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It takes just a few props and a lot of gusto to depict the launching of the good 18th-century ship Hispaniola, along with some hearty sea chanties.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 2, 2016

She slips a CD of sea chanties into a player as she prepares a dinner of meatballs in the small galley below decks in the heart of Lady Washington.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2016

But he sought out traditional songs, from blues to sea chanties, wrote new fingerpicking guitar arrangements and reworked the vocal lines so thoroughly that they entered the broader folk repertory bearing his stamp.

From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2013

They grow fast, much faster than chanterelles, and it’s likely they hadn’t even broken through the duff when the competition cleaned out the chanties a couple of days earlier.

From Salon • Sep. 8, 2013

The rest of the crew was too busy shoveling herring into barrels while singing rhythmic sea chanties to even say good-bye.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood