The Maid of Amsterdam (A-rovin') - sung by the Roaring Trowmen

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    Practice night for the Roaring Trowmen in the historic Llandoger Trow pub (en.wikipedia.or...) in Bristol, UK on 2nd October 2012.

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  • @fangbanger3556
    @fangbanger3556 9 років тому +412

    Sea shanties, a tavern, a band of mates, a pint ... what more could we ask for ? :)
    Well done lads.

    • @kkkkaran
      @kkkkaran 9 років тому +3

      +FangBanger since i cant sing, just a hot lass i can tap my shoes with!!!!!!!!!!

    • @antoniodorado4878
      @antoniodorado4878 6 років тому +4

      when we think of it, it's so easy to be happy

    • @b_sizzle_extra
      @b_sizzle_extra 5 років тому

      No no no no no no no. They did it wrong. Check out my comment up above.

    • @minnowpd
      @minnowpd 4 роки тому

      Sporting wenches?

    • @timberry5666
      @timberry5666 2 роки тому +1

      being at sea and hauling on the braces

  • @LastRonin47
    @LastRonin47 5 років тому +152

    "Should we go to a studio to record this?"
    .......
    "Or we could go to the Winchester and record this with a pint."

  • @Africantours
    @Africantours Рік тому +6

    I remember this set piece in high school in Kenya "In Plymouth town there live a maid "❤️❤️

    • @josephkisuge8480
      @josephkisuge8480 4 місяці тому

      Did you sing it.?
      Coincidentally I need the Plymouth one

  • @FelixRavenhurst
    @FelixRavenhurst 8 років тому +114

    This sounds like I am in the middle of the singing, a part of the crew. I love it when people do it like this.

  • @brianmalasi8103
    @brianmalasi8103 5 місяців тому +8

    I was in a boys band while in high school. Lukenya boys, in Kenya back in 2006. This song saw us make it to the national level in the music festivals. I sing it every other day since then.

  • @andrewbeaty4112
    @andrewbeaty4112 6 років тому +152

    LYRICS:
    In Amsterdam there lived a maid
    Mark well what I do say
    In Amsterdam there lived a maid
    And she was mistress of her trade
    I'll go no more a-rovin' with you fair maid
    A-rovin', a-rovin', since rovin's been my ruin-o
    I'll go no more a-rovin' with you fair maid
    I met this fair maid after dark
    Mark well what I do say
    I met this fair maid after dark
    and took her to my favourite park
    I'll go no more a-rovin' with you fair maid
    A-rovin', a-rovin', since rovin's been my ruin-o
    I'll go no more a-rovin' with you fair maid
    I put my hand upon her knee
    Mark well what I do say
    I put my hand upon her knee
    She said: "Young man you're rather free!"
    I'll go no more a-rovin' with you fair maid
    A-rovin', a-rovin', since rovin's been my ruin-o
    I'll go no more a-rovin' with you fair maid
    I put my hand upon her thigh
    Mark well what I do say
    I put my hand upon her thigh
    She said: "Young man that’s rather high!"
    I'll go no more a-rovin' with you fair maid
    A-rovin', a-rovin', since rovin's been my ruin-o
    I'll go no more a-rovin' with you fair maid
    I put my hand yet higher still
    Mark well what I do say
    I put my hand yet higher still
    She said, “Young man, that’s quite a thrill!”
    I'll go no more a-rovin' with you fair maid
    A-rovin', a-rovin', since rovin's been my ruin-o
    I'll go no more a-rovin' with you fair maid
    She swore that she’d be true to me
    Mark well what I do say
    She swore that she’d be true to me
    But she spent me money fast and free
    I’ll go no more a-rovin’ with you fair maid
    A-rovin', a-rovin', since rovin's been my ruin-o
    I'll go no more a-rovin' with you fair maid
    And when I got back home from sea
    Mark well what I do say
    And when I got back home from sea
    A soldier had her on his knee
    I'll go no more a-rovin' with you fair maid
    A-rovin', a-rovin', since rovin's been my ruin-o
    I'll go no more a-rovin' with you fair maid
    A-rovin', a-rovin', since rovin's been my ruin-o
    I'll go no more a-rovin' with you fair maid

    • @shicrazy33
      @shicrazy33 5 років тому +11

      Thank you! For creating this lyric comment. For some reason there's a lot more version of this song, and none of the songs I search have the same lyric. I was about to do this myself, but since you already did it, thank you.

    • @johnpaulob
      @johnpaulob 4 роки тому +2

      You deserve a prize for this. Thank you a lot

    • @tvdants2026
      @tvdants2026 3 роки тому +2

      @@shicrazy33 since your comment is a year old, I don’t know if there is any point in typing this, but I will any ways.
      Many folk songs and sea shanty’s have hundreds of versions, because they were passed around and shared by so many people, that they have slight changes each time people sang them. The is led to the changes adding up to create many different verses.

    • @shicrazy33
      @shicrazy33 3 роки тому +1

      @@tvdants2026 oh no thanks. I never thought of it as like an oral kind of thing because the song is widely used so I thought they all looked at one single original version. Hmm thanks

    • @albertnoble2727
      @albertnoble2727 3 роки тому +3

      ru-i-in

  • @bramueladakai9754
    @bramueladakai9754 6 років тому +30

    Performed this piece in national music festivals in 2003 while in high school. From Kenya.

  • @rick2112rkrk
    @rick2112rkrk 3 роки тому +6

    Caught my ear in the 1956 version of Moby Dick, and found my way here. Glad I did. Close my eyes and I can hear the gulls, and smell the salt air as the sailors weigh anchor in unison.

    • @brynstephens4062
      @brynstephens4062 3 роки тому +1

      Thank you :) Any social media shares we can get would be appreciated. Tiktok is sadly beyond us.... #bandwagon :P

    • @tyrkir8173
      @tyrkir8173 3 роки тому +1

      Same for me!👍

  • @fozzle6503
    @fozzle6503 3 роки тому +11

    Almost forgot to watch this today.

  • @johnmorrissey1675
    @johnmorrissey1675 7 місяців тому +2

    Excellent 👋👏👏🇮🇪☘️👋

  • @donkipfer9949
    @donkipfer9949 11 місяців тому +1

    wow, a blast from high school past in the mid 60's! the men's chorus would sing this while the choir took a break.

  • @videostalker4297
    @videostalker4297 9 років тому +83

    AC IV- version is good, but not as good as this version, and I have the AC-version. I love it !!

    • @RoaringTrowmenBristol
      @RoaringTrowmenBristol  9 років тому +37

      VideoStalker Thankyou very much :) if youre ever in the UK come and see us live! Check out our gigs on the website www.roaringtrowmen.co.uk
      Cheers!!

  • @idalahow
    @idalahow 6 років тому +11

    In Kenya Schools, it was like this.....In Amsterdam, there lived a maid and she was tall and fair, her eyes were blue and cheeks were red and she had auburn hair....

  • @Stoic_Zoomer
    @Stoic_Zoomer 10 років тому +56

    you guys are badass

  • @christinekirkland3082
    @christinekirkland3082 5 років тому +19

    AGHH I LOVE THIS SO MUCH AND THEY HAVE *PERFECT* HARMOMY IN THE CHOROUS

  • @wenkosikasi
    @wenkosikasi 8 років тому +114

    This is the nicest version I've found - and I've been looking! Truly in the spirit of the song! Could I get/buy a recording?

    • @TheAspieWorld
      @TheAspieWorld 3 роки тому +1

      Yes!! It’s ok iTunes

    • @class87srule
      @class87srule 2 роки тому +3

      We sang this in 3rd year at secondary school with certain lines censored. Still a jolly good sing!

    • @deanery4x
      @deanery4x 11 місяців тому

      We did a cd ... called Testing, still available.

  • @ak220880
    @ak220880 8 років тому +38

    tears are roving aroving, such a emotional heart-breaking song.
    So, the guy went to sea to forget his ruin done by his girlfriend.

    • @TroPy1n
      @TroPy1n 8 років тому +1

      Hope you gave your grief a seamen's grave and went to search for new shores

    • @benjaminrincon2803
      @benjaminrincon2803 7 років тому +1

      ak220880 the song is originally about a whore, at least the way my grandfatger taught me and he was as much a sailor as I am. original line was "in amsterdam there lived a maid, mark well what I do say; in Amsterdam there lived a maid, a mistress of the whoring trade..."

  • @An_Fitheach_Dubh
    @An_Fitheach_Dubh 3 роки тому +6

    Those lads, they sung it well, that song.
    Mark well what I do say!
    Those lads, they sung it well, that song,
    Can't stop tae hear it on and on ... :-D

  • @Omnicide101
    @Omnicide101 2 роки тому +6

    As both a giant fan of shanties and someone who grew up within spitting distance of Amsterdam - absolute banger

  • @StudebakerHawk57
    @StudebakerHawk57 8 років тому +25

    After hearing this and other gems from these lads, I visited their site and purchased a download of their songs. I can say it was money very well spent. Fantastic effort all around.

    • @brynstephens4062
      @brynstephens4062 3 роки тому +3

      Thanks! any social media shares or likes at the moment are appreciated! sadly Tiktok is beyond us and we are being left behind :P

  • @Smileynator
    @Smileynator 24 дні тому

    This one is better than the recorded version that is also on the channel. More depth to it, even if it peaks all over the place.

  • @Dreetjuhh74
    @Dreetjuhh74 3 роки тому +6

    Funny fact: thiis is one of the oldest sea shanty's... Around 1630...
    .great performance

  • @tomh6183
    @tomh6183 3 роки тому +10

    Absolutely fabulous rendition,I always wondered the name of this song fromMoby Dick and now I finally know,thank you so much.

    • @Heavenschild4Jesus
      @Heavenschild4Jesus 2 роки тому +1

      That's exactly what came to my mind the minute I heard this awesome song! For the age of that movie it still amazes me. And I love love Gregory Peck as Fletcher Christian.
      This song puts you right out on the sea...EXCELLENT JOB, YOUNG MEN!

  • @quietside3734
    @quietside3734 4 роки тому +5

    A pure, clear voice is made here by you fine lads. To others I shall suggest ye warblings, and little doubt have I that they shall be accepting. Onwards with the song of the sea!

    • @brynstephens4062
      @brynstephens4062 3 роки тому +1

      Thanks! any shares we can get would be appreciated!

    • @quietside3734
      @quietside3734 3 роки тому +1

      @@brynstephens4062 Shares ye will have, and with them, the applause of the sea. Also, my woman will be harking for more. The lone voice I provide has scant worm to suffice a woman of such hungers. Give her yer voice, and with it will come a satisfaction that I alone cannot fulfil. Blessed are yer! And Godspeed.

  • @StudebakerHawk57
    @StudebakerHawk57 8 років тому +8

    I can almost smell the tar and sea air. Well done!

  • @marakujer7269
    @marakujer7269 3 роки тому +1

    I know that first and only at 1950ies Moby Dick with Gregory Peck. Nice to hear it here fully Version, good performance👍

  • @MorrFord
    @MorrFord 3 роки тому +4

    Wow such a underrated sea shanty

  • @GiftofChaosStudio
    @GiftofChaosStudio 4 роки тому +6

    Ahh to be in a pub downing pints having a group strike out into these tunes.

  • @Zerofukstogive
    @Zerofukstogive 3 роки тому +2

    This is amazing

  • @daweshorizon
    @daweshorizon 3 роки тому +1

    Nice version of this old folk song! Love and peace.

  • @davepartington5462
    @davepartington5462 5 місяців тому

    We were in a pub, the Llandogger Trow in Bristol.

  • @dianneberg7407
    @dianneberg7407 2 роки тому +1

    Terrific. My mum used to sing this song.

  • @Tahlorn
    @Tahlorn 11 років тому +4

    Gorgeous! Good lord I wish I could sing. Well, in tune and on note that is.

  • @bradmcgovern954
    @bradmcgovern954 5 років тому +3

    So fantastic!!! I'm in a pirate mood tonight and was looking for classic seas songs, and this is one of my favorites, and this rendition is fantastic! Truly good singing, and love that it's at a pub!

  • @jluec
    @jluec 5 років тому +1

    I've been coming back to this video for YEARS now and it never gets old. Well done sailors!

  • @colinwest1822
    @colinwest1822 7 років тому +3

    Used to sing this at school 60 years ago on Singing Together. Not quite this unexpurgated version though. Was my favourite (apart from Donkey Riding) and has, of course, remained with me ever since. You guys do it full justice!

    • @brynstephens4062
      @brynstephens4062 3 роки тому +2

      Thanks Colin. ANy social media shares would be much appreciated!

    • @nicedave29
      @nicedave29 2 роки тому +3

      If you think this is the unexpurgated version, trust me - there's a version that the sailors sang that I'll never sing in polite company ;) As Stan Hugill used to say, if you think about how rude songs could get, just imagine them ten times worse and that's what was sung aboard those fine ships.

  • @jeremiahpolom2802
    @jeremiahpolom2802 Рік тому

    One of the best shanties I have heard. This, Leave her Johnny and Randy Dandy-O

  • @pleasedontwastefood
    @pleasedontwastefood 2 роки тому +2

    Man, this seafaring DnD sesh goes HARD.

  • @jeromedeckker5622
    @jeromedeckker5622 5 місяців тому

    Brilliant Boys........Bloody Fantastic !! When is the cd single coming out !!

    • @davepartington5462
      @davepartington5462 5 місяців тому +1

      Sadly no single, but you can find it on our 'Testing....' album, available from our website :-).

  • @jameshowell1214
    @jameshowell1214 3 роки тому +1

    i think i found my favorite genre of music

  • @ethangrant4168
    @ethangrant4168 5 років тому +3

    My all time favorite recorded version of this chanty. Thank you for your dedication to keeping this musical tradition alive :D

    • @brynstephens4062
      @brynstephens4062 3 роки тому

      Thanks Ethan. any shares we could get would be appreciated! Sadly Tiktok is beyond us and we are being left behind :P

  • @Rikki0
    @Rikki0 6 років тому +1

    Huzzah! Well done, lads. Wish I could have been there.

  • @l3oondoxl3reak
    @l3oondoxl3reak 7 років тому +2

    God I wish I could have gotten the chance to sing with you guys lol I love these songs

  • @RedRobin13
    @RedRobin13 2 роки тому

    God love you. From Australia.

  • @grim8941
    @grim8941 9 років тому +4

    Much better then the Assassin's Creed IV version!
    Fantastic!

  • @snapdragon11
    @snapdragon11 9 років тому +1

    You guys ar e amazing. :)

  • @rak1445
    @rak1445 10 років тому +14

    Holy shit guys

  • @RCAWHICK
    @RCAWHICK 2 роки тому

    Great version. Great video. I want to be there with them singing!

  • @TheRunnersProduction
    @TheRunnersProduction 10 років тому +5

    excellent im speechless

  • @timpearse8734
    @timpearse8734 11 років тому

    Roaring Trowmen were amazing at Fieldview Festival 2013! More please!

  • @martinjames4293
    @martinjames4293 4 роки тому

    This is my favourite version of the song. Especially the lyrics. Thanks for uploading.

    • @brynstephens4062
      @brynstephens4062 3 роки тому +1

      our pleasure Martin! any social media shares we can get would be appreciated!

  • @goofy7416
    @goofy7416 10 років тому +9

    I'd like this song

  • @emanuelecuccitto4580
    @emanuelecuccitto4580 5 років тому

    Cheers from Italy! Great performance!

  • @mirandajanssen7729
    @mirandajanssen7729 8 років тому

    Truly in love with this version, very well done !!

  • @ronaldlivingston2412
    @ronaldlivingston2412 2 роки тому

    Great Job !

  • @riotfire8575
    @riotfire8575 9 років тому

    This is so great to listen to. Great job

  • @KH6DAN
    @KH6DAN 4 роки тому +1

    Wonderful.

    • @brynstephens4062
      @brynstephens4062 3 роки тому +1

      Thank you Dan :) any social media shares we can get would be appreciated!

  • @Ragin_Cajun504
    @Ragin_Cajun504 2 роки тому +2

    Killed it…

  • @Anekantavad
    @Anekantavad 3 роки тому +1

    Absolutely wonderful. *THAT* is England :-)

  • @chrisr.3320
    @chrisr.3320 5 років тому

    Thank you for sharing, both beautyful and at det same awesome.

  • @angeltzepesh1
    @angeltzepesh1 8 років тому

    Well done gents, cheers from Romania!!

  • @wenkosikasi
    @wenkosikasi 8 років тому +4

    Hooray! Found and bought!

  • @esta1ful
    @esta1ful 5 років тому +1

    Real music! People used to have to make their own music.

  • @TheDustysix
    @TheDustysix 7 років тому

    Beautiful rendition!

  • @aaaht3810
    @aaaht3810 3 роки тому +5

    "Since rovin's been by RU-I-N". Ain't it the truth.

  • @veselinnedkov643
    @veselinnedkov643 5 років тому

    Beautiful. Just beautiful.

  • @jamesquirk4999
    @jamesquirk4999 2 роки тому

    It was sung in tavern in New Bedford in movie 🎥 Moby Dick.

  • @brad25000
    @brad25000 8 років тому

    very nicely done .

  • @davidedefrancesco8866
    @davidedefrancesco8866 9 років тому

    You men are amazing. I think that this is the best version of this shanty...keep on going like this!

  • @channelantoneon
    @channelantoneon 7 років тому

    Beautiful work!

  • @WhiteCavendish
    @WhiteCavendish 5 років тому

    Splendidly sung, lads! Bravo!

    • @brynstephens4062
      @brynstephens4062 3 роки тому

      Thank you :) any shares we can get would be appreciated!

  • @Sheee211
    @Sheee211 10 місяців тому +1

    Since rovin’s been my RU-I-IN!!

  • @lucassmith4524
    @lucassmith4524 6 років тому +17

    Roving *has* been my RU-I-IN

  • @lilychalker8986
    @lilychalker8986 3 роки тому +2

    This is accually the oldest sea shanty known.

  • @thomsboys77
    @thomsboys77 5 років тому

    Anyone else remember this song being used in the 60’s Disney mini-series ‘The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh’ where the Press Gang sing this at the Inn?

  • @robertfeol
    @robertfeol 6 років тому

    Unreal! Amazing talent!

    • @brynstephens4062
      @brynstephens4062 3 роки тому

      Thanks Robert. any shares or likes are much appreciated!

  • @bradschaeffer5736
    @bradschaeffer5736 Рік тому

    Where's Ishmael? Great stuff guys!

  • @anthonycantu8879
    @anthonycantu8879 Рік тому

    I've seen different versions of the lyrics. This one is pretty good.

  • @johnmorrissey1675
    @johnmorrissey1675 7 місяців тому

    Very good 👏🇮🇪☘️👋

  • @DoroteoVilla
    @DoroteoVilla 11 років тому +1

    Excellent

  • @JohnBernardon-py7wf
    @JohnBernardon-py7wf 8 місяців тому

    “BRAVO”!!!

  • @alexzink85
    @alexzink85 6 років тому +1

    pretty nice job boys!!!
    :)

  • @jakehunter8386
    @jakehunter8386 3 роки тому +2

    A bristolian song sung by bristolian men in a bristolian pub in bristol.
    Gert lush!

  • @steviewaichulis
    @steviewaichulis 5 років тому

    Love This..............

  • @pseudoangela
    @pseudoangela 8 років тому

    i love this! thank you so much :)

  • @DARKBLADE1103
    @DARKBLADE1103 8 років тому +1

    this is amazing as a future marine and big fan of the sea your shanty are superb

  • @poihpioakarp8845
    @poihpioakarp8845 6 років тому

    I can't be the only one who's reminded of Phillip SH dancing with naked ladies

  • @jerematthewjohnson5208
    @jerematthewjohnson5208 4 роки тому

    i have been to Amsterdam by ship 147 days at sea

  • @MrArmyguyDave
    @MrArmyguyDave 8 років тому

    Great song

  • @ianpetty419
    @ianpetty419 8 місяців тому

    Tune lads... Tune!

  • @RijenRijen
    @RijenRijen 10 років тому +3

    i imagin some pirate sitting there with a pint a a paper with the song on it :P

  • @chrisberry6933
    @chrisberry6933 5 років тому

    Brilliant! Get on spotify lads

    • @deanery4x
      @deanery4x 11 місяців тому

      I think you'll find us there

  • @Navarre751
    @Navarre751 9 років тому +1

    Very well sung, lads, better than much professional choirs!

    • @Navarre751
      @Navarre751 9 років тому +1

      big philharmonic choirs, i mean. The version of you guys remember me strongly to that of Moby Dick (1956)! Keep going :D!

    • @RoaringTrowmenBristol
      @RoaringTrowmenBristol  9 років тому

      Andreas Menz Thankyou very much :) if youre ever in the UK come and see us live! Check out our gigs on the website www.roaringtrowmen.co.uk
      Cheers!!

  • @joeplavin
    @joeplavin 3 роки тому +1

    Sang a different version for chorus in college

  • @magyaridora1860
    @magyaridora1860 9 років тому

    adorable :D really great song from great men :) !

    • @RoaringTrowmenBristol
      @RoaringTrowmenBristol  9 років тому

      Magyari Dóra Thankyou very much :) if youre ever in the UK come and see us live! Check out our gigs on the website www.roaringtrowmen.co.uk
      Cheers!!

    • @magyaridora1860
      @magyaridora1860 9 років тому +2

      If I ever go there I will go for sure!
      Till that time me and my friends send you our greetings as a musicion should do: if you may have time check the band "Red Locks", you'll may like the songs we play ;)

  • @jessicauseful
    @jessicauseful 6 років тому +2

    Bravo! Your arrangement has the best harmonies of the many I've heard. How can I get my hands on a copy of the sheet music?

    • @brynstephens4062
      @brynstephens4062 3 роки тому

      Hiya Jessica, thanks for the compliment! We are thinking of trying to write a music book with our versions but honestly most of the harmonies are made up by us on the fly so they only exist in our heads! But we will keep trying...

  • @nukenfries9403
    @nukenfries9403 3 роки тому +2

    This is one of the oldest sea shanty’s known

  • @chrismaccool9097
    @chrismaccool9097 Рік тому

    Is this the same Tavern where the 1950s version of Moby Dick that Gregory Peck was in?

  • @matthewwysong644
    @matthewwysong644 8 років тому +1

    Hilarously enough, we are singing a (heavily edited) version of this in my school's male choir.

  • @oldtimedrumcorps
    @oldtimedrumcorps 5 років тому +2

    since rovins been my ru i n . Understood ? "I' always give to much to the ladies . Thats how ive come to my ruin" . Joe the fence, in "Scrooge" Priceless .