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Q: When did sailors start to sing sea shanties?
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They were songs sung by sailors. Back in the day of sailing ships they had no engines to do such heavy work as raising the anchor or trimming the sails. That kind of work had to be done by gangs of men all working together. To help them work together they sang rhythmic songs, which were the origin of shanties.


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