shanties

sailors

Maritime vessel crew members

• maritimeOf the sea
• deckhandsShip's manual laborers
• captainsLeaders of ships or teams

rigging · mast · voyage · anchors · nautical · seafaring · crews · galleons · helm · port

shacks

Crude, flimsy dwellings

• slumsImpoverished, crowded districts
• squatterUnauthorized building inhabitant
• favelasBrazilian informal settlements

hovels · tenements · settlements · ramshackle · makeshift · corrugated · dilapidated · squalor · overcrowded · substandard

call-and-response

Alternating musical exchange

• haulingTransporting heavy items
• capstanVertical rotating hauling device
• heavingMoving up and down

rhythm · chorus · collective · unison · cadence · tempo · synchronize · labor · pulling · hoisting

ballads

Narrative verse set to music

• traditionCustom passed through generations
• heritageInherited cultural legacy
• oral-historyRecorded firsthand accounts

folklore · melodies · laments · accordion · reels · bard · troubadour · singalong · communal · tavern

• dwellingshouse, home, apartment, cabin, cottage
• seafaringship, sailors, ships, sail, sailor
• group songssing-along, sing-alongs, singalong, communal songs, communal singing
• oral traditionfolk narratives, campfire tales, epics, oral poetry, storytelling circles
• sea lorekraken, mermaids, mermaid, sea serpent, sirens
• eyesoreseyesore, blight, garbage, trash, junk