Joe-

Congratulations on your new job!

You'll have a tough time finding any "chanties" transcribed for this period. In fact the "chantey crew" on this forum have only been able to trace chanties back to the early 1800's.

No doubt in the early 1600's sailors did use various calls and shouts to help coordinate the work but that's just a bunch of "yo, heave ho's."

If you run across any suspects, please post them here.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble