Do we have any records of what pirates during the golden age of piracy would actually sing?
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The Wikipedia article has plenty of links to real-life sea shanties.
If I remember right, the issue with Hollywood songs is that they’re sung too fast to be actual work-speed, but sea shanties in general are well-known to be a real subset of work-songs.
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