Foo - I need some good sailing songs.

need to sing sea shantys this summer.

Almost anything by Jimmy Buffet will fit that bill. at least in my opinion.

nah, older, traditional sea shantys. That, and I can't stand Buffet :p

Here's one as well as a whole list of the other available shanties.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPIcwFKrTus

I used to sing this one when I was in the Navy!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnacle_Bill_(song)

Christopher Cross "Sailing"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQeqmNbA2Hs&feature=related

Sloop John B
Come Sail Away
Sailing
Shakedown Cruise

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyjHLAnaKlo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vUqeDPZZ80&feature=related

Pirates of the North Saskatchewan - Arrogant Worms
Row, row, row your boat

Pirates of the North Saskatchewan - Arrogant Worms
Row, row, row your boat

The wind beneath my wings?

Check this out:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VRCJ3Z8YL._SS500_.jpg

http://www.amazon.com/Rogues-Gallery-Pirate-Ballads-Chanteys/dp/B000GGSMD0/

An old classic. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=_B4w4lafinU)

Dropkick Murphys - i'm Shipping Up To Boston
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-64CaD8GXw

You may recognize it from the beginning of the movie 'The Departed'

The problem with many modern songs is that, while good, they are songs meant for a band to play, not for a single lone singer. That's why sea shantys work well.

Gordon Lightfoot, The Wreck Of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Gordon Lightfoot, The Wreck Of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Yellow Submarine....
My Body Lies ove the Ocean....

Gordon Lightfoot, The Wreck Of the Edmund Fitzgerald

One time I was diving out on Lake Ontario w/ kind of sizable waves and this one guy on the boat wouldn't stop singing that d*mn song. And echoing each line of course. of course...

The problem with many modern songs is that, while good, they are songs meant for a band to play, not for a single lone singer. That's why sea shantys work well.

Have you considered Tibetan Throat Singing? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ktjUHjR6iU) Excellent for one lone singer.

They BEST sailing song ever
Southern Cross (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNKg8Ex4Xr0) by Crosby, Stills and Nash

http://www.bgarnett.co.uk/GrahamNash/CSNBlackWhiteVintagePhotoa.jpg

Have you considered Tibetan Throat Singing? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ktjUHjR6iU) Excellent for one lone singer.

Also can accompany on the guitar too.

http://www.genghisblues.com/

Come Sail Away - Styx

MEN

It's great to be on a ship with men
And sail across the sea-o
We don't know where we'll land or when
But it's great to be with men
'Cause men can sweat and men can stink
And no one seems to care-o
We'll throw the dishes in the sink
And clog the sink with hair-o

Men, men, men, it's a ship filled with men
So batten down the ladies room,
There's no one here but men
There's men above, there's men below
There's men down in the galley
there's Mitch and Dave and Jim and Bob
And one guy we call Sally

Men, men, men, it's ship all filled with men
You'll never have to lift the seat
There's no one here but men
We're men and friends until the end
And none of us are missus
At night we'll sleep in separate beds
And blow each other kisses

Men, men, men, it's a ship all filled with men
So throw your rubbers overboard
There's no one here but men

Have you considered Tibetan Throat Singing? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ktjUHjR6iU) Excellent for one lone singer.

Oddly enough, I have tried it, and I'm hoping to get better.

Well - hey ya can't forget this guy!

I'm Popeye the Sailor Man,
I'm Popeye the Sailor Man.
I'm strong to the finich
Cause I eats me spinach.
I'm Popeye the Sailor Man.

I'm one tough Gazookus
Which hates all Palookas
Wot ain't on the up and square.
I biffs 'em and buffs 'em
And always out roughs 'em
But none of 'em gets nowhere.

If anyone dares to risk my "Fisk",
It's "Boff" an' it's "Wham" un'erstan'?
So keep "Good Be-hav-or"
That's your one life saver
With Popeye the Sailor Man.

I'm Popeye the Sailor Man,
I'm Popeye the Sailor Man.
I'm strong to the finich
Cause I eats me spinach.
I'm Popeye the Sailor Man.

Yellow Submarine....
My Body Lies ove the Ocean....

Isn't it 'My Bonnie'???

need to sing sea shantys this summer.

I have a couple of books with old sea shantys.

PM me if you'd like me to get some photocopies for you.

East Hill

I am going to second the rogues gallery album. pick it up. It consists of about 50 tracks of true to form sea shantys/ whaling songs/ pirate music/ sailing/ my lovers out to sea......awesome-ness. I was turned onto it by a friend of mine and i listened to that two disc set for like a month straight (I have a love affair with the ocean). great songs lots of solo stuff and lots of fun. the dude who produced it spent a couple of years researching the songs and got a lot of original documented lyrics. then went around and had all kinds of artist from across the world to sing them.

Isn't it 'My Bonnie'???

Yes it is "my bonnie"............................

Isn't it 'My Bonnie'???

Yes it is, and actually the Beatles recorded that with Tony Sheridan back in '61. (they were called the Beat Boys on that record)

Isn't it 'My Bonnie'???

Not when sailing :D

Oooooooooo this is perfect!

What Do You Do With A Drunken Sailor (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeBoHTENDp0&feature=related)

Oooooooooo this is perfect!

What Do You Do With A Drunken Sailor (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeBoHTENDp0&feature=related)

THANK YOU Tude. I've had it on the tip of my tongue all morning, but couldn't quite remember it... Whew!!!

When I think of sailing songs, I think of Hey Ho Away We Go from Freur.
You can listen to a sample of the song here:
http://www.amazon.com/Doot-Doot-Freur/dp/B000001J6I

Barrett's Privateers!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1A_dcMdrwc

i've got two albums of traditional sea songs:

Sailing and Whaling Songs of the 19th Century (http://www.amazon.com/Sailing-Whaling-Songs-19th-Century/dp/B000QR0NDQ)
Blow the Man Down: A Collection Of Sea Songs & Shanties (http://www.amazon.com/Blow-Man-Down-Collection-Shanties/dp/B00000590U)

both are pretty good.

and there's always A British Tar (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PscQSSdlX-Q&feature=related), from HMS Pinafore.

"Sail On Sailor" by The Beach Boys (from the album "Holland")

Rolling Home (http://www.contemplator.com/sea/rolling.html). I have heard it done by a men's chorus and the melody was a bit more defined when they did it.

THANK YOU Tude. I've had it on the tip of my tongue all morning, but couldn't quite remember it... Whew!!!

Me too!!! Had to google a drunken sailer song and ... and had to play it.

I rode home with it. It swirled through my head whilst I deftly dodged traffic ... and jumped some stairs and a minor "wall" (meaning a driveway with a built up 2 ft wall that leads to an open parking lot) with it.

But the best part is --- it's still kind of hanging around as I "hummed" it while I vacuumed - oh - and the best part - that song intermingled with me humming Popeye's "I'm the Sailor Man" song".

hehe - I think it's time to put a CD on :D:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Owy0__HhQ3U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma9RQIg7otc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrWF321vZDI&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZceTf9rUOI&feature=related

Just a few of my favorites!

Drink up, me hearties, yo ho! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A19q7rysLs&feature=related)

Pogues
Drunken Boat

The wind was whipping shingle through the windows in the town
A hail of stones across the roof, the slates came raining down
A blade of light upon the spit came sweeping through the roar
With me head inside a barrel and me leg screwed in the floor

Mother pack me bags because I'm off to foreign parts
Don't ask me where I'm going 'cause I'm sure it's off the charts
I'll pin your likeness on the wall right buy my sleeping head
I'll send you cards and letters so you'll know that I'm not dead

By this time in a week I should be far away from home
Trailing fingers through the phosphor or asleep in flowers of foam
From Macao to Acapulco from Havana to Seville
We'll see monoliths and bridges and the Christ up on the hill…

Tom Waits
Shore Leave