Should women sing chanties

Subject: RE: Should women sing chanties
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 31 May 19 - 03:15 PM

Women should certainly sing "Blow the Winds Southerly"

Subject: RE: Should women sing chanties
From: GUEST,Phil d'Conch
Date: 31 May 19 - 04:35 PM

Shanty, like calypso, is performed extempore:

"...the men sang a verse, or part of a verse, and were then followed by the females, who took up their part very readily; and their fine clear voices, keeping time with the motion of the oars, had a pleasing effect."

A rose is a rose is a rose...

Same volume (and crew) has the earliest example of Cheerly Men in the document record.

If the object of a good rowing, pump or capstan cadence is to "fool the hours" I'd say these folks here have got the general idea just fine.

Subject: RE: Should women sing chanties
From: Steve Gardham
Date: 31 May 19 - 04:44 PM

Can you give us the quote to 'Cheerly Men' please, Phil? Gibb probably has this but if you mention it here you might as well quote it.

That chanties are related to rowing songs, or rowing songs as chanties is quite well documented, but for several reasons already stated we don't think that is what is happening here.