#shanties and folk songs!

[authorafterhours]

I can see Will and Hannibal inspiring a murder ballad or two after the fall. The POV could be different depending on what version of the story people wanna believe. Would it speak of Hannibal as a corrupting devil, and Will the victim? Or would it be a tale of two monsters who are human enough to love each to the point of obsession, who you're never quite sure died but still haunt society's heart? Something else, somewhere in between? In the end, the truth is what you believe late at night, when lost among the crooning of the lyrics, a twig is heard snapping or footsteps are falling. It's too far away to pinpoint where it is, but not far away enough for comfort.

#hannigram #hannibal lecter #will graham #nbc hannibal #murder ballads #nbc hannibal spoilers #tangent but I wanna write a fic where Will sings one #i imagine he learned some sea shanties from old fishermen and sailors and that started it #with his own morbid curiosity he would learn about murder ballads and other local folk songs as he traveled #im relistening to old gods of Appalachia again #musings

[squisheebugdoodles]

@gyapona sent me this gender sheet from twitter user kr00bs to do a couple of months ago and it took me a bit to get to it but it was super fun! i was a little stumped on the soul section so there's a couple different variations on what it feels like to Me!!

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#squisheebug doodles #art meme of sorts #my gender is void #there's a LOT more music that's applicable btw but i am obsessed with the amazing devil and cavetown has been #a solid factor of my music playlist for years #folk punk and folk in general are also big big ones for me!!! love me some folk!!! #work songs nd shanties my beloved <3 #anyways!! #i forgor to share this before so i wanted to share it now!! #this was really fun and even if you don't think you're an artist i highly recommend it!! #squish sona

[the-golden-vanity]

The conversation with @digital-magus (and a subsequent, off-Tumblr conversation with @artcorevelay) about the folk revival origins of "The Wellerman" got me thinking about historical sea songs about the same/similar subjects. This is my favorite version of "Greenland Whale Fisheries", a song which in its earliest form dates back to the early 18th century!

RIP Shane MacGowan.

#greenland whale fisheries #sea songs #sea shanty #sea shanties #broadside ballads #folk ballad #folk music #age of sail #whaling #folk punk #celtic punk #the pogues #shane macgowan #rip shane macgowan #Spotify

[scraggly-scribed]

A fun resource for people who want music for various historical periods.

This goes from the 1600s-modern songs based on historic ones, these are not particularly historically accurate lyric wise, but can be a fun starting point!

#sea shanties #work song #folk music #writing resources #1600s #1700s #1800s #17th century #18th century #19th century

[useless-catalanfacts]

This is one of the first songs I remember having heard in my life, because my mother used to sing it. It's a traditional Catalan song known as "a la vora de la mar" or "el mariner".

It's sung around all the Catalan-speaking territories with very few variations, but I have found that in some places of the Valencian Country the melody can be a bit different. You can listen to that version in this YouTube video.

This anonymous ballad has been passed down from generation to generation, particularly in the coastal areas of the Catalan Countries. Some academics who have studied folk songs say that it also spread to other European sailing cultures who came in contact with the Catalan sailors or fishermen.

Here's the most widespread lyrics in Catalan and the translation to English:

A la vora [or voreta] de la mar hi ha una donzella hi ha una donzella. Que en brodava un mocador que és per la reina [or la flor més bella] que és per la reina [or la flor més bella].

On the sea shore there is a maiden there is a maiden. Who was embroidering a shawl that is for the queen [or the most beautiful flower] that is for the queen [or the most beautiful flower].

Quan en fou a mig brodar li manca seda (x2). Gira els ulls envers la mar veu una vela (x2).

When she was in the middle of embroidering she didn't have enough silk. She turns her eyes towards the sea and sees a sail.

I veu venir un galió tot vora terra (x2), S'apropa un mariner que una nau mena (x2).

And she sees a galeon near the land, a sailor who leads a ship is coming closer.

– Mariner, bon mariner, que en porteu seda? (x2) – De quin color la voleu, blanca o vermella? (x2)

"Sailor, good sailor, do you carry silk?" "What colour do you want it, white or red?"

– Vermelleta la vull jo, que és millor seda. La donzella entrà a la nau, trià la seda.

"I want it red, because it's a finer silk." The maiden entered the ship, chose the silk.

Mariner es posà a cantar cançons novelles, amb el cant del mariner s'ha adormideta.

The sailor started singing new songs, with the sailor's singing she has fallen asleep.

I amb el soroll de la mar, ella es desperta. Quan ella s’ha despertat ja no en veu terra.

And with the sound of the sea, she wakes up. When she has woken up, she can't see the land anymore.

–Mariner, bon mariner, torneu-me a terra. –Això sí que no ho faré, que heu de ser meva.

"Sailor, good sailor, take me back to the land." "I won't do that, because you must be mine."

–De tres germanes que som, sóc la més bella. L'una porta vestit d'or, l'altra de seda.

"Out of my two sisters and I, I'm the most beautiful one. One of them wears a dress of gold, and the other [sister] wears [a dress] of silk."

I jo, pobreta de mi, de sargil negre. L’una es casada amb un Duc, l’altra és princesa, i jo pobreta de mi, sóc marinera.

"And I, poor me, [I wear a dress] of poor quality black wool. One of them is married to a Duke, the other one is a princess, and I, poor me, I'm a sailor."

–No sou marinera, no, que en sereu reina, que jo sóc el fill del rei de l’Anglaterra.

"You're not a sailor, no, you will be queen, because I'm the son of the king of England."

A la vora [or voreta] de la mar hi ha una donzella. Que en brodava un mocador que és per la reina [or la flor més bella].

On the sea shore there is a maiden. Who was embroidering a shawl that is for the queen [or the most beautiful flower].

#música #arts #traditional music #traditional song #catalan #català #arianna savall #folk music #sea shanties #music #world music #folk song #culture #cultures #mediterranean #sailing #lyrical singing #lyric #folk ballads #folk ballad

[knittingwithhighlighters]

Out of context thought of the day

I can't think straight, because my head is too full of sea shanties.

#sea shanties #sea shanty #singing #music #song #songs #folk song #folk songs #folksongs #folksong #tiktok #the longest johns #cami-cat #the dreadnoughts #fisherman's friend #fishermans friend #nathan evans #stan rogers #ooctotd #out of context thought of the day #relatable #catchy #earworm #earworms

[olivermorningstar]

Never gonna be over Drew calling me an old man, that shit was very funny

#I'm being genuine #Come here and let me give you some Werther's #I'll teach you some folks songs and shanties too

[willtheweaver]

Time for a behind the scenes reveal: the playlist of a writer.

This is a mix of physical media, and whatever I can find on YouTube. Make of it what you will.

• The Maid on the Shore- Trad.

• Northwest Passage- Stan Rogers

• Peer Gynt Suite 1- Edvard Greig

• Wiscasset Schooners- Lois Lyman

• The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald- Gordon Lightfoot

• Don’t Forget Your Old Shipmate- Trad.

• She Moved Through The Fair- Trad.

• Pavane for a Dead Princess- Maurice Ravel

• Cobh of Sorrow- Bob Wright

• The Leaving of Liverpool- Trad.

• Lowlands- Trad.

• Fisherman’s Wharf- Stan Rogers

• Redemption Song- Bob Marley

• Witch of the Westmoreland- Archie Fisher

•The Parting Glass- Trad.

#music playlist #songs #sea songs #sea shanties #folk songs #classical music #writer #writing community #writer on tumblr #writeblr

[ltwilliammowett]

Just a small list of folk songs and shanties that all have to do with the sea and sailing.

#just playing around you can ignore me #but if you want the links let me know #folk songs #sea shanties #in three languages

[denimshortsdean]

9 for spotify wrapped! :)

Vin how did you know that 9 is my favourite number!!!!!!!

My number 9 is: Killiecrankie - The Corries

#this song FUCKS as well by the way #it’s shanty adjacent but not actually a shanty; it’s Scottish folk! #spotify wrapped #Rach replies #naughtystiel

[oatcakespodofficial]

I needed to figure out how to do certain things on Audacity for podcast stuff. So I figured, might as well make it interesting. Cue an impromptu shanty chorus.

Apologies if it's a little rough. (Not warmed up, and my mum was sleeping). But I think I like the result anyway.

#independent podcast #small podcast #singing #sea shanty #folk music #folk songs #adventurecore #piratecore #oceancore #wandercore #traditional music #navifitz voice reveal #oatcakesvibes #the mechanisms #tagging that because it gave me serious mechs vibes #and imagine a scene like that #fantasy aesthetic #pirate aesthetic #fantasycore #the mechs #let me know if there are anymore folk songs or shanties you'd like to hear #they may even make it into my other podcast thing #that i haven't announced yet

[caesarsaladinn]

it’s becoming painfully clear that The Wellerman is the only shanty anybody knows. listen to another song!

#is it even a shanty? it’s only a shanty if it’s sung to coordinate manual labor. otherwise it’s just a sparkling folk song

[murderballadeer]

petty of me but i actually would not want the tiktok sea shanty people to start a new folk revival or whatever that one post said bc i do not trust them to make good folk music

#soapbox #sorry they were cringe about sea shanties so i don't trust them with folk music more broadly #especially given the number of them who thought barrett's privateers was a legit traditional song? babe it was written in the 70s

[sock-ness-monster]

Just watched Inside Llewyn Davis. Liked it.

#inside llewyn davis #oscar isaac #specific spotify playlist #spotify playlists #folk songs #spotify playlist #the amazing devil #florence + the machine #hozier #bastille #sea shanty #Spotify

[the-golden-vanity]

#sea songs #sea shanties #not really but close enough #nautical #age of sail #folk music #folk punk #indie folk #folk revival #singer songwriter #oceancore #piratecore #pirate aesthetic #boat media #one of these songs is not like the others but it had enough nautical terminology in it to bamboozle me #Spotify

[sezja]

For the record, I was right about "shanty" being my top genre this year.

#it was like. shanty. pop. viking folk. medieval folk. otacore? #i'm not sure the like. two vocaloid songs that wound up in my heavy rotation this year should count that heavily #...unless it's also including the Alexander tracks that. also. wound up in my heavy rotation this year.