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sea shanty

work song sung to accompany labor on board large merchant sailing vessels
Intangible music_genre Q1195253
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sea shanty

Summary

sea shanty is a music genre[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,937 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • sea shanty's instance of is recorded as music genre[3].
  • sea shanty's instance of is recorded as song type[4].
  • sea shanty is a type of work song[5].
  • sea shanty is a type of sailor song[6].
  • sea shanty's Commons category is recorded as Sea shanties[7].
  • sea shanty's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sea shanties[8].
  • sea shanty's different from is recorded as Szanta[9].
  • sea shanty's practiced by is recorded as sailor[10].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include music genre[3] and song type[4]. Recorded subclass of include work song[5] and sailor song[6].

Why It Matters

sea shanty ranks in the top 4% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,937 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). sea shanty. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/sea-shanty
MLA “sea shanty.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/sea-shanty.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_sea-shanty_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{sea shanty}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/sea-shanty}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 20d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Sea shanties
    Practiced by → sailor
    Subclass of → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|10 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 30109, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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