Speaking of ShantyTok, here's the Irish artist who started it all. The Dubliners have some shanties to offer as well, but I like this landlubber song's use of the tin whistle... one of my favorite ...

He was primarily a singer, but also a tinwhistle player and a storyteller. Byrne knew the old songs of his native southwest Donegal, having played with musicians who had grown up in the 19th century.