Sea Shanty Session at the Llandoger Trow

Ahoy all you Landlubbers!

Always wanted to gather round in the pub, that’s big, old, full of piratical and nautical history, and sing shanties and songs of the seas, together?  Your dream has come true.

On the 4th Tuesday of each month from 8pm-11pm come and use your voices to join us for an acapella sing, you swashbuckling lot. Lead a tune, learn a tune, have a listen, join in the refrains and choruses.  Traditionals, obscure tunes, experiments, and originals – all sea based (sometimes land based) very much encouraged!  Along with story-telling of stormy tales.  Fancy dress certainly not discouraged either!  By all means make an ‘arr’ sound, a wey-hey, gushing sounds of waves, and a seagull sqwuak as other ways of getting involved.  This group is to connect all of the wonderful people who are regulars and who pass through the session!

The mighty Llandoger Trow has a history full of rich sea-based connections, stories and just like us, legends of its own.  Any updates on the night, and captures from the night will also appear on our Facebook page.  Weh-hey me hearties!

Great Session etiquette for a great time:

• There are lots of versions of these songs from across time, and people are free to change them deliberately also. For connection and continuity sing the version of the song the song leader is leading – quite literally, follow their lead
• Best not to duet with someone unless they’ve specifically asked you to do a duet with them – just join in the responses/refrains/choruses as these songs are intended to be sung, and so that everybody, like you, gets to have their moment
• Please do, alter or remove any lyrics that may offend or insult or marginalise anyone. Some shanties, can feature these sorts of lyrics, and this space is only to celebrate what we love about the sea, and does not support singing words that represent values we no longer wish to bring into the future with us. Folk is adaption, and in that, we are keeping tradition alive