Sea Shanties in Moby Dick (1956) video

**If you're interested in shanties/chanteys and their history, please check out the "Shanties from the Seven Seas" project, here. 350+ shanties, and growing: www.youtube.com **Disclaimer: Before sharing any 'common wisdom' about 'Blood Red Roses', please read here: www.mudcat.org And watch here: www.youtube.com If you have anything to add that *engages* with that discussion, I would love to hear it. Otherwise, no use further spreading myths. Now, on to the.... Video Info: The 1956 version of the film Moby Dick contained some great chanteys, led by the famed English folklorist and singer, AL Lloyd. He himself had experience working as a whaler in the Antarctic for 7 months back in the 1930s. This scene contains two chanteys (shanties). The first is "Blood Red Roses," which is being used to haul up a tops'l yard. Then we hear "Heave Away My Johnnies," being used for the old fashioned spoke windlass to warp the ship out of the dock. (The montage superimposes some hauling over this song, which doesn't go?) The scene takes place when the Pequod sets sail from Nantucket. Starbuck waves to his wife and kids who are standing up on a "widow's walk" and The Quaker owners of the ship do last minute checks...