I was About 3/4ths of the through with Leave Her Johnny before I realized “her” wasn’t a lover but actually the ship and it made the last part of the song more emotional because these sailors would live, work, and relax all on the same ship for months and even years and probably would’ve developed some sort of bind with the ship. Leaving the ship behind must have been very emotional for many sailors.
@@hehe-zt2ye you should watch the leave her Johnny leave her going merry amv not gonna lie might have cried more than when I saw it in the actual anime and other amvs
I love all this music and I'm only 292 years-old. All of my friends say "y'arr, ye've got no taste, lad, why ain't ya listenin' t'any Baroque?", but I only listen to real music.
James Humphrey: Ah, James; what do they know, whose heads are so easily turned by that upstart Mozart and the rest 'o those sissyboys. Away, away with fife and drum......
Hiraeth (Welsh pronunciation: [hɪraɨ̯θ, hiːrai̯θ]) is a Welsh word for homesickness or nostalgia for a home that no longer exists or never was, an earnest longing or desire, or a sense of regret or a home you never knew. Anemoia: nostalgia for a time you've never known. These shanties make me feel both of these.
What I love about these is that the natural rhythm of the songs were deliberately matched to specific tasks on ships, helping hands stay busy, coordinated, and focused on their work. *And dang, they work!* This came on as I was cleaning a giant pile of strawberries, and it amazed me how much faster I worked and got them done.
Not just sailors. Do a search for 'Outlander Wool Waulking Song' for women singing as they fuller wool cloth, making the weave tighter and setting the dye.
Keep telling my friends we need to memorise some of these so when we're a little older and we start going down the pubs we can sing these while pissed off our heads lmao
I'm Russian medical doctor who had the honour and a pleasure to circumnavigate the globe aboard the British cargo vessel under the Red Ensign as an ordinary seaman. That was a happiest half a year of my life. My Dad was Captain, God rest his soul. He would feel happy hearing these songs. So now do I. Thanks so much to the guys who've done it!
Виталий Шматалюк The wind in your hair, and scent of salt in your nose is your father calling you home. To the sea, to the sea. Near his spirit be. To the sea, to the sea. Heart and home be.
Most sea shantys are to keep the crew in rhythm so the job rhey were doing would get done efficiently. They would have to push, pull or heave in unison as the ship's sails were too heavy for one person.
0:00 - David Coffin - Roll the Old Chariot 2:32 - The Dreadnoughts - Sally Brown 4:08 - Jerry Bryant and Starboard Mess - Don't Forget Your Old Shipmate 7:21 - The Dreadnoughts - Eliza Lee 9:19 - Johnny Collins - Leave Her Johnny 14:28 - The Revels - Rolling Down to Old Maui 16:49 - The Dreadnoughts - Randy Dandy-Oh 18:48 - Stan Rogers - Barrett's Privateers 23:09 - Shanty Crew - Where Am I To Go M'Johnnies 25:16 - Johnny Collins - Old Billy Riley 26:55 - The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem - Paddy Doyle's Boots 28:17 - Johnny Collins - South Australia
First time: huh.. Second time: I kinda like it Third time: Its actually pretty fucking good... Fourth time: Hell yeah.. Fifth: "WE'LL ROOOOLL THE OLL'... CHARIOT ALONG... WE'LL ROOOOLL THE OL......"
That's no shit mate! I'm a middle , old timer, and I've been singing these in my head for decades. Glad to see they're creeping back , and I'll be damned if I care how they got here.
@@oliviagrace6914 all due respects from another christian, but cussing is not a sin. cursing is, which biblically refers to cursing someone, not modern swears.
True story. I'm from Britain and was visiting friends in California just before the covid outbreak and we decided to go whale watching on a boat trip. The Pacific was quite rough that day so one of my friends asked me "Are you sure you're OK to do this? You've been drinking". I replied "mate, I'm British. Having a tipple onboard a ship is in my blood". This amused the elderly gentlemen behind us in the boarding line and I ended up spending time with them and teaching them Blow the Man Down. A few Chinese tourists recorded us, I think lmao. I was feeling nostalgic for travel and hope the old dudes are still OK that's how I got here.
@Jack BeattyGood thought, but more like this is the more innocent nature of man. When you get folks who have too much power, they get greedy and want more. Greed is close to being the #1 cause for wars and conflict.
Did you know there are authentic recordings of sailors from the 1800s singing sea shanties? This video has 127 recordings of 37 shanties: ua-cam.com/video/5E4hQdBwkk4/v-deo.html
These songs just give me a sense of belonging, like I'm surrounded by a bunch of sailors I've known for the longest time, it's a bitter sweet feeling that I can't quite explain. But in my heart, it's one of the best feelings you can have.
I hated the trend, if I hear "Wellerman" one more time... That being said the trend is the only way I discovered the longest johns, so I guess its even.
Did you know there are authentic recordings of sailors from the 1800s singing sea shanties? This video has 127 recordings of 37 shanties: ua-cam.com/video/5E4hQdBwkk4/v-deo.html
I love that the singers aren't exceptionally good; they're _just_ normal enough for it to sound as intended edit: i made this comment when i'd only heard a few minutes of the whole thing. many of them are trying too hard
My grandpa was a seaman. Captain of the german marine. And I'm sure some of the character of seamen went into the soul of his kids and his grandkids. Nothing brings me down like some shanties. Thanks for this collection.
as i've heard it said, there's something that feels really heavy and deep in your chest, hearing that thing that humans have done for done for ages and will probably keep doing for ages. we've been sailing for thousands and thousands of years, before we wrote or built cities, and when we sailed, we sang. and when we sail through the stars, we'll probably still be singing as we soar. surrounded by the emptiness of the ocean with not a speck of land in sight, we belted out with our songs and stories, in defiance to the monotony of the wind and waves. it makes us human as much as fire or tools do
Too right, and astronauts have already been singing in space, ever since Wally Schirra smuggled that harmonica onboard one of the Gemini missions orbiting Earth and up to Chris Hadfield playing his acoustic on the ISS.
>You were born too early to sing space shanties >You were born too late to sing seas shanties >You were born just in time to do nothing but stay put at home doing nothing but sit at home and listen to 30 minutes worth of sea shanties
I did the DNA thing this year, and for all 59 of 'em had no idea my base nationality was British and Irish, with Africa a solid second(it's how I identified all my life, but was adopted by folks who avoided Genealogy, so who knew?). Add Albanian, four Indo-Pak locales including Sri Lanka, and Finnish, Italian, and some from Peru and Colombia. No wonder I'm drawn to shipping, chanteys, the sea, and Privateerin'!!! All these coastal and Island origins😂😊😊
I've always loved shanties, which is part of why Black Flag and Rogue became my favourite Assassin's Creed games. The music just puts a fire in my belly.
It's okay, they always build another one for the sequel!! If you're Kirk or Picard... (Patrick Stewart and Brent Spiner could fit in with these dudes and love it though.)
It's actually a metaphor for your home country and how you need to see past patriotism and just leave her. (Or something like that with Ireland) Not that you're wrong either, I just find it a neat tidbit that adds such depth to it
@@merlockmerlin1065 Not quite, it is literally about leaving the ship, after each voyage in the days of sail the ships crew was paid off with the exception of her permanent crew. Her permanent crew were usually specialists, and in the case of civilian vessels, the owner (though not always as many owners did not Captain their ships). So you are talking positions like the ships Carpenter, sailmaker, cooper, her Master (not the same as the owner or Captain), and in the case of warships her Master Gunner. Most of the other crew however would sign on for a single voyage, and even in navies the crew would be paid off after the ship reached home for a spell on shore, then be assigned to a new ship... EXCEPT those permanent crew.... On many ships her Captain and officers would come and go, her sailors also, but her Warrant Officers would only be replaced if they died or if the ship was decomissioned and broken up. Leave Her Johnny was an arrival Shanty, your ship has broght you home after a perilous voyage, you will be sad to leave her, but she brought you home, you are sad to leave her, as she was a good ship and brought you home, but you are home. Leave her Johnny, as there will be the next ship, and maybe she wil not be as kind.....
@@alganhar1 actually it is : literally: about the Irish Potato Famine, and how they had to leave their home...ship and sail to America. The songs story is then (originally) sung in the context of Johnny reaching ashore in America, though being reluctant to leave his home. She can't support him. She's a sinking ship. And let's now hope for the American dream
I'm not roll playing with you mister, but I am amassing a fortune in order to build a ship. If I fail you'll never know and I'll be forgotten, but should I succeed... God help us all.
Real shanty singing. I recognise a few sung by the late Johnny Collins and I know I can hear myself in the accompaniment in some. My wife and I were heavily involved in shanty singing with Jimmy and John in the eighties.
Derek Selden The Shanty Crew, lead vocalist on this track.is Room Kelly. We've sung together many times in the pub I used to run. We sang in front of over 15000 people on Hastings Pirate Day in 2011, when we smashed the world record for the most pirates in one place.
Derek, I was fortunate enough to have sung with Johnny Collins at the Chicago Maritime Festival and at the Liereliet Festival in Workum in the Netherlands. He was a legend in the genre.
As a 7 year old child in about 76 / 77, I remember being out with my nan who was born 1915, and we used to see an old gentleman, at least 20 years older than her, he would walk about with his bike to lean on. Nan he told me he used to be a whaler, and I was fascinated (I come from a fishing family), I still remember him clearly all these years later, it's just a pity I was too young to realise what a missed opportunity it was to ask him about his voyages, in someways it would have been disrespectful to question a person of his generation if I didn't know them as not all memories from a very hard life are good.
I was raised in a small fishing town in England, lived there my entire life and I strongly believe I belong at sea. I tried for the Royal Navy and didn't quite make it, became a beachside lifeguard, now I am a Deck Officer Cadet for the Merchant Navy and when the going gets tough, I come back to listen to shanties, to encourage myself that it is where I belong. I close my eyes and just.. Await the future that is being a seafarer. I will make my way to the ocean however I can, no matter what.
My mom also believes strongly that she had a life at sea. She has always had dreams of drowning at sea in a terrible storm. No one in our family has ever been in the Navy or associated with a life at sea. She actually ended up going to see a psychic when she lived in Santa Barbara, California. She had never seen this woman in her life. The woman looked at her hand and said "do you ever have dreams of drowning in the ocean?" My mom didn't want to tip her hand so to speak and just said "why?" The psychic replied "in the 17th or 18th century you were actually a man, in that past life, and were second in command aboard a sailing ship. Looks like it was British. There was a terrible storm, the ship was lost at sea. You went down with it." My mom told me she felt like the room started swirling, she was shaking. My mom then told the psychic "yes, I have dreams of drowning all the time." My mom still does. She has always wondered why she loves sea shanties so much and every room in our house has pictures/lithographs of old sailing ships. My mom told me that if our house ever burns down, we take the photo albums and all of the ship pictures. This story may sound crazy but it is true. She's listening to the sea shanties on this tape right now and is agitated that she cannot find the box of sea shantie tapes we brought to North Carolina (where we live) from San Francisco where she purchased them on the wharf. She has always told me that she never feels more like herself than when she is by the sea. Go figure.. this is a true story. "Mutiny on the Bounty" with Marlon Brando is one of her favorite films -- she has seen probably over 100 times.
copy of the description for mobile users! Track List 0:00 - David Coffin - Roll the Old Chariot 2:32 - The Dreadnoughts - Sally Brown 4:08 - Jerry Bryant and Starboard Mess - Don't Forget Your Old Shipmate 7:21 - The Dreadnoughts - Eliza Lee 9:19 - Johnny Collins - Leave Her Johnny 14:28 - The Revels - Rolling Down to Old Maui 16:49 - The Dreadnoughts - Randy Dandy-Oh 18:48 - Stan Rogers - Barrett's Privateers 23:09 - Shanty Crew - Where Am I To Go M'Johnnies 25:16 - Johnny Collins - Old Billy Riley 26:55 - The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem - Paddy Doyle's Boots 28:17 - Johnny Collins - South Australia
This is just effing awesome! My Dad taught us to sail on Lake Michigan starting when I was in 4th grade. My kids grew up sailing. My daughter was only 7 months old the first time she sailed. Now my son has his own sailboat. He IS a pirate. Wears a tricorn and flies the skull and cross bones. So anyway….he plays sea shanties and he, his girlfriend, his friends and I all sing. So much fun to sing!
Did you know there are authentic recordings of sailors from the 1800s singing sea shanties? This video has 127 recordings of 37 shanties: ua-cam.com/video/5E4hQdBwkk4/v-deo.html
@@thedictationofallah yeah, but if one doesn't sing with the crew with enjoyment then their morale will be low, and morale is really important on a 3-month voyage across an ocean.
My dad was in the navy & we used to sing what shall we do with a drunken sailor everytime we were in the car together .. I was 6 at the time.. I’m 39 now & remember these songs .. he lived till he was 90 x
@Alonzo Lappin not all irish songs is about been at sea lots of Rebel songs & folklore and pub songs like The Dubliners- Rocky road to Dublin, The Chieftains etc
Sailors never really sung these when they reached land since most of them were superstitious and felt the shanties if ever sung on shore would bring omens which was bad especially back then seeing as they experienced and saw things no other person had seen before monster waves and legends such as the Kraken would make you realise that all that is between you and the cold sea is wood.
@@Gerraint Yes... and no, some were indeed work shanties as you stated, and they had many of these, and usually fairly specialised. They had rope shanties (for hauling the rigging), capstan shanties (raising or lowering the anchor for example), furling shanties (topmen furling the sails), and so on. They were all jobs that required groups of men to work together hence why they were heavy on the rythm. Others however were arrival or departure shanties, and still others were just songs. The OP was correct though, at least in Britain (and I assume elsewhere) sailors were superstitious, shanties were never sung on shore, a departure shanty was never sung EXCEPT when the ship was departing port, an arrival shanty was only ever sung as they entered port after a voyage, and so on.
Im 16 years old and Ive fallen in love with sea shanties cause my grampa would sing them everytime we went fishing on the lake even though it wasnt the sea he told me as long as your on water you can still sing sea shanties so ever since then I listen to sea shanties
SAME! I've been watching the coronavirus reports and lo-fi beats -- and today I looked up "sit on my face" (monty python) for my boyfriend -- and this was in the reccs.... damn, that algorithm is hot today!
18th century was the bomb. I was born after the golden age of piracy in 1770, 251 years ago. I managed to meet a couple of former pirates and they were very nice people!
"Goddamn them all, I was told we'd cruise the seas for American Gold, We'd fire no guns, Shed no tears.." probably the most catchy line of the whole video.
This is not a sad song, but was a "pump shanty" sung in port after the voyage was done when the ship's hold was last pumped out and the sailors left to collect their pay. "Because of leakage of water into the holds of wooden ships, they had to be regularly pumped out. The frequency and monotony of this task inspired the singing of many shanties. One design of pump worked very similarly to the brake windlass, while another, the Downton pump, was turned by handles attached to large wheels. Examples: "Strike the Bell," "Fire Down Below," "South Australia", and "One More Day." An example of special note is "Leave Her, Johnny, Leave Her" (also known as "Time for Us to Leave Her"), which was generally sung during the last round of pumping the ship dry once it was tied up in port, prior to the crew leaving the ship at the end of the voyage." You want a tragically sad sailing song about a ship sinking, try this classic from Steele Eye Span--"Let Her Go Down": ua-cam.com/video/NP5APyKdAEU/v-deo.html
had a guy who sang sea shanties to get himself turned on, kind of a weird man but honestly a power move on his part. One of the best intercourse I had, 10/10
I think the reason everyone loves this so much is because of the feeling of being with a group of people that you can trust with ur life. These days ur friend can betray you at the blink of an eye and shame you into a dirt hole with one word.
@@galfisk dang you have to go out and die or shatter every bone in your body just for that?? Wow it really is just like I'd said - it's just like during war time like during WWII
Adding the track list for all those asking. :) 0:00 - David Coffin - Roll the Old Chariot 2:32 - The Dreadnoughts - Sally Brown 4:08 - Jerry Bryant and Starboard Mess - Don't Forget Your Old Shipmate 7:21 - The Dreadnoughts - Eliza Lee 9:19 - Johnny Collins - Leave Her Johnny 14:28 - The Revels - Rolling Down to Old Maui 16:49 - The Dreadnoughts - Randy Dandy-Oh 18:48 - Stan Rogers - Barrett's Privateers 23:09 - Shanty Crew - Where Am I To Go M'Johnnies 25:16 - Johnny Collins - Old Billy Riley 26:55 - The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem - Paddy Doyle's Boots 28:17 - Johnny Collins - South Australia Please consider supporting the artists.
a lot of shanties recently are accompanied by instruments and even more, unfortunately, are accompanied by hard rock music. Vocal only should be called "Traditional" however
Curtis Smith traditionally there were no musicians as every hand was expected to work. The shantyman was working whilst singing. A good shantyman was valued because he could get a crew to work more efficiently. Too many shanty groups don't sing these songs as work songs with the emphasis on the words where the work was done. I sing with two groups in Hastings, England and we sing shanties as work songs.
While listening to this, i felt a sense of community because of the crowd singing as well as excitement probably because of the adventures/stories told through the shanties. Thanks for uploading this
In May of 2017, I used this excellent collection of shanties to psyche myself up for the Pensacola to Havana sailboat race. The event couldn't have gone any better as we finished 2nd and arrived safely. Today, I find myself listening again for yet another race, the Ft. Lauderdale to Key West. May it be the will of the almighty to grant my crew and me safe passage and fair winds. Again, thank you for the music!
That first one, "Roll the old chariot", hit me for six. Since first hearing it here I have searched around and listened to at least 20 if not more than 30 other renditions of it. Your choice of David Coffin performing on the street in Portsmouth New Hampshire is by far the best version around. His voice and energy, so amazing. Great choice, thank you so much for introducing me to this!
I’m so happy, that I’m one of the few people in the world, who have the chance to be a crew member on a old ship, and soon we will do cargo by sail again, our old girl will return to her true purpose. I feel so lucky. We will cross the Atlantic every year, carrying rum and coffee!
I LOVE IT! "Barrett's Privateers" and "Patty Doyle's Boots"! SHEESH! I thought I was the ONLY ONE that STILL KNEW MOST of these songs! I grew UP with a Grandfather FROM IRELAND and Learned MOST OF THESE from him! Except that HIS idea of singing was two notes... "UP and DOWN"! LOL But he SURE LOVED to Growl out tunes! GODS I MISS HIM SO MUCH! HERE'S TO YOU MY NAME SAKE! Shláinte!
Awesome, I'm half Irish and half German and I have no tradition that was taught to me because ot was forgotten throughout the generations. Wish my grandad or great grandad would've taught me a shanty or two
Haha, if you come to Atlantic Canada, Barrett's Privateers is extremely well known. You'll be hard pressed to find an adult that doesn't at least know the chorus, to the point where we joke about us reflexively shouting back how we wish we were in Sherbrooke now when someone says "Oh, the year was 1778"
Groups like these are popular and common as performers at Renaisance Fairs/Festivals. Female groups such as the Sultry Sirens of Sin an all female group,, Coyote Run (now no longer performing), There are many more. This type of venue is where they get the most live crowds to perform for. RenFaire/Festivals concentrate on Elizabethan England but you will see a broader span of time just gazing at the attendees who are devoted followers, often every weekend. Mid August until the end of October is when the PA Renfaire takes place in Lancaster County Pennsylvania USA. The beer and wine flow freely, street performers such as jesters and musical acts are plentiful all day long on a variety of outdoor stages. Some groups come in from Canada, Ireland, Scotland and England. Knights joust, archery demonstrations, juggling, good food and a chance to make new friends abound. Many shops exist that vend items that are replicas of the time period. Suits of armor, swords, rapiers, knives and daggers as well as tankards, wooden bowels and clothing of the period such as dublets and gowns, crowns and boots. Plenty of pirate themed items, fairy themed items and art. Human chess board, bull whip acts, knife throwing, a museum of torture methods and objects. Each location across the country and around the world will vary in the amount of what is available. In Lancaster county there are 32 acres of fun.
So my choir director started assigning us sea shanties, but I wasn't expecting to like them just as much as I did! I thought "oh cool! This will be different and fun" but I wasn't expecting to be listening to sea shanties in my free time... but oh well here I am now lol. No denying they are bangers
I didn't know they were sea shanties, 60 years ago, when I enjoyed listening to this kind of music on the radio. Thanks for sharing these, still enjoyable.
I love the song leave her Johny, the song seems even more beautiful when you realize they are singing of a ship. I cant imagine the emotional and physical connections they had with those beautiful ships.
Did you know there are authentic recordings of sailors from the 1800s singing sea shanties? This video has 127 recordings of 37 shanties: ua-cam.com/video/5E4hQdBwkk4/v-deo.html
My dad actually taught me a bunch of these songs. We used to sing them around the fire when out in the forest with my uncles and cousins. Nothing makes you feel like a man more than shanties with the boys.
@AMT Me and my buddies had a campout at the hunting camp about 2 months ago. Sang songs, ate steak, played D&D by the campfire; It was a great time. Highly recommended.
Did you know there are authentic recordings of sailors from the 1800s singing sea shanties? This video has 127 recordings of 37 shanties: ua-cam.com/video/5E4hQdBwkk4/v-deo.html
I would like if in these days people have Office Shanties but NO, we're living in the Boring Age (Edit from 2020: I miss the boring age ;-;) (Edit from 2021: Shanties on TikTok? Now I’ve seen everything)
I think that that is because if you were sailing you generally wanted to be sailing you were having fun when you did it. And it is natural for humans when they do something a lot that they enjoy to start trying to put that enjoyment into something all you really had was your voice and then any instruments you brought with you so all you could really do was sing or make music and now we're left with a lot of beautiful songs like this.
I don't think it's really about them enjoying their time. I mean some of these are sad songs. People always got bored during work, the difference is that now, instead of gathering around and singing or making up songs, we can listen to premade songs on our own, with the radio and media players and all.
Pure nostalgia, I got addicted to AC Pirates when I was a kid and I heared some of the sea shanties in here. I even remember vibing w/ it though I don't know the lyrics. Overwhelming.
A note: Barrett's Privateers is technically a modern song (it was written in 1976) in the style of a sea shanty. But it's so good that I really don't care.
Dom S. Ramos He tragically passed away around 40 years ago when the cabin of his plane filled with smoke, killing him and others. so my comment was meant as "legend when alive and after death". I apologize for the ambiguity.
i think i was possessed by the spirit of a pirate this morning, hours ago i started singing "drunken sailor" quietly and decided it wasn't enough, so here i am
Imagine every day, as the spray stung your skin, but you loved it, the salty air, the creaking of the wood, you all broke into song, all colors, shapes, sizes, just as one voice raising the songs of the sea.
started ironically listening to sea shanties now i cant stop
your mistake was doing it ironically. you should've done it unironically from the start
I'm with you!
A lot of people do this what you have done and then they realize hey these are actually pretty good
Yes, it is the superior music
Same these are firw
Born too late to conquer the world
Born too early to explore the galaxy
Born just in time to enjoy some shanties
Open this in one tab, and open a video of ocean sounds in another.
You can still conquer your world
@@lucasprange7104 yyeaah your world's kinda small there..
well if it makes you feel better no one is ever going to explore the galaxy.
William T. Sherman That’s what they said about space too
Sea shanties have very recently become a trend; it is well fucking deserved and it's about damned time, mates.
Yes
*me mateys
Thanks to Assassins Creed
I've been waiting since 1493 for this shit to come back
@@zio4590 more like thanks to runescape. It all started with sea shanty, more specifically sea shanty 2.
I was About 3/4ths of the through with Leave Her Johnny before I realized “her” wasn’t a lover but actually the ship and it made the last part of the song more emotional because these sailors would live, work, and relax all on the same ship for months and even years and probably would’ve developed some sort of bind with the ship. Leaving the ship behind must have been very emotional for many sailors.
Finally some young folks finding out what Leave her Johnny truly means, 'nd how muchst we love our ships
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@@hehe-zt2ye you should watch the leave her Johnny leave her going merry amv not gonna lie might have cried more than when I saw it in the actual anime and other amvs
@@Theemischievoustwinz damn man, that was sad... And yeah AMVs tend to have that effect
@@hehe-zt2ye spoiler :(
I love all this music and I'm only 292 years-old. All of my friends say "y'arr, ye've got no taste, lad, why ain't ya listenin' t'any Baroque?", but I only listen to real music.
James Humphrey: Ah, James; what do they know, whose heads are so easily turned by that upstart Mozart and the rest 'o those sissyboys. Away, away with fife and drum......
It's not possible to be 292 years old you'd be dead. Smh my head..
@@atomicwalker2515 Why not? I'm 457, myself.
@@peculiarpangolin4638 my 407th birthday is in about a half year
@@atomicwalker2515 no ship sherlock
I'm quiting my day job and starting a pirate crew. Who's with me??!!
AHOY
AYE!!
I'm with you captain
Aye Aye Captain, avast ye, landlubbers!!
Aye! Matie ye got me already enlisted
Humanity has yet to come up with a more chill-yet-energetic genre. I can't stop.
That’s a flawless explanation of this mood
The vibe is just built different.
Dubstep?
@@ChrisSandtSmith I refuse to call that chill
Something I find chill is slow jazz trumpet solos
My local Classic Rock Radio station for April fools day changed all programming to Sea Shanties and I loved every second of it
Arrrrrhhh
Name of the station please
That’s awesome
This gives me nostalgia for something I never had
Well, unlike you, I was actually born in the 1700s so I get that nostalgic feeling for a reason
Yarr thou blood have sailorrs rots too i see
Hiraeth (Welsh pronunciation: [hɪraɨ̯θ, hiːrai̯θ]) is a Welsh word for homesickness or nostalgia for a home that no longer exists or never was, an earnest longing or desire, or a sense of regret or a home you never knew.
Anemoia: nostalgia for a time you've never known.
These shanties make me feel both of these.
I'm from Nova Scotia so sea shanties and nautical themed folk tunes are my childhood.
It reminds me of when I was little and my dad would play sea shanties on the way to school or Taekwondo! lol
I'm only 98 years old but I love this music.
c1000101c really?
c1000101c that’s cool sir.
All good wishes to you. I hope you'll become a hundred twenty years - at least. At best health
Are you 99 or 100 now? If so happylate birthday :)
Kawalski, analysis
Me:"andeth me ye olde aux cord"
Friend:"aye, but playeth not rubbish"
Me;
throw all the other comments away this is the one
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elanit_lk Or ‘andeth
69th like is for Sally Brown
Yup this is it. The winning comment.
What I love about these is that the natural rhythm of the songs were deliberately matched to specific tasks on ships, helping hands stay busy, coordinated, and focused on their work. *And dang, they work!* This came on as I was cleaning a giant pile of strawberries, and it amazed me how much faster I worked and got them done.
It's seriously an adaption we humans have. Another thing making us special
Not just sailors. Do a search for 'Outlander Wool Waulking Song' for women singing as they fuller wool cloth, making the weave tighter and setting the dye.
And harvesting songs, when a line of people would havest the crops
On the rail gangs too..lining the track
Sounds like one of those men. Are up in the Crow's nest for too long . Too much swaying back and forth😂
Keep telling my friends we need to memorise some of these so when we're a little older and we start going down the pubs we can sing these while pissed off our heads lmao
Good lad 👊🏻
"Leave Her Johnny" would be a good night closer when you're drunk as shit
If it was like this, I will with pleasure drunk myself.
Just learn some songs, so when a random drunk guy starts singing we could sing along
@@dizzym9554 oh i love that one!!!
I'm Russian medical doctor who had the honour and a pleasure to circumnavigate the globe aboard the British cargo vessel under the Red Ensign as an ordinary seaman. That was a happiest half a year of my life. My Dad was Captain, God rest his soul. He would feel happy hearing these songs. So now do I. Thanks so much to the guys who've done it!
Виталий Шматалюк The wind in your hair, and scent of salt in your nose is your father calling you home. To the sea, to the sea. Near his spirit be. To the sea, to the sea. Heart and home be.
Эти песни морем пахнут.
That's a moving tale my northern friend, sailors all.,.. wind an salt ,fear...and the bravest men any man ever met.
God bless your father
Heard of Joseph Conrad?
POV: you finished cleaning the deck and the crew found the rum
But then you found out that jack sparrow drank the rest of the rum
Most sea shantys are to keep the crew in rhythm so the job rhey were doing would get done efficiently. They would have to push, pull or heave in unison as the ship's sails were too heavy for one person.
If it’s a POV then why am I in the ocean looking up at my friends singing and drinking away to the tune of my ultimate fate
@@stevenfrost3469 just what i wanted to say. They sang when working
YARR RUM WOOOOO
0:00 - David Coffin - Roll the Old Chariot
2:32 - The Dreadnoughts - Sally Brown
4:08 - Jerry Bryant and Starboard Mess - Don't Forget Your Old Shipmate
7:21 - The Dreadnoughts - Eliza Lee
9:19 - Johnny Collins - Leave Her Johnny
14:28 - The Revels - Rolling Down to Old Maui
16:49 - The Dreadnoughts - Randy Dandy-Oh
18:48 - Stan Rogers - Barrett's Privateers
23:09 - Shanty Crew - Where Am I To Go M'Johnnies
25:16 - Johnny Collins - Old Billy Riley
26:55 - The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem - Paddy Doyle's Boots
28:17 - Johnny Collins - South Australia
Ay matey
Thanks king
Thanks! Wish this was pinned
Thank you me lord!!! Excellent well.
Why are you locked in the bathroom?
First time: huh..
Second time: I kinda like it
Third time: Its actually pretty fucking good...
Fourth time: Hell yeah..
Fifth: "WE'LL ROOOOLL THE OLL'... CHARIOT ALONG... WE'LL ROOOOLL THE OL......"
"WE'RE HOMEWARD BOUND FROM THE ARTIC ROUND'"
"WITH A GOOD SHIP TAUT AND FREE...."
Another festival won't do us any harm
Another festival won't do us any harm
That's no shit mate! I'm a middle , old timer, and I've been singing these in my head for decades. Glad to see they're creeping back , and I'll be damned if I care how they got here.
@@oliviagrace6914 all due respects from another christian, but cussing is not a sin. cursing is, which biblically refers to cursing someone, not modern swears.
*modern pop music* ARRR NO GOOD.
*1700's sea shanties* NYES THIS IS MUSIC
Raise your grog mate! We'll party, pillage and raid like 1727!
R/im14andthisisdeep
@@jormungandrworldserpent6437 r/ihavereddit
Kitty Mittens r/foundthemobileuser
@@jormungandrworldserpent6437 roasted
True story. I'm from Britain and was visiting friends in California just before the covid outbreak and we decided to go whale watching on a boat trip. The Pacific was quite rough that day so one of my friends asked me "Are you sure you're OK to do this? You've been drinking". I replied "mate, I'm British. Having a tipple onboard a ship is in my blood". This amused the elderly gentlemen behind us in the boarding line and I ended up spending time with them and teaching them Blow the Man Down. A few Chinese tourists recorded us, I think lmao. I was feeling nostalgic for travel and hope the old dudes are still OK that's how I got here.
Omygosh I love that so much 💕✨
man that story just warms my heart for some reason
epik story bro
Now I started to care for that old man too.
@Jack BeattyGood thought, but more like this is the more innocent nature of man. When you get folks who have too much power, they get greedy and want more. Greed is close to being the #1 cause for wars and conflict.
The voices of regular people in unison is much more soothing than those Disney musicals lol
Did you know there are authentic recordings of sailors from the 1800s singing sea shanties?
This video has 127 recordings of 37 shanties:
ua-cam.com/video/5E4hQdBwkk4/v-deo.html
Can’t agree more
Heh. Well that first song in Frozen managed to hit... but of course that's because they did the whole working song thing.
there is a choir at epcot that sings traditional songs, and it was really special to see it up close.
Im from brazil by the way.
Scuttle butt. All time classic. 😊
Only true 1700's kids will understand what it was like growing up with this music
🤣
Trick question. You didn't get to be a child back then. After Da' died of the consumption, you were the man o' the shack now lad.
So true no one will ever know the excitement I felt when the first one came out
@@napoleonbonaparte4382 Actually you’re the one who doesn’t understand what he is saying there.
@@Pixel3572 well yes
These songs just give me a sense of belonging, like I'm surrounded by a bunch of sailors I've known for the longest time, it's a bitter sweet feeling that I can't quite explain. But in my heart, it's one of the best feelings you can have.
There’s a word for that feeling but im not sure what it is
Having the best time with your matey's? That's nothing but pure comradery, amity, unity, and chumminess
@@aspiretobe7320 the word is anemoia
@@fjvillas2722
That’s what it is!
Anemoia - “Nostalgia for a time you’ve never known”
@@aspiretobe7320you're welcome
This is real music, I was born in the wrong generation. My dream is to be born into poverty, live to 23 and die of scurvy. The golden age
🤣
You almost got me XD
life goals
lol
lmaooooo
I’ve enjoyed sea shanties before they became a trend, and I’m glad they did become a trend because I’ve found more of them because of it.
I hated the trend, if I hear "Wellerman" one more time...
That being said the trend is the only way I discovered the longest johns, so I guess its even.
@@thedumbestgenius69 I do agree. When a sea shanty is played too much it becomes so annoying
Did you know there are authentic recordings of sailors from the 1800s singing sea shanties?
This video has 127 recordings of 37 shanties:
ua-cam.com/video/5E4hQdBwkk4/v-deo.html
Ok so who joins me in putting together a crew and building a vessel worthy of roaming the seas? Lets leave this silly modern society and just sail!
Hop aboard the Tallship in Smuggler's Cove me lad!
Aye! Count me in, cap!
Smuggler's Cove Aye aye Cap'n!
Dynestis ar me hearty
count me in! Dutch do well on the waters!
Teacher: why didn't you go to the bathroom in-between classes?
The bathroom in-between classes:
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ua-cam.com/video/ftItlr88ECo/v-deo.html
I'd go to the bathroom to hear this
@@thaeldir8923 I like your thinking.
This is the dream bathroom
@@tigerari5935 if you look closely, that's my second link :p
I love that the singers aren't exceptionally good; they're _just_ normal enough for it to sound as intended
edit: i made this comment when i'd only heard a few minutes of the whole thing. many of them are trying too hard
I like that
Go to a Renaissance faire. Some guilds (like mine) specialize in singing shanties and we sound like this.
@@empty_sea8274 when quarantine's over, I very well may
@Logan Porter yeh I doubt that 23 yo vegetable deprived alcoholic sailor was a good singer
That's the beauty of a crowd singing.
The imperfections in each voice is blended together, into *perfection!*
My grandpa was a seaman. Captain of the german marine. And I'm sure some of the character of seamen went into the soul of his kids and his grandkids. Nothing brings me down like some shanties. Thanks for this collection.
as i've heard it said, there's something that feels really heavy and deep in your chest, hearing that thing that humans have done for done for ages and will probably keep doing for ages. we've been sailing for thousands and thousands of years, before we wrote or built cities, and when we sailed, we sang. and when we sail through the stars, we'll probably still be singing as we soar. surrounded by the emptiness of the ocean with not a speck of land in sight, we belted out with our songs and stories, in defiance to the monotony of the wind and waves. it makes us human as much as fire or tools do
Celuria: Thank you, Celuria, thank you.
This comment gave me goosebumps while listening to "leave her, Johnny"
I kinda wish that sailing didn't advance. You know except like GPS and the machines that tell the weather. But we still had wooden ships
Too right, and astronauts have already been singing in space, ever since Wally Schirra smuggled that harmonica onboard one of the Gemini missions orbiting Earth and up to Chris Hadfield playing his acoustic on the ISS.
They aren't going to sing in space. This age is soulless compared to the old.
>You were born too early to sing space shanties
>You were born too late to sing seas shanties
>You were born just in time to do nothing but stay put at home doing nothing but sit at home and listen to 30 minutes worth of sea shanties
It's never too late to sing sea shanties.
"Yes, I am a pirate, born 400 years too late. " ~ Jimmy Buffett
I don't know about that, I can sing sea shanties whenever I want.
current mood: sad space shanties don't exist yet
@@mrkrabs5039 but my friend, some enterprising souls have already made some, check out Leslie fish and Julia Ecker
Her: He’s probably with other girls right now
Me and the boys:
😂😂😂
with the finest girl in the world : a 38 gates Frigate
It’s true, they’re with the finest woman is the world, the sea
Leave her Johnny, O' leave her Johnny!
@Rico Sanchez Dude sounds like you got an awesome crew, I wish I had friends to sing shanties with, my friends are boring.
I'm not even remotely European but it feels like I've been sailing with the boys for years now
Plenty of your folk sailin' the seas back then me lad! All shipmates! faldee raldee raldee raldee rye-eye-doe
Maybe you have a white ancestor that got lost centuries ago and mixed in your family.
Lots of sailors weren’t Europeans, especially on British flagged ships in the 17th century.
I did the DNA thing this year, and for all 59 of 'em had no idea my base nationality was British and Irish, with Africa a solid second(it's how I identified all my life, but was adopted by folks who avoided Genealogy, so who knew?). Add Albanian, four Indo-Pak locales including Sri Lanka, and Finnish, Italian, and some from Peru and Colombia. No wonder I'm drawn to shipping, chanteys, the sea, and Privateerin'!!! All these coastal and Island origins😂😊😊
Not sure how I got here. But I know why I haven't left.
same here
Leave her, Johnny. Leave her...
I've always loved shanties, which is part of why Black Flag and Rogue became my favourite Assassin's Creed games. The music just puts a fire in my belly.
Yarrr, we set sail
I’m in the same boat... get it hahaha
Leave her Johnny made me sad, must have been heart breaking to have to leave a ship that's taken care of you as much as you took care of it
I felt the same about an old car I had to sell.
It's okay, they always build another one for the sequel!! If you're Kirk or Picard... (Patrick Stewart and Brent Spiner could fit in with these dudes and love it though.)
It's actually a metaphor for your home country and how you need to see past patriotism and just leave her. (Or something like that with Ireland)
Not that you're wrong either, I just find it a neat tidbit that adds such depth to it
@@merlockmerlin1065 Not quite, it is literally about leaving the ship, after each voyage in the days of sail the ships crew was paid off with the exception of her permanent crew. Her permanent crew were usually specialists, and in the case of civilian vessels, the owner (though not always as many owners did not Captain their ships). So you are talking positions like the ships Carpenter, sailmaker, cooper, her Master (not the same as the owner or Captain), and in the case of warships her Master Gunner. Most of the other crew however would sign on for a single voyage, and even in navies the crew would be paid off after the ship reached home for a spell on shore, then be assigned to a new ship... EXCEPT those permanent crew.... On many ships her Captain and officers would come and go, her sailors also, but her Warrant Officers would only be replaced if they died or if the ship was decomissioned and broken up.
Leave Her Johnny was an arrival Shanty, your ship has broght you home after a perilous voyage, you will be sad to leave her, but she brought you home, you are sad to leave her, as she was a good ship and brought you home, but you are home. Leave her Johnny, as there will be the next ship, and maybe she wil not be as kind.....
@@alganhar1 actually it is : literally: about the Irish Potato Famine, and how they had to leave their home...ship and sail to America. The songs story is then (originally) sung in the context of Johnny reaching ashore in America, though being reluctant to leave his home.
She can't support him. She's a sinking ship.
And let's now hope for the American dream
Sea shanties seem to be trending in 2021! AHOY MATIES!!!
AHOY Captain
Aye Captain!
I think it's a bad case of cabin fever.
ahoy!! 🦈
You are now enlisted in the Royal Navy
I am with you. I gave my father a whaling ship music funeral. I shocked every relative, which was very gratifying.
Someone help me build a ship...
Count me in, i can scrub a deck anytime. Just let me sail with you!
all hands on deck the captain said
If I may be yer Bo'sun!
I'm not roll playing with you mister, but I am amassing a fortune in order to build a ship. If I fail you'll never know and I'll be forgotten, but should I succeed... God help us all.
I shall be your steersman, Boellee at yer service cap'n!
Real shanty singing. I recognise a few sung by the late Johnny Collins and I know I can hear myself in the accompaniment in some. My wife and I were heavily involved in shanty singing with Jimmy and John in the eighties.
Thank you for you and your wifes work
Dude that’s awesome
Derek Selden The Shanty Crew, lead vocalist on this track.is Room Kelly. We've sung together many times in the pub I used to run.
We sang in front of over 15000 people on Hastings Pirate Day in 2011, when we smashed the world record for the most pirates in one place.
Derek, I was fortunate enough to have sung with Johnny Collins at the Chicago Maritime Festival and at the Liereliet Festival in Workum in the Netherlands. He was a legend in the genre.
I regognize these from ac4 black flag........ Ahem, 29.03
2021 the year of the sea shanty makes total sense: nostalgia for teamwork and singing in a large group.
Agreed
I came here from the wellerman song in my recommend
Make sure to pack the Adventure and Danger. Without which no growth is to be had.
Also I think long trips
And soon, we will be able to do it again.
Badass tip: while listening to this song open another tab and play thunderstorm at the sea sounds in the background. You're welcome.
Thank ye kindly!
I opened this up as a joke and i'm actually enjoying it I-
same. These songs are actual bops lmao
That first one *SLAPS*
Same
@@betht4476 David Coffin sings the first one. Sang it in a market during a music festival with a bunch of people. It's a cool video.
I love this ❤💯
sing with me boys
we sail, forgo society, embrace the sea
So thats why you sang that one shanty
yo
I heard the work is hard and the wages low
based and redpilled, supported based fact
Jumanji Alan be a pirate and plunder and steal from others
like if ur a 1700s kid this is real music
tfw 1701 was 315 years ago
1680s.
1822 kid
1776's kid
How I wish I was in sherbrook now
I agree this is real music
God damn them all, I was told we'd cruise the sea for American gold
Utube Filler I 'member!
As a 7 year old child in about 76 / 77, I remember being out with my nan who was born 1915, and we used to see an old gentleman, at least 20 years older than her, he would walk about with his bike to lean on. Nan he told me he used to be a whaler, and I was fascinated (I come from a fishing family), I still remember him clearly all these years later, it's just a pity I was too young to realise what a missed opportunity it was to ask him about his voyages, in someways it would have been disrespectful to question a person of his generation if I didn't know them as not all memories from a very hard life are good.
why does this feel like home? it gave me chills.
Because it's actual authentic cultural expression rather than mass produced "music" you get from MTV and radio.
It's folk music, go check it out :)
@@jackmac2217 you are not wrong
@Michael Parkinson Haha wouldn't that be cool xD
Because we all came from the sea.
I was raised in a small fishing town in England, lived there my entire life and I strongly believe I belong at sea. I tried for the Royal Navy and didn't quite make it, became a beachside lifeguard, now I am a Deck Officer Cadet for the Merchant Navy and when the going gets tough, I come back to listen to shanties, to encourage myself that it is where I belong. I close my eyes and just.. Await the future that is being a seafarer. I will make my way to the ocean however I can, no matter what.
Former Fleetwood cadet here...qualified couple of years ago.
How you finding it?
26 years U.S. Navy. Started in life as a navy brat & my grandfather wa career Royal Navy, so I do understand.
My mom also believes strongly that she had a life at sea. She has always had dreams of drowning at sea in a terrible storm. No one in our family has ever been in the Navy or associated with a life at sea. She actually ended up going to see a psychic when she lived in Santa Barbara, California. She had never seen this woman in her life. The woman looked at her hand and said "do you ever have dreams of drowning in the ocean?" My mom didn't want to tip her hand so to speak and just said "why?" The psychic replied "in the 17th or 18th century you were actually a man, in that past life, and were second in command aboard a sailing ship. Looks like it was British. There was a terrible storm, the ship was lost at sea. You went down with it." My mom told me she felt like the room started swirling, she was shaking. My mom then told the psychic "yes, I have dreams of drowning all the time." My mom still does. She has always wondered why she loves sea shanties so much and every room in our house has pictures/lithographs of old sailing ships. My mom told me that if our house ever burns down, we take the photo albums and all of the ship pictures. This story may sound crazy but it is true. She's listening to the sea shanties on this tape right now and is agitated that she cannot find the box of sea shantie tapes we brought to North Carolina (where we live) from San Francisco where she purchased them on the wharf. She has always told me that she never feels more like herself than when she is by the sea. Go figure.. this is a true story. "Mutiny on the Bounty" with Marlon Brando is one of her favorite films -- she has seen probably over 100 times.
Is your name Moana, by any chance? haha
@@Sisyphus27 bro does that apply to other people who dreams of drowning in the sea? A friend of mine also has those kinds of dreams
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Track List
0:00 - David Coffin - Roll the Old Chariot
2:32 - The Dreadnoughts - Sally Brown
4:08 - Jerry Bryant and Starboard Mess - Don't Forget Your Old Shipmate
7:21 - The Dreadnoughts - Eliza Lee
9:19 - Johnny Collins - Leave Her Johnny
14:28 - The Revels - Rolling Down to Old Maui
16:49 - The Dreadnoughts - Randy Dandy-Oh
18:48 - Stan Rogers - Barrett's Privateers
23:09 - Shanty Crew - Where Am I To Go M'Johnnies
25:16 - Johnny Collins - Old Billy Riley
26:55 - The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem - Paddy Doyle's Boots
28:17 - Johnny Collins - South Australia
Thanks
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This is just effing awesome! My Dad taught us to sail on Lake Michigan starting when I was in 4th grade. My kids grew up sailing. My daughter was only 7 months old the first time she sailed. Now my son has his own sailboat. He IS a pirate. Wears a tricorn and flies the skull and cross bones. So anyway….he plays sea shanties and he, his girlfriend, his friends and I all sing. So much fun to sing!
Song:
Leave her johnny leave her, oh leave her johnny, leave her.
Automated subtitles:
Leave her jaw believer holy macho neelima.
Mine was saying slightly different stuff than this but same
lololol
Imagine what a laugh AI will be when confronted with a shanty.
Holy vajura liebe lol
XD
Leave a Johnny leave our holy vajura liebe all
"never sail with a crew that can't sing" -said every smart captain ever!!
no, sea shanties are made for people who cant sing and can. anyone can sing them
@@thedictationofallah you totally missed the point. No worries Amigo. But yes I agree with you also.
never sail with any1 who cant remember the lyrics either
Did you know there are authentic recordings of sailors from the 1800s singing sea shanties?
This video has 127 recordings of 37 shanties:
ua-cam.com/video/5E4hQdBwkk4/v-deo.html
@@thedictationofallah yeah, but if one doesn't sing with the crew with enjoyment then their morale will be low, and morale is really important on a 3-month voyage across an ocean.
i’ve developed an unhealthy obsession for these
Facts and for me it all started with drunken sailor
And apparently so has most of the rest of the English speaking internet. Those of us who have been here for a while welcome you.
yeah
@@kevinbobadilla4155 what do we do with a drunken sailor
@@memerman9268 shave his belly with a rusty razor
My dad was in the navy & we used to sing what shall we do with a drunken sailor everytime we were in the car together .. I was 6 at the time.. I’m 39 now & remember these songs .. he lived till he was 90 x
thanks for sharing, mate.
Raise a tot to the old shipmate!
There are 3 types of music:
1) Sea Shanties
2) Africa by Toto
3) “Music”
ooooooof
& Irish Music 🍻
@Alonzo Lappin not all irish songs is about been at sea lots of Rebel songs & folklore and pub songs like The Dubliners- Rocky road to Dublin, The Chieftains etc
@Alonzo Lappin ah right lol :)
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Sailors never really sung these when they reached land since most of them were superstitious and felt the shanties if ever sung on shore would bring omens which was bad especially back then seeing as they experienced and saw things no other person had seen before monster waves and legends such as the Kraken would make you realise that all that is between you and the cold sea is wood.
Well, sea shanties is used to synchronized their work on the ship since its a total muscle work
@@Gerraint Yes... and no, some were indeed work shanties as you stated, and they had many of these, and usually fairly specialised. They had rope shanties (for hauling the rigging), capstan shanties (raising or lowering the anchor for example), furling shanties (topmen furling the sails), and so on. They were all jobs that required groups of men to work together hence why they were heavy on the rythm. Others however were arrival or departure shanties, and still others were just songs. The OP was correct though, at least in Britain (and I assume elsewhere) sailors were superstitious, shanties were never sung on shore, a departure shanty was never sung EXCEPT when the ship was departing port, an arrival shanty was only ever sung as they entered port after a voyage, and so on.
@@alganhar1 ok
Cyber that was put into perspective right proper my friend
Wow
I’ve just realized sea shanties make great music for doing homework
if you listen to music while studying make sure that it has no words trust me it will only deconcentrate u
agreed
works like a charm
@@chapliecharlin and the charm is cursed.
hehe I'm here due to meme saying the exact opposite
That is what I sing and dance to every day and night
I found this video in 2019 just before moving away from home to go to uni. 4 years later I'm still obsessed and I've joined a shanty choir
One of my ancestors went to sea at age 13. At age 21 he became a ship's captain.
You outta follow in his footsteps!
@@chariotrequiem5465 Bit late for that Chariot as I'm now 70 years old!
@@lewcrawford7009 Never too late to become the Captain of your own ship!! 😊
@@lewcrawford7009 pfft even better
That turned nice for you. One of my relatives died at sea when he was about 4
Im 16 years old and Ive fallen in love with sea shanties cause my grampa would sing them everytime we went fishing on the lake even though it wasnt the sea he told me as long as your on water you can still sing sea shanties so ever since then I listen to sea shanties
i love this^^
I'm very landlocked, but I sing these anyway. I figure that if your heart is on the sea, you can sing the shanties.
@@sada1504 well I think that if you like the music, you may as well sing it no matter what your location/history/etc.
@@KingJellyfishII Exactly. It's all about your Spirit.
I relate to you, I always sing them with my grandparents
manz is still hearting comments 6 years later. what a legend.
Trueeee
Man it's sooooo good. Been a performance musician for 40 years and it's the most beautiful thing!
Lol. Well, as old as "Sea shanties" are, six years is a drop in the bail bucket.
Should listen all this songs when you are in tough situations!! This songs gives you next level confidence!!🌟
I'm not sure how UA-cam's algorithm knew I needed this without me saying anything, but i do appreciate it
SAME! I've been watching the coronavirus reports and lo-fi beats -- and today I looked up "sit on my face" (monty python) for my boyfriend -- and this was in the reccs.... damn, that algorithm is hot today!
Grew up going to my local Irish pub where they would sing songs like these. Makes me feel home again.
SLAINTE! Achill, County Mayo, Ireland!
🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
💚🤍🧡
☘️☘️☘️
All these songs has a British orgin.
You had a good childhood haha
@@ltr1745 Actually some of these are Canadian. But that doesn't mean they didn't sing similar songs where I grew up.
@@Bring-Me-Tea yeah ok Victoria
The boys who were singing this back in the 1700s are looking down upon us and smiling and singing along with us ❤️
I bet they do.. and they say: “it’s ok my child, you will be fine”
Memories...
18th century was the bomb. I was born after the golden age of piracy in 1770, 251 years ago. I managed to meet a couple of former pirates and they were very nice people!
@@elias7748 Damn lad, you're growing old huh. not too far off 300 years all things considered.
They were actual murders
"Goddamn them all, I was told we'd cruise the seas for American Gold, We'd fire no guns, Shed no tears.." probably the most catchy line of the whole video.
Listen to Stan Rogers for more equally memorable lyrics. One of the greats in Canadian (Atlantic Provinces) traditional folk music.
Americans don’t give up the ship.
Good luck getting that Gold.
@@bkane573 well it didn't go so well for him in the song, so yeah. God damn them all.
Stan Roger's singing his heart-felt rendition of "BARRETT'S PRIVATEERS" lovely.sound.
Open a second youtube tab
Search creaking ship at sea
Bask in the immersion
I adjusted the volumes just right, and now I can't tell if I am sweeping the apartment floor or swabbing the deck of a wooden sailing ship.
that works lol
Good idea
This made this even better
Awesome idea!!
That point when everyone cried.
*"Leave her johnn, leave her."*
I honestly prefer the AC4 remix of that song. I prefer the singers voice and the lyric changes
You know it’s talking about their ship, right?
@@mothhowl3024 yes I am aware. She was a mighty sea vessel.
Good riddance, throw the las overboard.
This is not a sad song, but was a "pump shanty" sung in port after the voyage was done when the ship's hold was last pumped out and the sailors left to collect their pay.
"Because of leakage of water into the holds of wooden ships, they had to be regularly pumped out. The frequency and monotony of this task inspired the singing of many shanties. One design of pump worked very similarly to the brake windlass, while another, the Downton pump, was turned by handles attached to large wheels. Examples: "Strike the Bell," "Fire Down Below," "South Australia", and "One More Day." An example of special note is "Leave Her, Johnny, Leave Her" (also known as "Time for Us to Leave Her"), which was generally sung during the last round of pumping the ship dry once it was tied up in port, prior to the crew leaving the ship at the end of the voyage."
You want a tragically sad sailing song about a ship sinking, try this classic from Steele Eye Span--"Let Her Go Down":
ua-cam.com/video/NP5APyKdAEU/v-deo.html
Don't Forget your old Shipmate right after Leave Her Johnny hits really hard.
Elise lee is right between that and Don’t Forget your Old Shipmate is before Leave Her Johnny
@@M17-t8c He was having a moment, leave him be.
Aw heck yeah, Stan Rogers got internationally noticed! Thank you for your service to to world, more people deserve to hear his work!
had a guy who sang sea shanties to get himself turned on, kind of a weird man but honestly a power move on his part. One of the best intercourse I had, 10/10
he sailed your seas huh
@@dad935 damn right he did 😏
@@user-kt3uw3vg1g I keep imagining a naked dude singing sea shanties while his junk is rising
@@ianperlas1690 like the tides he rises
You liked that? It was alright for me. You're kinda ugly, inside and out. 2/10.
This hits different at 12am, lying down on a yoga mat.
Are you a broken man on a Halifax pier?
Yoga mats float you know
This hits different at 5 when you know your supposed to be asleep but wanna hear the nice sea shanties...
@@solaris53 im thinking of a plot for a hetalia fanfic 😭✋
I think the reason everyone loves this so much is because of the feeling of being with a group of people that you can trust with ur life. These days ur friend can betray you at the blink of an eye and shame you into a dirt hole with one word.
Friendships strengthen with hardship and risk.. we are too comfortable. Stagnant water grows algae and bacteria. The rough seas keep 'em honest
@@Quickness_Fitness Exactly. tough situations force people to get along and develop trust or face death.
Rayan Boutrig like during WWII
Start doing extreme sports, and you'll find such friendships. I skydive as much for that as for the thrills.
@@galfisk dang you have to go out and die or shatter every bone in your body just for that??
Wow it really is just like I'd said - it's just like during war time like during WWII
I keep coming back to this collection of sea shanties whenever I have a bottle of rum. Fantastic collection.
Appreciate that, my friend!
From a time when ships was made of wood, and the men of steel.
Simon Raahauge ,woman too mate ,ever heard of Anne Bonney or Mary Read ,those were though as iron mate. Wouldn't want a tea with those ladies
Modern boats are made of steel and the men of wood.
@@vincesouza7608 a flower doesnt make spring
Anaroch , today's boats are made of steel and the man of polistyren and spit
what overgeneralized romanticized garbage.
Adding the track list for all those asking. :)
0:00 - David Coffin - Roll the Old Chariot
2:32 - The Dreadnoughts - Sally Brown
4:08 - Jerry Bryant and Starboard Mess - Don't Forget Your Old Shipmate
7:21 - The Dreadnoughts - Eliza Lee
9:19 - Johnny Collins - Leave Her Johnny
14:28 - The Revels - Rolling Down to Old Maui
16:49 - The Dreadnoughts - Randy Dandy-Oh
18:48 - Stan Rogers - Barrett's Privateers
23:09 - Shanty Crew - Where Am I To Go M'Johnnies
25:16 - Johnny Collins - Old Billy Riley
26:55 - The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem - Paddy Doyle's Boots
28:17 - Johnny Collins - South Australia
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+Matthew Dearing doing an ap global outline while listening to this! how fitting XD
+Matthew Dearing The Assassins Creeds Black Flag Soundtrack has most of these songs, but better, in my opinion.
We sing some of these in the pub !
Donavan O'brein Right on! I spent most of the weekend in an Irish pub, good on ya!
+Matt Dearing Are ya in Ireland with us then??
(vocal only)... is there any-other way to shanty?
not that i know of
stepping and vocal?
a lot of shanties recently are accompanied by instruments and even more, unfortunately, are accompanied by hard rock music. Vocal only should be called "Traditional" however
Add in some sort of string or flute, maybe a guitar idk
Curtis Smith traditionally there were no musicians as every hand was expected to work. The shantyman was working whilst singing. A good shantyman was valued because he could get a crew to work more efficiently.
Too many shanty groups don't sing these songs as work songs with the emphasis on the words where the work was done.
I sing with two groups in Hastings, England and we sing shanties as work songs.
While listening to this, i felt a sense of community because of the crowd singing as well as excitement probably because of the adventures/stories told through the shanties. Thanks for uploading this
In May of 2017, I used this excellent collection of shanties to psyche myself up for the Pensacola to Havana sailboat race. The event couldn't have gone any better as we finished 2nd and arrived safely. Today, I find myself listening again for yet another race, the Ft. Lauderdale to Key West. May it be the will of the almighty to grant my crew and me safe passage and fair winds. Again, thank you for the music!
How’d it go?
arkady714 it’s been a year did you win?!!?
@@jaslickable no theyre dead
Large Nigba oh fuck
Large Nigba
don't talk malicious smack.
but tis time they updated us.
That first one, "Roll the old chariot", hit me for six. Since first hearing it here I have searched around and listened to at least 20 if not more than 30 other renditions of it. Your choice of David Coffin performing on the street in Portsmouth New Hampshire is by far the best version around. His voice and energy, so amazing. Great choice, thank you so much for introducing me to this!
I’m so happy, that I’m one of the few people in the world, who have the chance to be a crew member on a old ship, and soon we will do cargo by sail again, our old girl will return to her true purpose. I feel so lucky. We will cross the Atlantic every year, carrying rum and coffee!
Soon may the Wellerman come,
To bring us sugar and tea and rum
I LOVE IT! "Barrett's Privateers" and "Patty Doyle's Boots"! SHEESH! I thought I was the ONLY ONE that STILL KNEW MOST of these songs!
I grew UP with a Grandfather FROM IRELAND and Learned MOST OF THESE from him! Except that HIS idea of singing was two notes... "UP and DOWN"! LOL
But he SURE LOVED to Growl out tunes! GODS I MISS HIM SO MUCH!
HERE'S TO YOU MY NAME SAKE!
Shláinte!
Awesome, I'm half Irish and half German and I have no tradition that was taught to me because ot was forgotten throughout the generations. Wish my grandad or great grandad would've taught me a shanty or two
Haha, if you come to Atlantic Canada, Barrett's Privateers is extremely well known. You'll be hard pressed to find an adult that doesn't at least know the chorus, to the point where we joke about us reflexively shouting back how we wish we were in Sherbrooke now when someone says "Oh, the year was 1778"
First song made live on some street festival. Choir is people around. I love this song
+Alex Raczynski what festival? id love to sing a few shanties too
+Nicklefritz Portsmouth folk festival
The festivals referenced are RenFaire festivals. Very common in the USA. Florida, New York, Pennsylvania. parefaire.com
Groups like these are popular and common as performers at Renaisance Fairs/Festivals. Female groups such as the Sultry Sirens of Sin an all female group,, Coyote Run (now no longer performing), There are many more. This type of venue is where they get the most live crowds to perform for. RenFaire/Festivals concentrate on Elizabethan England but you will see a broader span of time just gazing at the attendees who are devoted followers, often every weekend. Mid August until the end of October is when the PA Renfaire takes place in Lancaster County Pennsylvania USA. The beer and wine flow freely, street performers such as jesters and musical acts are plentiful all day long on a variety of outdoor stages. Some groups come in from Canada, Ireland, Scotland and England. Knights joust, archery demonstrations, juggling, good food and a chance to make new friends abound. Many shops exist that vend items that are replicas of the time period. Suits of armor, swords, rapiers, knives and daggers as well as tankards, wooden bowels and clothing of the period such as dublets and gowns, crowns and boots. Plenty of pirate themed items, fairy themed items and art. Human chess board, bull whip acts, knife throwing, a museum of torture methods and objects. Each location across the country and around the world will vary in the amount of what is available. In Lancaster county there are 32 acres of fun.
Paul Bear wow thanks ! I guess!
I finally found what was missing in my life
hi brother
@@bo0mzy663 can i join the cult
congrats aga
@@cheru1621 yes my brother
@@bo0mzy663 thanks, what should i google to get the image
Open up another tab, put on a video of ocean sounds, enjoy.
Thomas VanZeeland thanks XD
Thnk you
Thomas Van Zeeland seems neat, crap I’m on my phone.
YOU, SIR, ARE A GENIUS. Done and done.
here's a good'un:
ua-cam.com/video/HxGOs62HQjk/v-deo.html
i grew up with these. my mom liked hip hop and my dad liked rap but they clicked on a sea shanty by accident and i loved it. now this is my life
So my choir director started assigning us sea shanties, but I wasn't expecting to like them just as much as I did! I thought "oh cool! This will be different and fun" but I wasn't expecting to be listening to sea shanties in my free time... but oh well here I am now lol. No denying they are bangers
I ironically clicked on this for a laugh and ended up listening to the whole thing
Elie • same
“Songs need background music to sound good”
Sea shanties: Allow us to introduce ourselves
I find a lot of songs like shanties, and nursing rhymes way better without any music and just clear vocals.
Oh, I listen to ocean sounds with sea shanties.
I wouldn't mind background music, but it's still good
They also use things around the deck to help with background and rhythm. Beating a drum, slapping knees, background vocals like Acapella, etc.
Sea shanties: hold my rum.
I didn't know they were sea shanties, 60 years ago, when I enjoyed listening to this kind of music on the radio. Thanks for sharing these, still enjoyable.
I love the song leave her Johny, the song seems even more beautiful when you realize they are singing of a ship. I cant imagine the emotional and physical connections they had with those beautiful ships.
rhe queen anns revenge was a badass ship in pirates of the caribbean
Did you know there are authentic recordings of sailors from the 1800s singing sea shanties?
This video has 127 recordings of 37 shanties:
ua-cam.com/video/5E4hQdBwkk4/v-deo.html
Sung when working windlass; hauling haul yards working braces...
My dad actually taught me a bunch of these songs. We used to sing them around the fire when out in the forest with my uncles and cousins. Nothing makes you feel like a man more than shanties with the boys.
@AMT Me and my buddies had a campout at the hunting camp about 2 months ago. Sang songs, ate steak, played D&D by the campfire; It was a great time. Highly recommended.
Watch my lonely-ass tryna memorize sea shanties just to sing them all my myself... -_-
Did you know there are authentic recordings of sailors from the 1800s singing sea shanties?
This video has 127 recordings of 37 shanties:
ua-cam.com/video/5E4hQdBwkk4/v-deo.html
bareknuckle boxing is manly actually
@@rickx5361 "actually" 🤓☝
Came here as a joke, but now I'm addicted to this
Im Irish,Scottish,and Nordic...and live off these songs
I am the same. Love ❤️
I would like if in these days people have Office Shanties but NO, we're living in the Boring Age
(Edit from 2020: I miss the boring age ;-;)
(Edit from 2021: Shanties on TikTok? Now I’ve seen everything)
Ah yes, I absolutely love the selection of photocopier shanties, such as "Running out of of old ink, me boys."
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I think that that is because if you were sailing you generally wanted to be sailing you were having fun when you did it. And it is natural for humans when they do something a lot that they enjoy to start trying to put that enjoyment into something all you really had was your voice and then any instruments you brought with you so all you could really do was sing or make music and now we're left with a lot of beautiful songs like this.
@@USS_ESSEX_CV-9 most sailors were slaves
I don't think it's really about them enjoying their time. I mean some of these are sad songs. People always got bored during work, the difference is that now, instead of gathering around and singing or making up songs, we can listen to premade songs on our own, with the radio and media players and all.
City pop and sea shanties this channel was ahead of its time lmao
Still sad my first city pop vid was taken down 😢
Or maybe people are finding out how cool they are waaaay too late. I remember getting into these back in 2014 or something
*crying while singing roll the old chariot while trying desperately to make it through senior year*
How are you doing so far?
Or shall I say how ye doin matey
@@cassandramoya5949 I’m doing what I can matey
Bro same, we just gotta roll with the punches (pun definitely intended) until we get ourselves through it
@@evancooper2088 I believe in us, we'll all hang on behind at least!
Pure nostalgia, I got addicted to AC Pirates when I was a kid and I heared some of the sea shanties in here. I even remember vibing w/ it though I don't know the lyrics. Overwhelming.
There's something about this that really makes me listen!! I love the fact there's no instruments, you get the full impact of all the voices...
A note: Barrett's Privateers is technically a modern song (it was written in 1976) in the style of a sea shanty. But it's so good that I really don't care.
Stan Roger's is and was a legend.
Stan Roger's what?
Dom S. Ramos He tragically passed away around 40 years ago when the cabin of his plane filled with smoke, killing him and others. so my comment was meant as "legend when alive and after death". I apologize for the ambiguity.
Dom S. Ramos I should probably add that Barrett's Privateers was written and sung by him.
cheers...
i think i was possessed by the spirit of a pirate this morning, hours ago i started singing "drunken sailor" quietly and decided it wasn't enough, so here i am
Imagine every day, as the spray stung your skin, but you loved it, the salty air, the creaking of the wood, you all broke into song, all colors, shapes, sizes, just as one voice raising the songs of the sea.