Sea shanty until that decade. A well-known early example, though not strictly speaking a reference to a shanty, is the song "Fifteen men on the dead man's chest", which was invented by Robert Louis Stevenson for his novel "Treasure Island" (1883). Quotes of "Blow the Man Down" were particularly plentiful. Rudyard Kipling romanticized the idea of the sailor's sea song within the poetic genre with his works "The First Chantey" and "The Last Chantey" (1893). While shanties were historically understood as work songs, the word "shanty" has often been used in popular culture since the mid-20th century as a catch-all term that
Robert Louis Stevenson School, Samoa Robert Louis Stevenson School, Samoa Robert Louis Stevenson School is a private primary and secondary school in Samoa's capital city of Apia. It is based on an Australian and New Zealand curricula. Robert Louis Stevenson School is known for educating children from Samoa's richest families and for having a school roll with mainly "afakasi" (mixed) pupils. There are about 43 staff members and 670 students. The one-acre primary school campus is in the village of Lotopa with an air-conditioned computer lab, 14 classrooms, and a Library Building. All classes are taught in English, and Samoan classes are compulsory. The secondary