what with this picking up notes I figured I’d list some of the shanties I was thinking of. you can safely assume most of them are from the Assassin’s Creed guys
hearing an old man saying something - John Kanaka, One More Day, Homeward Bound, Leave Her Johnny
Captain’s an asshole - Liverpool Judies
Captain’s awesome (same captain) - same
the girls out here - Running Down to Cuba, Rio Grande, Down to Old Maui, Spanish Ladies, Cape Cod Girls, Good Morning Ladies All, New York Girls
the girls back home - Liverpool Judies
ship is terrible - The Worst Old Ship
ship is great - Roll and Go, Sailboat Malarkey (but the ship is also a woman and I am fucking the ship)
Cape Horn - Randy Dandy O, Go Down Ye Blood Red Roses
seriously why are we always running around Cape Horn this place sucks ass
want to go home - One More Day, Homeward Bound
did NOT want to go home, somehow ended up there anyway - Liverpool Judies (it’s a busy song)
Sally and various sex acts we can do with her - Roll Boys Roll (Sally Brown), Round the Corner Sally, Bully in the Alley (or acts you CAN’T do with Sally)
rolling, heaving, hauling - Cape Cod Girls, Heave Away, Hauley Hauley Ho, Roll Boys Roll, Liverpool Judies, Randy Dandy O, about eighty other things
where we’re bound - Old Maui, Running Down to Cuba, Rio Grande, Coast of High Barbary
sea beasties threatening us and/or assisting us - Fish in the Sea
stormy weather but we’re together - Fish in the Sea, Windy Old Weather
setting out to sea - Good Morning Ladies All
coming in to harbor/taking shore leave - One More Day, Leave Her Johnny
too much whiskey - Whiskey Johnny, So Early in the Morning
punishing naughty crewmen - Drunken Sailor
Let Me Tell You About This Guy - Johnny Boker, Billy Riley, Stormalong John
Goodbye! - Spanish Ladies, Padstow Farewell, Bold Riley Oh
Hello! - Good Morning Ladies All
let us bother this fellow - Dead Horse
oh man I should marry that one girl if I ever get back home - Bully in the Alley
befriended an animal, call my parents if you don’t believe me! - Derby Ram
you ever been to Place? - Bonnie Hieland Lassie, Rio Grande, Old Maui, Donkey Riding
I have been grievously misled - The Last of Barrett’s Privateers
sailors gotta sail - Off to Sea Once More, Where’m I to Go Me Johnnies?
let’s get this bread, boys - Paddy Lay Back, Handy Me Boys, Leave Her Johnny, Worst Old Ship
don’t forget your old shipmate - Don’t Forget Your Old Shipmate
faldee raldee raldee raldee rye-eye-doe - Randy Dandy O, Roller Bowler
