Two or three songs would be tried, one after the other with no effect -not an inch could be got upon the tackles-when a new song, struck up, seemed to hit the humour of the moment, and drove the tackles "two blocks" at once. We often found a great difference in the effect of the different songs in driving in the hides. Many a time, when a thing goes heavy, with one fellow yo-ho-ing, a lively song, like "Heave, to the girls!" "Nancy oh!" "Jack Cross-tree," etc, has put life and strength into every arm. They can't pull in time, or pull with a will, without it. With us, the chorus seemed almost to raise the decks of the ship, and might be heard at a great distance, ashore.Ī song is as necessary to sailors as the drum and fife to a soldier. The burden is usually sung, by one alone, and, at the chorus, all hands join in -and the louder the noise, the better. The sailor's songs for capstans and falls are of a peculiar kind, having a chorus at the end of each line. There’s a lovely one called ‘ Leave her Johnny’, which is more of a song than a work song." "The more lyrical ones are different," she adds, "perhaps used when sailors were relaxing in the evenings. ![]() ![]() It begins with, 'Boney was a warrior,' and then everyone yells back, 'Way, hey, ya!' It keeps you in time when you're pulling lines, but it also keeps you motivated." "Listen to the one about Napoleon, 'Boney'. "The more you listen to them, the more you pick out the timings and the calls and responses," says Jamieon. Other types include capstan and pumping shanties, designed for periods of relatively easy but continuous effort. Oh give us some time to blow the man down. Shanties like 'Blow the Man Down' included multiple rambling verses: the crew could rest while the shantyman displayed his lyrical skill:Ĭome all ye young fellows that follow the sea, Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.Long haul or ' halyard shanties' by contrast are songs for more sustained periods of pulling. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior. Overusing our search engine with a very large number of searches in a very short amount of time.Using a badly configured (or badly written) browser add-on for blocking content.Running a "scraper" or "downloader" program that either does not identify itself or uses fake headers to elude detection.Using a script or add-on that scans GameFAQs for box and screen images (such as an emulator front-end), while overloading our search engine. ![]() There is no official GameFAQs app, and we do not support nor have any contact with the makers of these unofficial apps. ![]() Continued use of these apps may cause your IP to be blocked indefinitely. This triggers our anti-spambot measures, which are designed to stop automated systems from flooding the site with traffic.
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