The Corsairs - the Shanty-Singing Group
Created | Updated May 31, 2013

The best a cappella sea shanty singing group in existence1.
The Corsairs consist of six men who frequent fairs and pubs throughout the world (alright, mostly just in Texas but who's countin'?).
Some call them pirates, some call them privateers, some call them mere sailors (and get the hell beat out of 'em), some call them late twentieth-century blokes who have never set foot on a boat and wouldn't know their starboard from their port. But as far as sea shanty singers go though, these boys rock!
The group consists of:
- Captain Abelar Roach of the Six-of-One
- Shanty Man Joshua Jenkins
- Bosun Robert 'Boats' Blackmoor
- Quartermaster Will Teach
- The Late James Peregrine
- First Mate Captain Alexander Morgan who used to have his own ship but... well, it's a long story
If you can't get to the States to see them perform then they have two albums out. Below is a list of the tracks on their two albums, some of which are linked to the lyrics so you can sing along when you buy them!
The Black Album
- Yo Ho Ho
- Life of a Sailor
- Mary Ellen Carter
- The Mermaid
- The Clean Song
- Daddy Lay Back
- Pay Me My Money Down
- The Old Dun Cow
- Drunken Sailor
- Swing a Cat
- Bold Riley - O
- Blow Ye Winds
- Sailor's Prayer
The Red Album
- Morning Glory
- Strike the Bell
- Haul Away, Joe/Galway Girls
- Leaving of Liverpool
- Bonnie Ship, the Diamond
- Old Maui
- Irish Rover
- Ramblin' Sailor
- Barrett's Privateers
- Spanish Ladies
- High Barbary
- Santy Anno
- Mengele Boat Song