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TikTok's sea chanteys – how life under the pandemic has mirrored months at sea

  • Written by Jessica Floyd, Assistant Professor and Coordinator of English, Community College of Baltimore County
imageDaily life on a ship could be monotonous and dreary, so songs were sung to lighten the mood.Heritage Images via Getty Images

If you’ve perused social media in recent weeks, you may have come across people singing chanteys, which were work songs employed on merchant sailing ships.

Historically, chanteys – which are also spelled as...

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