“Soon may the wellerman come, to bring us sugar and tea and rum one day, when the tonguing is done we’ll take our leave and go” is a refrain many folks are familiar with thanks to the viral popularity ...

People on the internet are obsessed with "sea shanty TikTok" after a song called "The Wellerman" went viral. A sea shanty expert says the song isn't really a sea shanty because it's not in a call and ...

You might not have heard the phrase 'sea shanty' before, but it's likely you'll have sung one in school, or you might have even seen people singing them on social media. They've become a massive hit ...

Sea shanties have survived for centuries, far beyond the golden age of seafaring. A lot of them have strong ties to New England’s maritime culture, especially the culture built around the whaling ...

SEATTLE — It started with a Scottish postman recording a sea shanty on TikTok called The Wellerman. As TikTok-ers started recording their own versions, the song took off. Kermit the Frog joined a ...

When I was 12 or so, my dad took me to Washington, D.C., and in one of the Smithsonian Museums he found a 12-cassette set of sea shanties. Because my dad was an old-school folkie and a tad eccentric, ...

Nathan Evans was working as a mail carrier when he uploaded his cover of an old whaling tune. Now he has a folk-inspired album of his own songs, which he promises people can still “sing in the car.” ...