one thriving collection of human beings relying on each other, moving in sync with each other, communicating with each other.

it’s actually, like. genuinely heartbreaking to think about this? yeah, we associate the ocean with Loneliness for good, obvious reasons but sailors? as a profession? as a type of person? on a big ship, part of a crew? are not meant to be quiet when they’re actually on the job. they are not meant to be solitary. are not meant not to speak.

this is obviously said to be the atmosphere when they’re waiting on a sacrifice to be chosen and made, they’re trying to Behave and Not get chosen. that takes up a majority of their time working there, and is presumably the long-term vibe.

and then, even as the atmosphere is said to change AFTER a sacrifice (“After that night, the atmosphere on board changed. People talked, and you’d occasionally hear actual laughter on board. Games were played, people drank, and there was this sense of relief to it all.” - MAG 33) the laughter is still only occasional. they’re still in that environment, still in the Know about how you Need to behave to survive. still scared of talking about it. still scared.

so if they DID sing, i think it’d be more likely to be fo’c’s’le songs! as mentioned before. those are sang at rest, in celebration, for leisure, in the sleeping quarters. in private, somewhat. it’s much safer, just slightly less obtrusive and symbolic, much more likely given the TONE (if they’re relieved and glad They didn’t get chosen to be eaten by the Lonely) and also just? generally more applicable to the setting. it’s a broader selection of potential #tunes. drinking songs, maybe! but drinking songs aren’t shanties.

they wouldn’t be allowed to sing a sea shanty even if it were applicable to their physical job. by this point i have to wonder if they would have ever even in a position to learn the words to any even before coming aboard the tundra, if only because of how much this particular tool has fallen out of usage in the modern maritime scene. it’s not like they’d get the chance to take part in it here.

they just stand for too much. they embody the human spirit of collaboration and togetherness too much. they represent too much that opposes what peter wants to foster here. they’re too powerful as a very human ritual, however simple it may sound just as a word. shanty. chanty. chorus. crew.

there was never room on the tundra for a shantyman.

but consider — shanties as a way to leave the lonely. 

you start singing a shanty to yourself, and from the distance, other voices join in.

a response to your call. 

the fog clears.

#peter lukas #the magnus archives #magnuspod #the lonely #peter #r.txt #i'm gonna write a fic based on that last section #ronologues #ron is too passionate about shanties asmr #i literally got into the history/lyrical composition/social impact/EXAMPLES #who knew i'd have this much to say about shanties. but Listen. i've been DYING to say this for AGES. #real shit i had a flap attack while writing this i got SO excited i couldn't stop flapping until ren deep pressured me into relaxing JVHBKN #so i'm in full autism mode! #but also this goes HARD on talking about the tundra so it is still a tma meta #shanty tag #top

[marryat92]

Captain Marryat and Sea Songs

One of the things that I like to collect from Marryat’s novels, albeit in the most haphazard and unsystematic way possible, are his many references to sea songs. He doesn’t use the word shanty/chanty—probably because it only came about in the mid-19th century after his death. The superb British Tars 1740-1790 blog, while focused on the 18th century, has a very good post about how “shanties”, as we know them, are a specific type of work song that only emerged in the 19th century. 

Sailing to America in 1837, as sea shanties became a cultural phenomenon, Marryat records the capstan shanty “Sally Brown” in his non-fiction travelogue Diary in America. (“The seamen, as usual, lightened their labour with the song and chorus, forbidden by the etiquette of a man-of-war. The one they sung was peculiarly musical, although not refined; and the chorus of ‘Oh! Sally Brown,’ was given with great emphasis by the whole crew between every line of the song, sung by an athletic young third mate.”) The lyrics are interspersed with the commotion and dialog of the passengers and crew.

In his novels, the sea songs are traditional ballads, or ballads of Marryat’s own invention in the same nautical style. He will sometimes call them “forecastle songs” although he doesn’t use the word forebitter. Marryat did not compose “Spanish Ladies,” but he is credited with its revival when he included it in his 1840 novel Poor Jack. The song “Port Admiral” (The Port Admiral, Port Admiral You Be Damned), used in Aubrey-Maturin books by Patrick O’Brian, is actually Marryat’s original composition. Snarleyyow, or the Dog Fiend is noteworthy for the amount of Marryat’s original verse it contains. “The Captain Stood on the Carronade” makes for a beautiful poem even if I don’t know what tune could carry it.

Jacob Faithful, which I recently finished, is full of songs thanks to the character of Old Tom Beazeley, a waterman on the Thames who loves to sing. I could recognize a few traditional airs like “Admiral Benbow,” but other verses were more obscure. If I can’t find a snippet of a verse on Google (besides Marryat’s usage), does it mean that it’s the Captain’s own composition, or is the source undocumented or lost? I’m certainly no expert on sea songs or sea shanties.

I’m always delighted when I can find not only the source of a verse, but a musical performance, as in this (Americanized) version of “A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea.” The YouTube video is using a version from 1837, but this is how Marryat gives the lyrics in Jacob Faithful in 1834:

illustration: a detail from George Cruikshank’s 1819 etching “The Sailor’s Progress”

#frederick marryat #age of sail #sea shanties #sea songs #captain marryat #tumblr will hide this post from results thanks to external links #so i might as well add as many links as i can #reblogs appreciated since this won't be in the tags

[tautline-hitch]

HEY do you guys remember in like...2017 when we had intense discourse about what was and wasn’t a sea shanty? and everyone had to be very careful to say “...and forebitters” for like six months to avoid another outbreak? wild times in the age of sail community

[chez-pezeater]

TCR Birthday Bash 2019: Day 2- Pirates

I’m making up a bit of backstory for Toto as he really doesn’t have any. For this particular prompt I’m headcanoning that Toto was at one point “part of a pirate crew”, and by that I mean he was a mathom/mathem of a pirate captain.

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“Haru,” Toto spoke slowly, “what are you singing?”

“A Pirate’s Life for Me,” Haru replied. “Hiromi and I had a movie marathon and she finally got her hands on a set of the Pirate’s of the Caribbean Movies. I’ve had that tune stuck in my head ever since.”

Toto looked very pained, like three Muta’s were sitting on him.

“Haru, that’s not a true pirate song. No true pirate would ever sing such a blatantly obvious ditty like that. Especially since it would be impossible to get any work done to it,” Toto told her.

“What do you mean?” Haru asked, taking a seat besides his pillar. Toto flew down so he could better look at her without either of them getting a crick in their necks.

“A true sea shanty, commonly mistaken as pirate shanties, were used to keep time on the ship while doing various tasks like hauling ropes, cleaning decks and even emptying the ship of the sea water that ship would inevitable pick up. Similar to a metronome in a way but the whole crew would get involved in keeping time. It wasn’t just to keep one entertained while at sea,” Toto calmly explained.

Haru’s eyes grew wide and interested. “Really? That’s incredible! How do you know that Toto?”

Toto’s eyes twinkled both in merriment and mischievousness.  “Unlike our good Baron, I have some slightly… colorful… roots. As you know Creations are born when someone creates something with all of their heart and thus given a soul. What you may not have realized is what happens after that. Sometimes we sleep, being passed to and from different hands and different lands, sometimes aware and sometimes not. Other times we choose to leave where we were ‘born’ and make our way to places we would consider ‘safe’. In my case however, I was… how to put… acquired by not quite so legal means.”

Haru’s brow furrowed in confusion. “Wait, does that mean-”

“I was stolen,” Toto interrupted bluntly, “by Pirates.”

Haru’s eyes practically popped out of her head as her mouth dropped open in shock.

“It wasn’t all bad,” Toto shrugged. “My creator survived her encounter with pirates. Even ended up marrying the captain who took me years later after another unexpected encounter.”

“That’s incredible,” Haru said. “So that’s how you know so much huh?”

“Exactly,” Toto nodded. Haru bit her lip slightly in thought before coming to a decision.

“Can you teach me?”

Toto blinked nonplussed. “Teach you?”

“Some true shanties. As catchy as ‘A Pirate’s Life for Me’ is, I felt like it was kinda fake from the start. It was just really really catchy was all.”

Toto smiled gently, “I’d be happy to.”

For hours Toto taught Haru. Long haul shanties for long haul rope pulling. Short haul shanties for short rope pulling. Windlass shanties for water pumping. Capstan shanties for raising and lowering the anchor. He even taught her Foc’sle, the forecastle or forebitter songs which weren’t technically true shanties but songs for after the work was over.

From ‘Haul Away Joe’, ‘Spanish Ladies’, and ‘Roll the Old Chariot’ to ‘Blow the Man Down’, ‘The Coasts of High Barbary’, and ‘The Bonny Ship The Diamond’. From the sweet and melancholy ‘Rolling Down to Old Maui’ to the ever popular ‘Fiddler’s Green’. On and on and on. ‘Leave her, Johnny’ and ‘Lowlands Away’, ‘Fish in the Sea’ and ‘Whiskey Johnny’, ‘Ballad of Captain Kidd’ and ‘Rio Grande’ and ‘Goodbye Fare You Well’. ‘Drunken Sailor’ had her in stitches along with its’ other names of ‘Drunken Whaler’ or ‘What Should We Do with a Drunken Sailor?’ ‘Randy Dandy-Oh’, ‘Mingulay Boat Song’, ‘Bully in the Alley’, ‘Haul Boys Haul’,’Don’t Forget Your Old Shipmate’, ‘Santianna’, ‘Eliza Lee’, ‘Old Billy Riley’, ‘Cockles and Mussels (Molly Malone)’, ‘Good Ship Venus’, ‘Blood Red Roses’, and ‘Fire Down Below’.

When the sun set and night was starting to fall, Baron and Muta had appeared. Each had been going to greet the singing pair but decided instead to watch. For all that Toto was friendly and amiable, he didn’t really speak of his past nor did he really speak of anything with any true passion. This had been the most animated either cat had seen the bird creation be outside of his tiffs and squabbles with Muta. It was a nice change a pace. It didn’t hurt that both singers had lovely voices that harmonized quite nicely. Though Muta was never letting Toto live down the fact that Toto was a pirate, ever.

(“Like you can talk Mr. Most Notorious Criminal in Cat Kingdom History!”)

#TCR #the cat returns #fanfic #tcr birthday bash #tcr birthday bash 2019 #the cat returns fanfics #chezpez writes

[mesothulass]

ik im already 100k into a zelda fic but i just spent like 2hrs ranting about ffxv to my sibling what if and just hear me out What If i wrote another ffxv fix it fic

#i could write it better than to one forebittered i promise it would be so good and interesting an fun and would solve all my problems i prom #ffxv #my fics

[seaglassandeelgrass]

Taking advantage of @focsle‘s implied tagging; anyone else should feel free to do so on my behalf as well

what’s your favourite song(s) to sing/hum?

Traditional ballads, including, but not limited to: murder ballads, child ballads, appalachian ballads, lumberjack shanty ballads, forebitters, border ballads, and more...

what are your favourite flower/tree/plant (all 3 or whatever you have an answer to)

Tree: Paper Birch or Eastern Hemlock

favourite colour(s)?

Orange.

what do you always doodle (if you ever do)?

Uh, horseshoe crabs and sail-plans and anchors and skulls? Although I generally just absentmindedly fidget with my pen instead.

how do you take your coffee/tea? If you don’t like those what’s your fav warm drink?

Yorkshire or Typhoo, steeped stewed until I remember it 10-15 minutes later, two heaping teaspoonfuls of sugar, and just enough milk to make it opaque.

favourite candle scent?

Balsam, but only if it smells convincingly of pine.

sunrise or sunset?

Sunrise, although rare is the morning I (of my own volition) see one.

what perfume do you wear if any?

None. I’m weird about scents and I simply can’t stand having a smell follow me around incessantly, unless it’s like. Woodsmoke. Even scented chapstick is too much. I just smell like Soap. And Woodsmoke if it’s summer.

what’s your go to dance move when you’re alone?

Shimmying around the kitchen whilst waving a spatula. Or waltzing with an invisible partner.

favourite quote?

idk?

favourite self care thing(s) or routine(s)?

Having a cuppa tea. Biking really fast until my legs feel like jello. Doing a crossword. Watching a show from my list of Feel-Good/Pick-Me-Up shows.

what colour are your eyes?

Indeterminate blue-grey-green.

what’s your favourite eye colour on others?

I don’t know that I have a favourite

favourite season? why?

Autumn/Fall- The air’s crisp and the light looks as though a lens has been brought into sharper focus and the breeze smells like dead leaves and slightly dusty decay and the night sky’s getting higher but the stars aren’t quite as cold as winter’s and there’s pick-your-own apples and flannel shirts are once again appropriate attire.

cheek, neck or nose kisses

Cheek, I s’pose? Or temple. I have limited experience in the kissing department.

what does your happy place look like?

Inside: books and tea and an overstuffed armchair and possibly a cat or two. Outside: tall pine trees and drifting woodsmoke and slanting golden evening sun and birdsong that turns the woods to a cathedral

favourite breed of dog?

the Saskatchewan Elk-Stalking Hound

do you ever want to be married? If so what colours would you pick for your wedding theme?

I don’t have any particular aspirations in that direction, but also no definite opposition to the concept thereof? No theme, but I’d take the opportunity to have a really nice bespoke suit made for me. Not that I’d need the excuse

favourite weather?

Thunderstorms; the bigger and louder the better. Or the thick coastal fog that blankets the shoreline on a summer morning and muffles lobsterboat engines and seagulls’ shrieks alike in a great grey shroud of anonymity.

#stuff i'm tagged in #kinda

[ltwilliammowett]

Would sailors on naval ships have sung sea shanties? I read that the Royal Navy banned sea shanties, but how much did this actually affect singing?

Hi,

well basically shanties were forbidden on warships. However, as working songs on deck, they made too much noise and prevented further orders from being heard and could attract unwanted attention. But this did not mean that there was no music on the capstan. The so-called shantyman would sit there and play the flute or the fiddle, but without singing.

But music in general was not forbidden, on the contrary, it was very welcome, because it relieved the boredom below deck. While the men in front of the mast - the ordinary sailors - also sang their songs as Forebitter or Forecastle songs, including shanties (with some it is not quite clear whether they are just a song or a shanty). The officers, on the other hand, were more into classical music, which was more in keeping with the nature of a gentleman. But that doesn't mean they couldn't sing along to a song or two.

I hope I have been able to help you so far and wish you a pleasant day.

#ask