Tradition is Tradition,

Women did not go to sea as a rule, they were not part of the chantey tradition and the songs and content of the songs are male orientated e.g.:-

WINDLASS
As I walked out one morning fair,
One more time.
It's there I met Miss Nancy Blair.
One more time.



CHORUS
I shook her up, I shook her down,
One more time.
I shook her round and round the town.
One more time.



CHORUS
There ain't but one thing grieves my mind,
One more time.
It's to leave Miss Nancy Blair behind.
One more time.



CAPSTAN

Was you ever in Quebec
Bonny laddie, highland laddie
Stowing timber on the deck
Bonny highland laddie


CHORUS:
Way ho and away we go
Bonny laddie, highland laddie
Way ho and away we go
Bonny highland laddie

SHORT HAUL DOUBLE PULL

Oh, when I was a little boy me mother often told me;
Way, haul away, we'll haul away for Rosie, Oh.
That if I did not kiss the girls me lips would grow all mouldy.
Way haul away, we'll haul away Joe.

CHORUS
Way haul away, we'll haul for better weather.
Way haul away, we'll haul away Joe.
Way haul away, we'll haul away together.
Way haul away, we'll haul away Joe



HALYARD


Whiskey is the life of man
Whiskey, O, Johnny, O
I'll drink whiskey when I can,
Rise her up from down below.


CHORUS


Whiskey, whiskey, whiskey,O
Up aloft this yard must go,
John rise her up from down below


Folk music is about keeping tradition alive NOT altering things to be PC

I have no problem with people of any sex doing a job they are capable of doing - but Women and chanteys do not mix! even if the women is big strong and butch! and most of the " Small, weaker male sailors, too" didn't last the trip!!!!!

ps I also don't like to hear women swearing and cursing - I might be "old Fashioned" or maybe just traditional