Sea songs / worn ashore

Where the
songs live.

Shirts inspired by sea songs, sailor folklore, and the stories carried ashore.

Behind the designs

Old songs.
New stories.

A little history.
A little invention.

A shanty character opens a boarding house. A sailor finds his way into folklore. A port’s history becomes a piece of imagined advertising. Our designs start with maritime songs and stories, then give them somewhere new to live.

Round the Corner Sally’s

A welcome
ashore.

A shanty becomes a seaside alehouse. Round the Corner Sally’s imagines a welcome at the end of a long passage: a warm room, a drink, and company for the evening.

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Fogbound lighthouse seen through a rain-streaked harbor shelter window

Shantyman shirts

From the
collection.

A few favorites, worn out in the world. Choose a shirt to see the artwork, sizes, and available colors.

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Old Molasses Rum

$24.50

Boston history / Black

Ranzo’s Whaling Co.

$24.50

Reuben Ranzo / Brown Savana

Bound for South Australia

$24.50

South Australia / Natural

Leave Her, Johnny, Leave Her

$24.50

A sailor’s farewell / Navy

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Rain-wet dock between a working fishing boat and a weathered harbor shed

Beyond the shirt

Songs
travel well.

From a harbor festival to a crowded pub, a familiar chorus gives everyone a way into the song.

Friends walking beneath an umbrella down a rain-darkened port-town lane

Musicians and singers sharing a sea song in a timber harbor hall

SHANTYMAN BROADSIDES

Coming soon

There’s more to the song.

We’re building a singing companion and learning app for shanty lovers and festivalgoers—a new way to join in and explore the stories behind the songs.

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After the last verse

One more
song.

Billy Riley’s Boarding House gives a character from the old shanty an imaginary address ashore. A place to put down your bag, pull up a chair, and stay for another chorus.