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Re: Drunken Sailor – Public Domain Sea Shanty

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Post by app4soft »

ryanar wrote: post #27
fuball63 wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I keep seeing references to sea shanties everywhere, but I haven't been able to figure out why either.

TikTok had a video go viral: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-delig...

I may NOT agree that it came from TikTok (as said on December 2020)

On May 5, 2020 "Wellerman" Sea Shanty by The Longest Johns posted on YouTube[0] (now has 6.5M views).

And only after that, few month later TikTok users starts to sing along to Wellerman.

FTR, On May 5, 2020 also few other Sea Shanties from The Longest Johns's «Between Wind and Water» (2018) album, uploaded on YouTube: "Santiana"[1], "Off to Sea"[2], "Spanish Ladies"[3], "Haul Away Joe"[4], "General Taylor"[5], "Mingulay Boat Song"[6], "Banks of Newfoundland"[7], "Sugar in the Hold"[8], "Wild Mountain Thyme"[9].

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KO7cofMJH0

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD4gLEBGSkE

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-OJtDapSuA

[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24O3dtse-94

[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dIA6H9vLKU

[5] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mVWlZqxM4k

[6] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7OkqjVFmFA

[7] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3qhmblFEL4

[8] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVmmxbNm33Y

[9] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go6v6R5pD7A

Re: Drunken Sailor – Public Domain Sea Shanty

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Post by bwood »

One of my favorite sea shanties: Jack was Every Inch a Sailor [0]

I play this on my ukulele while my kids dance and sing along. For an endless supply of sea shanties, look up Newfoundland folk music. Also an honorable mention: Heave Away [1]

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLeGXzZki-s

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdhdC0Mbqak

Re: Drunken Sailor – Public Domain Sea Shanty

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Post by bwood »

bwood wrote: post #32

One of my favorite sea shanties: Jack was Every Inch a Sailor [0] I play this on my ukulele while my kids dance and sing along. For an endless supply of sea shanties, look up Newfoundland folk music. Also an honorable mention: Heave Away [1] [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLeGXzZki-s [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdhdC0Mbqak

Another good one: Barrett's Privateers [2]

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIwzRkjn86w

Re: Drunken Sailor – Public Domain Sea Shanty

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Post by lqet »

bwood wrote: post #32

One of my favorite sea shanties: Jack was Every Inch a Sailor [0] I play this on my ukulele while my kids dance and sing along. For an endless supply of sea shanties, look up Newfoundland folk music. Also an honorable mention: Heave Away [1] [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLeGXzZki-s [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdhdC0Mbqak

  Upon the isle of Newfoundland there lived a sailor boy
  He was a handsome sailor lad, his father's pride and joy
  He was born on board his father's ship on a dark and stormy morn
  And he helped the crew harpoon a whale on the day that he was born

Re: Drunken Sailor – Public Domain Sea Shanty

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Post by tomcam »

ryanar wrote: post #30
tomcam wrote: post #10

Some much much better versions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X8T1MonrPs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_RWtdm81WU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkJtHXfRH74 Warning: incredibly sexist lyrics in one of the verses

Are you talking about the captains daughter line? That was a nickname for a cat o nine tails, aka a flogger.

I'll be damned. I didn't know that. Thanks a million.

Re: Drunken Sailor – Public Domain Sea Shanty

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Post by app4soft »

mamon wrote: post #2

LOL This song reached Poland in the early 20 century, and it is known here by the title "Morskie opowieści" (Marine Tales) - we've got creative, so there are something like 500 different verses recorded. I remember singing that a lot on my high school/college parties :)

> This song reached Poland in the early 20 century

Ukrainian Cossacks sings such songs since XVII century sailing in the Black Sea ;)

[0] https://twitter.com/app4soft/status/1350811772245172228

Re: Drunken Sailor – Public Domain Sea Shanty

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Post by pimlottc »

app4soft wrote: post #31
ryanar wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

TikTok had a video go viral: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-delig...

I may NOT agree that it came from TikTok (as said on December 2020) On May 5, 2020 "Wellerman" Sea Shanty by The Longest Johns posted on YouTube[0] (now has 6.5M views). And only after that, few month later TikTok users starts to sing along to Wellerman. FTR, On May 5, 2020 also few other Sea Shanties from The Longest Johns 's «Between Wind and Water» (2018) album, uploaded on YouTube: "Santiana"[1], "Off to Sea"[2],…

That may be true, but going viral on TikTok garners a lot more media coverage than going viral on YouTube these days.

Re: Drunken Sailor – Public Domain Sea Shanty

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Post by alejohausner »

bwood wrote: post #33
bwood wrote: post #32

One of my favorite sea shanties: Jack was Every Inch a Sailor [0] I play this on my ukulele while my kids dance and sing along. For an endless supply of sea shanties, look up Newfoundland folk music. Also an honorable mention: Heave Away [1] [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLeGXzZki-s [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdhdC0Mbqak

Another good one: Barrett's Privateers [2] [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIwzRkjn86w

My favourite. I suspect there are some historical inaccuracies, since most of the privateers who preyed on American shipping worked during the war of 1812, not the revolutionary war, but it's such a great song. Such enthusiasm, such bitterness! Stan Rogers at his best.
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