Shanties. Sort of...

I keep hesitating if this post can be interesting for you, yet on the other hand it keeps following me, so… *shrug* I guess I just have to see.

Have you ever tried to compare different versions of shanties? And the term ‘shanties’ is in this case broad as a whale jaw… The recipe is simple: you take an English or French shanty, or Irish folk, or actually anything coming from old blessed times without ©, you write the lyrics in your language of choice, and if the song struggles and cries for help, pointing that it was never a shanty in the first place, you pour into the lyrics some rum or throw a captain here and there. And voila, you’ve got a shanty. Polish shanty, in this particular case. And since a.) listening to them is fun, and b.) translating is fun… OK, OK, at least for me. Anyway, you had it coming. Oh, come on! could be worse! I could sing them for you! Fortunately, there are some limits of my sadism, so the worst what is waiting for you is recycled music and very bad translations. Consider yourself warned. But if you’re brave enough, I promise a lot of fun. :)
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