Keeping Rhythm on the Sea: A History of Sea Shanties    

Texas A&M University at Galveston opened a new exhibit called Keeping Rhythm on the Sea: A History of Sea Shanties.  Sea shanties were work songs to accompany labor and coordinated shipboard tasks on wind-driven seagoing ships.  The exhibit will run through December 15 at the Jack K. Williams Library.

shanties exhibit 1 shanties exhibit 2shanties exhibit 3 shanties exhibit 4

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