The Northwest Passage | The Longest Johns & El Pony Pisador
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The Northwest Passage | The Longest Johns & El Pony Pisador
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El Pony Pisador are an incredible group of musicians from Barcelona. They play a fantastic combination of Sea Shanties and Irish music in a unique and spellbinding style.
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I am leaving this comment here so that every time someone likes it I can get a reminder of this performance.
I think after a certain point it stops notifying you, so have a comment instead. :^)
Thanks you!@@lazlodallama8994
Please... Can you see this performance today one more time?
:D
Don't know what date format you use. Otherwise, I would put that.
As a Canadian, the line ‘one warm line through a line so wide and savage’ will forever remain one of the most poignant things ever written about our country in song.
La clara prueba de que españoles y angloparlantes podemos convivir ¡Bravo!
i love how chill this recording is. they're just hanging out.
Beautiful. Also love the comrades shirt playing the mandolin (?). Solidarity.
For some reason I hadn't watched this video of yours yet. I shed a tear... It's so beautiful. Great job everyone.
Was ein wundervolles Lied
Well done! Thank you.
It's too sad this kind of music couldn't get any favour like today pop songs...
Any chance to have a purchasable version of this? :)
Her: I don't want you going out with the boys. You'll probably do drugs and cheat on me.
Me and the boys:
I’m an old cape cod fisherman reaching back in time to try and find meaning as I watch my mind lose its way. The music of the fishers and sailors like these men and women guide me and help remedy the task of growing old. Oh God, I’m so glad I can still hear. Thank you lads and lassies, thank you. Bill
I hope you’re doing well, Bill. Both my grandfather and My great-Grandfather were cape cod fishermen out of Chatham for more than 50 years combined I’d wager. And those communities were some of the best people I’ve ever known
Prayers with and for you, Gentleman.
Amen. You might check out Spirit of the West’s song England too. Find their live version on iTunes. It’s one of my favourites up there with Stan Rogers’ classic here.
I proudly raise a glass to you! 🍺🍻
Was taught to sail out of Hingham as a child. Seems like one if the only things that makes sense these days
Stan Rogers would be proud, lads.
Maybe they could do Barrett’s Privateers.
High praise, and I totally agree. This is what I've always wanted this song to sound like when I sign it. Amazing stuff.
Yes he would !
Amen. Also, heck yes let’s please hear a rendition of Barrett’s from these lads.
😭♥️fookers!
I’m an American watching bunch of Englishman along with a bunch of Spaniards sing a song written by a Canadian about the NW passage. Friends, for all the filth made possible by the internet, let us not forget to celebrate the beauty it brings as well.
catalans, not spaniards! but yes, you're right about the celebration of the beauty :)
Well said :)
Please, don't offend these guys, they are Catalan. :D
@@Skalopa Why would a Catalan band choose a Castilian name? If they claimed to be only Catalan, wouldn’t they call themselves “El cavallet presumit”? Just sayin’...
Amen, brother
The fact that this isn't available on spotify is criminal
What do you mean, both The Longest Johns and El Pony Pisador are on Spotify.
@TheMrVengeance But this song isn’t. And that’s a crime.
@@DigitalWaves15 the original which they are paying homage to is, it's by Stan Rogers
@@Septimus247 He's right though. This specific cover is not on spotify. Only the original and the one by the dreadnoughts.
It isn't oh my oh nooooo
Best cover of this song I’ve heard. A nice, more optimistic, major key version of the song. I’m glad they didn’t try to mimic Stan Rogers-the best covers always do something new.
Both are in major key if I remember correctly.
Canada's other national anthem.
It's an anthem for all of us, as well.
I thought that was Barrett's Privateers...
@@rexstuff4655 lol sorry no: the NW Passage still RULES!! Mind you, Barrett's Privateers is definitely in the Top 10.....
@@neilwilson5785 I wouldn't mind that
as long as the other is "The Maple Leaf Forever .".
It should really be mentioned that this was written and first performed by a Canadian legend named Stan Rogers. People should try listening to his other work. In my opinion, Barrett's Privateers is by far the best drinking song ever written.
I would also recommend The Wreck of the Athens Queen as a fantastic drinking song.
The idiot has turned into my life it would seem. Love the man and his work!
I would also recommend the Mary Ellen Carter as a song worth listening to
@@andrewrobinson8472 Mischief Brew did an amazing cover of Mary Ellen Carter that’s well worth the listen.
I saw Stan(and Garnet on fiddle) in concert at McCabe’s Guitar shop in Santa Monica , California. Love his music and my favorite would have to be his cover of an Archie Fisher song, “Witch of the Westmerelands.”
But when I ponder that giant of a folk story teller, I weep for us with the hideous music and crap being turned out by the industry.
I don’t think that we, as Americans, have anyone similar. Looking over my cd collection, I can see I’m getting old. We who love real traditional music.
Rest in peace Sir John Franklin, rest in peace crews of the HMS Terror and HMS Erebus and rest in peace all other sailors who died trying to find it. o7
O7
O7
amen
O7
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Westward from the Davis Strait 'tis there 'twas said to lie
The sea route to the Orient for which so many died;
Seeking gold and glory, leaving weathered, broken bones
And a long-forgotten lonely cairn of stones.
Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest Passage
To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea;
Tracing one warm line through a land so wide and savage
And make a Northwest Passage to the sea.
Three centuries thereafter, I take passage overland
In the footsteps of brave Kelsey, where his "sea of flowers" began
Watching cities rise before me, then behind me sink again
This tardiest explorer, driving hard across the plain.
Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest Passage
To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea;
Tracing one warm line through a land so wide and savage
And make a Northwest Passage to the sea.
And through the night, behind the wheel, the mileage clicking west
I think upon Mackenzie, David Thompson and the rest
Who cracked the mountain ramparts and did show a path for me
To race the roaring Fraser to the sea.
Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest Passage
To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea;
Tracing one warm line through a land so wide and savage
And make a Northwest Passage to the sea.
How then am I so different from the first men through this way?
Like them, I left a settled life, I threw it all away.
To seek a Northwest Passage at the call of many men
To find there but the road back home again.
Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest Passage
To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea;
Tracing one warm line through a land so wide and savage
And make a Northwest Passage to the sea.
Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest Passage
To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea;
Tracing one warm line through a land so wide and savage
And make a Northwest Passage to the sea.
And make a Northwest Passage to the sea.
Thank you!
Thank you also I thought that "tardiest " was really "TARDIS" , a reference to the T.V. show Dr. Who.
I thought it was hardiest explorer, but that works too
The original has Stan referring to brave Kelso, but your version has the right explorer, Henry Kelsie.
thank you
Many years ago, the BBC showed a documentary re scientists investigating the grave and preserved remains of one of Franklin's crew. It was interesting, if somewhat gory, but just before the credits rolled, the last footage showed the scientist's light aircraft taking off as a backdrop to the cairn while this song was being played, emphasising its loneliness and isolation. I've liked it ever since, but every time I hear it, I think back to the final few moments of that programme-very poignant!
I saw that, always wondered what the song was. Was in the 90s I think.
When i heard that song, i think it was around 1991, played during that tv show about the forensic study of his grave. It brought me to tears.. it can still have that effect
That documentary, shown on PBS in the United States, led me to discover Stan Rogers' music.
Their names were John Torrington, John Hartnell and William Braine. Three men from Beechey Island.
May their souls rest on Fiddler’s Green, along with all brave men from Sir Franklin’s expedition.
Have been waiting for this one and not disappointed! Can't wait for more "Longest Ponies!"
El Pony Johns
Stan Rogers may have died too young, but the legacy he left is enormous. We hold a yearly folk festival in his honour and you're not allowed to be a Nova Scotian unless you can sing at least 5 of his songs word for word
wait is that true? I'm an Albertan so I won't be going across the country but still
@@ozymandias3329 of course not, but hang around enough and you'll learn them alright.
Stan Rogers died a hero, trying to save others.
Golly, here I am a landlubber American, and I think that I might be an honorary Nova Scotian by that measure. I discovered Stan Rogers not long after he died and just about wore the grooves out of his LPs.
Well, I could do a lot more than 5, but I mumble a bit here and there. I'm sure I could get totally up to speed on 5 of them though.
Born too late to explore the world, born too early to explore the universe. Such is the curse that we all carry.
Oh man... you’re speaking right to my soul, friend.
But we are born just right to start pioneering the interplanetary colonization efforts
Born at the right time to explore the internet!
Born just in time to appreciate the past and wonder for the future
Doesn't excuse you for not helping us get there; chase that horizon my friend, may you always find home in the black...
El Pony Johns / The Longest Pisadors
The Prancing Pony / Los Juanes Más Largos
Els Joans més llargs*
Longes pisadores
Thank you, fellas, for honoring our Canadian heritage, and a Canadian folk giant, Stan Rogers. He'd be listening down on ya I'm sure. And were he still here, raise a mighty glass.
"A voice still echoes softly cross the rivers and the plains
So don't you dare stop listening, and DONT FORGET HIS NAME!"
Arise and be merry, and sing out while you can!
The world will never see the likes of dear old Stan"
The Dreadnoughts ! That song is the greatest tribute to Stan !!! 👍❤🤙
@@d4re416 When I was just a nipper bouncing on my mummy's knee
'Twas Harris and the Mare me boys, she sweetly sang to me
And as I closed my eyes beneath the Northern moon so pale
I dreamed I was the Captain standing on the Nightingale
Stan's really not gone. Not so long as we remember him.
Bravo, lads. Bravo.
I was born too late for Mister Stan, but I know his music, and you've done it service with this one, b'ys.
Cyrus d'Vulture check out his son Nathan Rogers, you’ll like him.
Discovered this gem by mistake now i'm broke and depressed running on nostalgia
Hang in there
You got 'er!
Hang in there Bro......things will get better soon and hopefully you will get to sing along to a shanty song in a pub with people you don't know but we are all there for the same reason, that feeling of togetherness.
Sing along with the chorus lad, it’ll make you feel better 😉
Last winter I was singing this song while driving Fork truck and one of my coworkers saw me so what I do, I sing louder
Never let them cow-orkers get you down!
Completely understandable mate, I do the same thing.
The only right way to do it. Really tops if they join in too
There's SO much... Presence to them. I can't help but imagine them doing this as a flash mob in a busy place.
The passion of this song brings me to tears
Every time for me
Yes
I just discovered this song and the chorus brought me to tears.
As a Human, Canadian, wanderlust struck explorer, and hopeful future space colonist, I will be playing this when I take my first few steps on Mars.
Hell, you won't be allowed to play this in Canada in a few years. Our history is being skewed, our ancestors "pathologized".
Fly high space man, and may you blaze the trail for the future generations.
As someone who's starting a maritime career, I will be playing this the first time I'll navigate the northwest passage over Canada
@@thunderstruck1078 that is happening in many places. Very sad.
I'm a second generation American on my mother's side. My grandfather was born and raised in Toronto, his family having moved to the states when he was 10 years old. I grew up in a house filled with various genres of music, everything from 60's rock music to 70's and 80's folk music. Grew up listening to the Beatles, Hendrix, Cream, Paul Revere and the Raiders as well as Gordon Lightfoot, Stan Rogers, Jim Croce, Gordon Bok. I am beyond thankful that my father introduced me to Stan's music and Garnet's music when I was a kid. I've had the pleasure of meeting Nathan Rogers, Garnet Rogers and Archie Fisher. I've always taken pride in my Canadian heritage, as my grandfather was one of the kindest, gentlest and noble men I've ever known. Having said that I really enjoyed this rendition of the Northwest Passage, as much as I enjoyed the version by Unleash The Archers.
To paraphrase the Top Gear meme: "the original is brilliant, but i /like/ this"
Ah. I've been looking for this song for more than 30 years! It makes me cry. The sad story of the Erebus and the Terror shakes my soul. Thank you.
Yes!
While your group The Longest John's are still new to me, the music you sing so well is not. One of my prized possessions is a signed copy of Stan Roger's songbook and I love to hear his songs again. Please, do more, and thank you
I just got a CD signed by the longest John’s and I met them!
LYRICS
*(If someone hasn't posted yet)*
[Verse 1]
Westward from the Davis Strait
'Tis there 'twas said to lie
The sea route to the Orient
For which so many died
Seeking gold and glory,
Leaving weathered, broken bones
And a long-forgotten lonely cairn of stones
[Chorus]
Ah, for just one time
I would take the Northwest Passage
To find the hand of Franklin
Reaching for the Beaufort Sea
Tracing one warm line
Through a land so wide and savage
And make a Northwest Passage to the sea
[Verse 2]
Three centuries thereafter
I take passage overland
In the footsteps of brave Kelsey
Where his "sea of flowers" began
Watching cities rise before me
Then behind me sink again
This tardiest explorer
Driving hard across the plain
[Chorus]
Ah, for just one time
I would take the Northwest Passage
To find the hand of Franklin
Reaching for the Beaufort Sea
Tracing one warm line
Through a land so wide and savage
And make a Northwest Passage to the sea
[Verse 3]
And through the night, behind the wheel
The mileage clicking west
I think upon Mackenzie,
David Thompson and the rest
Who cracked the mountain ramparts
And did show a path for me
To race the roaring Fraser to the sea
[Chorus]
Ah, for just one time
I would take the Northwest Passage
To find the hand of Franklin
Reaching for the Beaufort Sea
Tracing one warm line
Through a land so wide and savage
And make a Northwest Passage to the sea
[Verse 4]
How then am I so different
From the first men through this way?
Like them, I left a settled life
I threw it all away
To seek a Northwest Passage
At the call of many men
To find there but the road back home again
[Chorus]
Ah, for just one time
I would take the Northwest Passage
To find the hand of Franklin
Reaching for the Beaufort Sea
Tracing one warm line
Through a land so wide and savage
And make a Northwest Passage to the sea
[Chorus Second TIme]
Ah, for just one time
I would take the Northwest Passage
To find the hand of Franklin
Reaching for the Beaufort Sea
Tracing one warm line
Through a land so wide and savage
And make a Northwest Passage to the sea (x3)
ty!
A beautiful rendition of a timeless classic. The lead singer has an amazing voice and I fail to understand why these guys aren't getting several million views per video. This was wonderful to listen to.
The lead singer's name is JD, and his band The Longest Johns are starting to reach all the glory they deserve!
This song has a very specific feel to it. Don't quite know how to describe it other than maybe to call it a "keep buggering on" vibe. Or maybe if you prefer a "fight the good fight" vibe if, unlike me, you're someone with faith.
It feels like the sort of song that would be sung many years from now, with close friends, one day when all are close to retiring and you're remembering days gone by
The adventurer's spirit
@@artichoked9040 indeed. Maybe got a slight "Ulysses" sentiment going on!
Sir franklin would be proud of hearing this. His soul is now in a better place. Rest in peace Sir John Franklin. May you find the northwest passage!
It's Sir John, or Sir John Franklin, but not Sir Franklin. I don't know why Sir interacts with names like that, but it does.
I am a former blue water cruiser and no - I never sailed the Northwest passage ( we spent most of our time in the South Pacific). But this song makes me long for these days ⚓️
i was waiting for a "studio version" since the live you made toghether😍
incredible work
greetings from Italy
You took this one down with such honor and respect, both for Rogers and Franklins men.
Hat's off, lads! Very well done!
You corrected "Kelso" to "Kelsey" - bravo!
Fun fact about "Kelso" - it's a place in Ontario, along the Niagara escarpment, very near to where Stan Rogers grew up. Coincidence?
@@mjctor Kelso is also in my neighbourhood.
- Elgin, Quebec. N45.004, W74.244
Interesting they said, "in the footsteps of brave Kelsey," instead of "Kelso" in the original.
It's a funny story why Stan Rogers originally said Kelso
I’m usually pretty purist about feeling this song needs to be a capella, and when I see a cover video where the thumbnail shows instruments, I’ll have a moment of “instruments? INSTRUMENTS? It’s ‘Northwest Passage!’” But this time, that was tempered by, “but it’s the Longest Johns, it’s gotta be good.” And I’ll tell you, I was sold from the opening fiddle line. This is one of the greatest songs ever, performed here with true faithfulness and love. Amazing and wonderful.
Have you heard the metal cover by Unleash the Archers?
@@keiths81ca Stan was an amazing vocalist and could do a cappella - not many now can do taht
A spirited song, laddies, that lifted my spirit and made my heavy heart light. Let us never lose the spirit of adventure!
It makes me sad that I could not live 400 years ago to see the wonderous expanse that was this world the modern era made things so small that nothing seems novel. When I travel to the places without light pollution and look up at the band of the milky way and the galaxies beyond our I think about how much more there is to explore.
We are fortunate for the modern luxuries we enjoy. We are fortunate that we have clean water and food whenever we like. We are fortunate for the knowledge this world, but it comes at the cost of the human spirit of Discovery and inmovation.
In truth I do not know which situation is better, because it seems that the grass is always greener. But I can say that sometimes I wish I was born 400 years from now to explore the vast expanse that is our universe.
400 years ago would be lovely to visit. I wouldn't want to live there for good, though.
My job sends me to some pretty remote places in Canada. I've also driven (in various stages) from Prince Rupert to Fort Louisbourg in Cape Breton. And my retirement wish is to drive the Trans-Labrador Highway; from Calgary to Vancouver; and from Edmonton to Tuktoyaktuk on the Arctic Ocean.
There are stretches of highway in northern British Columbia where they warn you that the next gas station is more than 200 km away. Those same highways also look strange to southerner eyes because there are no power lines. When I drove around Great Slave Lake for work, there were a few other vehicles on the road but there were places where you felt you were the only person in the world. And that's just Canada.
There is still plenty of wilderness in Canada. I'm looking forward to seeing more of it. And I don't miss the bad food and bad medical care that was the lot of explorers in 1600.
You would not want to live back then. You were lucky to just survive to adulthood, and once that hurdle was passed, there was still a great threat of disease. If you survived that, you could be pressed into service and become cannon fodder in one of the many, many wars that were raging constantly at the time. Let's say you got very lucky, surviving disease and warfare, and managed to get onto one of the exploratory voyages. Now you've got the joys of cross ocean travel back then. Months of freezing your ass off in the Atlantic and working like mad just to keep the ship going in the right direction, with nothing but beer to drink and nothing but stale hard bread to eat. It would be cool to visit, but not to live in that time. There's a reason those people are seen as heroes, because they pushed through all the horrible realities of the world they lived in
Space awaits you!
Since other people have replied fairly recently i will as well. Better it is that the grass seems always greener both afore and behind, it keeps that spirit alive in some of us. As others have said that spirit of Exploration is not gone from this world just changed, you'll see it in the eyes of those that turn their gaze to the stars, you can find it in the eyes of those that choose to blaze highways carrying goods to people by truck especially those that extend out to the most remote and isolated those that take to roads covered in ice and snow. The only thing that kills the novelty of exploration is accepting that there is only 1 or 2 ways to go and that all the best things to see and experience have been mapped and shared to all, and even if you do believe that, humanity and civilization is its own landscape to explore.
Excellent rendition. A violin at the beginning will get me every time. This song shows Stan Rogers genius, a song paying tribute to early explorers, but at the same time really about the human spirit to find something bigger than themselves.
He was really the Canadian Johnny Cash, in many ways. Someone who wanted to do no more with his music than tell the stories of ordinary people, and to inspire whoever he could. It just so happens that the common man in Nova Scotia has a lot to do with the sea
As a Nova Scotian, all I can say is wow! Thank you for your beautiful music. Stan would have been honoured to have his song done by such talented musicians. Merci.💗
There was no Northwest passage. So many men died looking for it.
I've heard a few different renditions of this song now, and I can safely say that I love them all. It's a simple song, but all it needs is a bit of spirit and it comes to life.
Cheers from Catalonia! M'encanta que s'ajuntin catalans i anglesos!
I would like to thank Lewis Brindley of the Yogscast for introducing me to this song :)
God , 20 seconds in and im in tears , thank you guys
I've listened to this about 20 times already. So beautifully played lads
One of my sophomore students just introduced me to The Longest Johns. So glad he did!
The last ever episode of ’Due South’ from back in the 90s
This made me happy beyond belief. Thank you for making this.
I wish there was something stronger than a “like,” because I’d leave you one.
It is my Ernest hope that one day I will get to listen to this song on the shores of terror bay on King William Island
Stan Rogers. I remember the day he died. His gift to us all is forever. Prolific singer and songwriter. As a Newfoundlander who adores and followed his career when he was alive, he captures all. He is revered. Thank you for bringing this legendary song to life in your own way.
Funny how this has just popped in in my recommendations when I am watching The Terror on the BBC.
Wow, that was amazing!
I regret that I have but one like to give.
Absolutely fantastic! ❤
If I could make a request, I think a song people night enjoy and feel strongly during these together times would be The Mary Ellen Carter, if you guys feel inclined to give it a shot. Regardless, thank you for this rendition of a great song!
They've only gone and done it in 2021
@@doctorbetamax539 it's on their album Smoke and Oakum
this is so indescribably beautiful id love a full album of songs like these. You all are so incredible
Jade , just look up Stan Rogers. This is his music.
guy on violin looks like Orlando Bloom as Will Turner
Brilliant! By far the best cover of this song on UA-cam.
EjaiyeDivine Look up the Unleash The Archers cover. You’d think this wouldn’t work as a metal song but you’d be wrong.
Tom Snider Wow that was actually pretty good!
EjaiyeDivine Hehehe, I’m glad you enjoyed it. Look up Nathan Rogers as well, he’s Stan’s son and is just as good a musician.
This is an excellent version of the song, and a credit to all concerned. I have greatly enjoyed listening to it.
Hands down the best version I've ever heard of this song. Goosebumps evey time.
This is so perfect…the pain, the desperation, the resolve. I truly feel as if I’m an explorer risking everything to seek a Northwest Passage.
My dad says that if you need anyone else to hang out in the back row sipping a beer and singing along with the chorus, he's available. He likes to sing this song when he's walking the dogs.
I looked into the history of this song and was really touched by the sense of connection between the songwriter and the explorers. Thanks for introducing me to this song. This performance is so beautiful and down to earth. I love it so much.
I'm nowhere from Canada but all of a sudden i cried maplesirup
I wish this were on Spotify.
Wow, I just found this. Sounds amazing, and the lead singer is great. The 2nd bass really gives the song this sailory sound, too. And the cameraperson/editor is great. Well done!
Grandios 🤘💪🫡
I’m guessing this is about the Franklin expedition
Maybe my favourite version. Chills every time.
I witnessed this display of greatness last night at the Gloucester Shanty Festival. The chills are still running down my spine this morning. No recording can do these two amazing groups justice, it needs to be heard live and in the moment. Simply stunning
Greetings from Poland! :)
Sir John Franklin: A hero of mine
Absolutely beautiful, bravo!
A Canadian ballad performed by a British folk rock ensemble with Irish instruments. 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇮🇪
The musicians are Catalan? And none of the instruments are specifically irish?
@@martynnotman3467 the low D whistle is an Irish instrument, as well as the tenor banjo.
@@marvinthemaniac7698 the Tenor Banjo was created in New York based on Italian tenor Mandolins.
The Low whistle is derived from a long history of whistles throughout Britain and Ireland (and Scandanavia) and while the first person to make it famous WAS Irish the actual Inventor was the Englishman Bernard Overton.
@@martynnotman3467 the tin whistle was curated by a Brit?
@@marvinthemaniac7698
The version you are talking about yes.
theres even a wikipage on it
One of the most beautiful folk songs in a wonderful interpretation. It's really touching. You can be proud of yourselfes. As a musician and composer myself (new classical music and guitar music, edited by Mel Bay, Acoustic Music Books ...), I recommend your You Tube channel to my students to learn more about great handmade music.
Greetings from Germany.
Stan Rogers was a hero. He lost his life trying to help others.
Anyone have the guitar chords for this? I’d like to play this for family, yet I cannot find a version that sounds right, and haven’t the technical skill to transcribe it myself.
If I remember correctly it was the Harwich 2017 International Shanty Festival that brought these two groups to Harwich.... and this was one wonderful result.... subsequently....
Stan Rogers is smiling.
This is my favorite version of this song without question.
utterly charming and melodic and beautiful, thank you
As a True Son of the North, as a man who has trod the Arctic, who has stood in Gjoa Haven, looked across that ice- thank you.
There's an TV series about the franklin expedition called The Terror which everyone here should be watching if they haven't already. It has some added horror twists but it's a pretty good show about the desperation and insanity those people endured.
Its on HULU
Men want only one thing and it's beautiful
Wait a minute; where's Anna?
I realized that right before reading this!
My father, Andrew John Gallagher, was aboard the first U.S. Ship to circumnavigate the famed Northwest Passage back in 1957. The Canadian ship, Labrador, was the first ina procession of four ships; the later three were United States Coast Gaurd. They were the Spar, the Bramble and The Storis. My father, a navigator, was on the Storis the first ship after the Canadian Labrador. I was listening to Shanty songs online when this song came about. What a wonderful song. I want to learn more about this Stan Roger's song. I enjoyed the performance here, gentlemen! Bravo!
Bless ye lads. Bless ye.
We must return to tradition.
It isn't too late.
Hahaha......My Mother in law is always using 'ye' when texting me, she's from Kerry.
Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest Passage
To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea;
Tracing one warm line through a land so wild and savage
And make a Northwest Passage to the sea.
Westward from the Davis Strait 'tis there 'twas said to lie
The sea route to the Orient for which so many died;
Seeking gold and glory, leaving weathered, broken bones
And a long-forgotten lonely cairn of stones. [Chorus]
Three centuries thereafter, I take passage overland
In the footsteps of brave Kelso, where his "sea of flowers" began
Watching cities rise before me, then behind me sink again
This tardiest explorer, driving hard across the plain. [Chorus]
And through the night, behind the wheel, the mileage clicking west
I think upon Mackenzie, David Thompson and the rest
Who cracked the mountain ramparts and did show a path for me
To race the roaring Fraser to the sea. [Chorus]
How then am I so different from the first men through this way?
Like them, I left a settled life, I threw it all away.
To seek a Northwest Passage at the call of many men
To find there but the road back home again. [Chorus