From The Archives #2

Issue #2 of the "From the Archives" data packets available to members of the Society of International Culture and History.
This musical piece was one of the 27 selections recorded on the Voyager Golden Records. The music is mislabeled in many star nation's cultural archives as Senegalese instead of Beninese, a detail that has been faithfully recorded by the Griots of Nouveau Dakar. The Nouveau Dakarese musician Ousmane Ndao used the recording as inspiration for his presidential march "Salut la République".  On Sperare, the piece has been used as samples for electronic dance music ever since founding, and is commonly played on Drum Night. The ancient carnyx was a wind instrument of the Iron Age Celts, notable for the elongated S shape of its bronze trumpet, stylized animal heads, imposing height, and distinct sounds.  Brought to Albion by Brythonic and Celtic enthusiasts, it has become synonymous with government and military ceremonies.  Carnyces announce the arrival of the King at Parliament, promotion ceremonies and court martials in the military, state funerals, and graduation ceremonies.  One of the most famous compositions using carnyces occurs in the "Sword in the Stone" scene of Anthony Chen's four part opera "King Arthur", commissioned by Lady Gauri Ranganekary, Duchess of New Leicester. Space folk music, also known as Filk, has been around since even before humanity first settled the Sol system.  For poor and isolated spacers these songs were popular as they were easy to sing, pleasant to listen to, and did not require heavy instrumentation.  The song "The Good Ship Manatee" is one of the oldest and most popular in this genre, though it's origins have been lost to history.  It describes the crew of a ship of the same name, each verse describing a particular crew member and humorously describing their bizarre quirks and behaviors. 
The Society of International Culture and History (SICH) has recorded over 5,000 verses, written over the centuries, with different cultures inventing their own crew members such as ship chaplains, quartermasters, clan chieftains, etc.  Additionally, in XXX PD an analysis of ship registries of over 100 extant and extinct star nations revealed that derivatives of the ship's name were the fourth most common name given to spacecraft, with variations ranging from the "Good Ship Manatee", the "Manatee", the "Good Ship", "The Good Manatee", and so on.