When the Winter blizzards blow, and the Whaling Fleet’s at rest, Tucked in Leith Harbour’s sheltered bay, safely anchored ten abreast, There's the whalemen at the station, as from ship to ship they rove, Carry bags of coal with them, and an old cast iron stove. In the cold dark engine room, where the chill seeps in your soul, How we huddled around that Cast Iron Stove, that burned oily rags and coal. Fireman Paddy worked with me, on the engines stiff and cold, A stranger to the truth was he, there’s not a lie he hasn’t told, How he has boasted of his goldmines, and of hearts that he had won, But his bawdy sense of humour shone, just like a ray of sun. In the cold dark engine room, where the chill seeps in your soul, How we huddled around that Cast Iron Stove, that burned oily rags and coal. We laboured seven days a week, with icy hands and frozen feet, Bitter days and lonely nights, making grog and having fights, The salted fish and whale meat sausage, these fresh penguin eggs a treat, And we struggled along to work each day, through icy winds and sleet. Then one day we see the sun, we see the Factory Ship return, You see your old friends and you sing a song, you hope the journey wasn't long. Then it's homeward bound when it’s over, as we’ll leave this icy cove, But I always will remember, that old cast iron stove. In the cold dark engine room, where the chill seeps in your soul, How we huddled around that Cast Iron Stove, that burned oily rags and coal.
@@SeanDagher holy pirates and lords of the seas, the singer of the crew himself answered me! First of all, let me tell you that I've been following you since I discovered your voice in Assassin's Creed Black Flag. Your shanties brought me such emotions (and still does) that it's an honour to have even a bit of a conversation with you! As for the lyrics, I had to take the original ones and try to rearrange them in your version, but English isn't my first language so I might have missed several things. So please, do tell me if you see any of these and I'll fix it!
@@SeanDagher thanks my friend! All is fine here! I'm a big fan of you, Amanda and the other guys, please keep doing this wonderful projects! My best wishes for you all, hope to see you again in future!
I will go check it out for sure! I love what you are doing and thank you very much for responding, it gives a personal touch. Have a good one Mr Dagher
@@SeanDagher just saw that u are on Twitter and I rushed here to this song...it's really very calming ....made me tear up on the bus....thank you for the music sir 🙏
Wow, I just found it. Amazing and great! And in my habit, in Polish with greatings to You: ua-cam.com/video/vnNah7JtD8U/v-deo.html. Originally it was band "Krewni i Znajomi Królika" (Rabbit's Friends and Relations). A vile copy of their cassette tape is one of the most played by me to this day.
This never fails to make me smile. Always take a few to listen when it pops back up on the feed :)
Sean dagher is one of the peaks in traditional folk music
Wow. Thanks.
Well said. Sean is keeping it real and keeping it alive.
When the Winter blizzards blow, and the Whaling Fleet’s at rest,
Tucked in Leith Harbour’s sheltered bay, safely anchored ten abreast,
There's the whalemen at the station, as from ship to ship they rove,
Carry bags of coal with them, and an old cast iron stove.
In the cold dark engine room, where the chill seeps in your soul,
How we huddled around that Cast Iron Stove, that burned oily rags and coal.
Fireman Paddy worked with me, on the engines stiff and cold,
A stranger to the truth was he, there’s not a lie he hasn’t told,
How he has boasted of his goldmines, and of hearts that he had won,
But his bawdy sense of humour shone, just like a ray of sun.
In the cold dark engine room, where the chill seeps in your soul,
How we huddled around that Cast Iron Stove, that burned oily rags and coal.
We laboured seven days a week, with icy hands and frozen feet,
Bitter days and lonely nights, making grog and having fights,
The salted fish and whale meat sausage, these fresh penguin eggs a treat,
And we struggled along to work each day, through icy winds and sleet.
Then one day we see the sun, we see the Factory Ship return,
You see your old friends and you sing a song, you hope the journey wasn't long.
Then it's homeward bound when it’s over, as we’ll leave this icy cove,
But I always will remember, that old cast iron stove.
In the cold dark engine room, where the chill seeps in your soul,
How we huddled around that Cast Iron Stove, that burned oily rags and coal.
Merci,. Pierre!
There are a couple of differences from what I think I'm singing, but this is probably closer to what it actually sounds like ut of my mouth.
@@SeanDagher holy pirates and lords of the seas, the singer of the crew himself answered me! First of all, let me tell you that I've been following you since I discovered your voice in Assassin's Creed Black Flag. Your shanties brought me such emotions (and still does) that it's an honour to have even a bit of a conversation with you!
As for the lyrics, I had to take the original ones and try to rearrange them in your version, but English isn't my first language so I might have missed several things. So please, do tell me if you see any of these and I'll fix it!
many thanx for the lyrics. it´s a great help for my collection. smooth sailing!
I hope I can see you live one time!
Yeah, I hope so too. I hope that we can tour and travel and perform for thousands again soon.
Sitting here with tears in my eyes so beautiful
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful song. A proper winter warmer!
Mr Dagger I love your voice! Keep working Sir🍻
Thanks, Kevin!
Saw them last night in Corvallis, OR. Fabulous!
beautiful song... I do listen it as a farewell for 2020 :-).
Good idea. I love this song, too.
The nyckelharpa is such an interesting instument! Ive always wanted one.
Skye Consort simply amazing, no surprises here 😊
What a joy to hear this beautiful song! never heard about this composer, thank you Skye Consort!
Thanks Roger! I'm glad you like it. I hope you are doing well!
@@SeanDagher thanks my friend! All is fine here! I'm a big fan of you, Amanda and the other guys, please keep doing this wonderful projects! My best wishes for you all, hope to see you again in future!
Simply amazing and beautiful. Seàn is a treasure to this kind of music.
Well done folks. Now this music I can have a drink to!
Thanks. That's high praise.
Mr Dagher, thank you for sharing your work, love from Argentina❤️
Martin, thank you for writing. Nice to hear from Argentina! Seán.
Awesome, you have a truly great voice that goes along perfectly with this kind of song ❤️ love it, hope to see it live someday 🙏
Yes, I hope we can tour everywhere.
You made fall in love with music again. Thank you 🙏
Beautiful performance. Thanks for introducing me to this beautiful song. I hope to see you live some day in Scotland, and buy ye a dram!
I look forward to that. It's getting pretty thirsty over here in Montreal.
Yes, you sir made my childhood, i have finally found the assassins creed singer, you get a sub from me
Thanks Simple Irish Man! What's a sub?
@@SeanDagher "sub" is short for "subscription" :)
Greetings from germany
Beautiful!
Thanks, Bud!
Fabulous Sean! I think I would like to learn to sing this!
Hi K!, I'm just working on the song. Nice to hear from you.
I want to get to know more of your music more then just a video game so I would love to hear more 😁
Hi Trader! I'm glad you like the music. This album can be found here: skyeconsortemmabjrling.bandcamp.com
this is beautiful
Thanks Tristan. The whole album is available on all the platforms. (But Bandcamp.com gives the most to musicians.)
I will go check it out for sure! I love what you are doing and thank you very much for responding, it gives a personal touch. Have a good one Mr Dagher
Just brilliant! Thanks for uploading!
Can't wait! ^_^
오오오오 오래기다렸다구 😆
Great work Sean. Love it.
Thanks, Taras.
Actually Leith Harbour is on South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic, not the South Pacific. The coordinates are 54.141°S 36.688°W.
Happy new 2022 Sean ❤️
Thanks YT!
@@SeanDagher just saw that u are on Twitter and I rushed here to this song...it's really very calming ....made me tear up on the bus....thank you for the music sir 🙏
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Thank you Alick.
🎶🎶🎶❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏
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what instrument is the man in the hat using?
It's called a nyckelharpa. It's a Swedish keyed fiddle. Google can take you the rest of the way.
Can you share the lyrics? :)
Hi Stefan. Thanks for your generous support. I am adding the lyrics to the video info. It should be done in 5 minutes.
@@SeanDagher thank you so much!
Wow, I just found it. Amazing and great! And in my habit, in Polish with greatings to You: ua-cam.com/video/vnNah7JtD8U/v-deo.html. Originally it was band "Krewni i Znajomi Królika" (Rabbit's Friends and Relations). A vile copy of their cassette tape is one of the most played by me to this day.