It was back in 1964 and I was a small boy playing outside the new light keeper’s quarters on Sambro Island located just off the mouth of Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia when my father then head keeper on the island ran down the path from the light tower to me. Taking me by the hand and rushing back up to the ocean side of the lighthouse he knelt beside me and pointed out to sea and said, “Look son! See her? It's the Bluenose!” Now, being five years old I had no idea what a Bluenose was but I did see a black hulled tall ship sailing past the seaward side of the island...the Bluenose II! It was a cold, blustery day and the sea was rough spitting white caps from her grey depths but such fury was no hardship for The Bluenose II because, she like her ancestor was as the song says, “best under full press and hard over as she lay” sending swaths of spray wide and far as she cut the waves like a knife. I thought she was the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen. I still do. My father and I were her only audience that day and we watched her until she faded from view. While she was never raced I can say I saw the daughter ship of schooner Bluenose, Canadian legend and the pride of Nova Scotia, new and in her youth under full canvas doing what she was born to do ... making speed on the North Atlantic in rough, grey seas.
@@mikeb1559 That was nearly 55 years ago and I remember it as vividly as if if I'd witnessed it this morning. It doesn't seem possible that it was so long ago but I somehow knew, even at such a young age, I was seeing something special and meant to be remembered. I thought it was a story that should be shared.
I'm a yank. But I've loved Stan Roger's music from the first song of his I heard, "Field Behind the Plow". It tells the story of farmers everywhere, not only in Canada. "Make-and-Break Harbour", "Lockkeeper", "Northwest Passage", "The Mary Ellen Carter", and all the rest, they have populated my mind for so long, and they have buoyed my spirits and kept me company and made me weep, I know Canada feels his loss...but it was a loss to the entire world.
Stan Rogers is a true Canadian icon, but you'd never know it because no one ever mentions him. Us east coast dudes still end things with Barrett's Privateers at last call though.
My first song of his was Northwest Passage, I was watching a documentary on the franklin expedition that played it. Ever since then I have felt something pulling me North. So I’m planning a road trip to Yellowknife and if possible, I might even try going all the way to the Arctic.
The heartbreak of the loss of Stan is also felt, here, in England. Well, I'm only 18, so I obviously wasn't around for 1983, but I still receive great sadness whenever I remember Stan has passed. I'd have loved to have met him, or go to one of his concerts. Terrible loss and shame.
Kid, you are by now the same age as my youngest son, and he and his two olders were all sung to sleep by me trying to justice to Stan. I still sing his songs, off key as the Bluenose heels over, in the car. I don't mourn his loss any more, but try to celebrate his legacy, cut short as it was. Be glad you were not there to hear the dreadful news. I remember well waking up to the radio alarm and the lead item on the CBC news.... My girlfriend (future wife) and I just held each other so tightly, and then they played 45 Years and we cried like babies in each others' arms. Stan Rogers is long dead, but thanks to young people like you discovering the great gifts he gave us in his short life he will, like the Bluenose, always lift unto the sky.
In May 1963 my brother and I had the privilege of meeting Cap'n Angus Walters in Lunenburg. (That's his picture up in the corner at about 0:30). We met him at the dairy he owned after he came ashore. After meeting him we went over to Smith and Rhuland and saw Bluenose II still on the ways. As if that wasn't enough for a 6th & 4th grader, he told me about the college that I eventually graduated from 10 yrs later. Thanks Cap'n Walters and thanks Stan for writing this song.
So sad we lost Stan at an early age. The first time I heard one of his songs ( Barrett's Privateers) I fell in love with that voice and have enjoyed most of his other songs
I was born in Venezuela. My first months in Canada were spent in Nova Scotia and barely amount to a couple years. Enough to make me feel Nova Scotia in my heart everywhere I go and call it home, so for a decade I've lived in Toronto... Away from home.
1981 I was manning the rails on a US Navy ship coming into the harbor in Halifax, Nova Scotia for a port call. Leaving the harbor and directly toward us, pretty much at full sail, came the most beautiful ship I had ever seen. Not the Bluenose, of course, but the Bluenose II. I would have never recognized it but for Stan's music, even if I'd seen her picture on the dime. Great ship, great song.
In 2004 I sailed on a British barque 'Tenacious' for the last leg starting fron New London, CT to Halifax, NS. It was the Tall Ships Challenge and while we were docked in New London with all the other tall ships, there she was, the Bluenose II. She was flying a giant Canadian flag that was virtually bigger than herself. It was quite the site, I felt proud that she represented my country. As for Tenacious, the crew treated me well, it remains the most wonderful experience of all the tall ships I've sailed on.
There should be a movie. The end of the era of sail, men who followed a tradition of sailing, an underdog. One last glory for a fading way. There's a great story in there I'll bet.
Actually this song was written for a short film, Bluenose in the Sun. But you're right, it would make a great full length film, as would the Mary Ellen Carter
Im addicted to Bluenose lol and i haven't sailed since i was like 10, I'm glad her name still sorta lives on. I never heard of Stan Rogers till a year or so ago but his voice is one of a kind, he was taken far too early.
Stan Rogers, You live truely in every maritimer's heart, although you gave your life to save the lives of others your voice shall ring loudly in the Pubs, Pints, Hearts and Minds of those who know and love your music. however being a father, you glady gave your life to save other fathers. Rest in peice, you died far too young.
"They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep." -Psalms 107:23-24
Proud to be a bluenoser but It's sad to see he bluenose II all locked up because of stupid rudder regulations the original didn't need a massive Steele rudder and look what she accomplished. fuck the new regulations and make her how she is meant to be made.
[Verse 1] Once again with the tide she slips her lines Turns her head and comes awake Where she lay so still there at Privateer's Wharf Now she quickly gathers way She will range far south from the harbour mouth And rejoice with every wave Who will know the Bluenose in the sun? Feel her bow rise free of Mother Sea In a sunburst cloud of spray That stings the cheek while the rigging will speak Of sea-miles gone away She is always best under full press Hard over as she'll lay And who will know the Bluenose in the sun? [Bridge] That proud, fast queen of the Grand Banks fleet Portrayed on every dime Knew hard work in her time Hard work in every line The rich men's toys of the Gloucester boys With their token bit of cod They snapped their spars and strained to pass her by But she left them all behind Now her namesake daughter remains to show what she has been What every schoolboy remembers and will not come again To think she's the last of the Grand Banks schooners That fed so many men And who will know the Bluenose in the sun? So does she not take wing like a living thing Child of the moving tide? See her pass with grace on the water's face With clean and quiet pride Our own tall ship of great renown still lifts unto the sky Who will know the Bluenose in the sun?
"that stings the cheek while the rigging well speaks of sea miles gone away." God bless this man. Canadians are always best under "full press." All of us. God bless Stan Rogers.
I see the Bluenose II many times when I walk into me home town of Lunenburg for an ice-cream! What I would give to see the original Bluenose out racing!
I'm heading to Lunenburg for the first time in June. Looks like she'll be there until a few days after I leave, so I'll say hello. I've seen the ship in Halifax a number of times but I've never made my way to her home before.
Even if I'm German, this song touches me deeply in my heart!! I've lived for some Time in Nova Scotia and truely understand what the Bluenose means to the Maritimers.Love this Song!!!
I've been listening to this on repeat for hours trying to memorize the words. Can't get enough of it. Many people here have lauded Stan for his powerful voice, lyrics, delivery, and guitar, but I'd also like to point out that the violin and drums on this song are incredible. What a fantastic arrangement. So moving.
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Can we make this the alternate national anthem? After all she IS on the dime. We deserve something to be proud of - something made by Canadian hands, and a part of Canada's great maritime history. As a people, we are so often heard lamenting our nation's woes. Part of it is our self-effacing national identity, such as it is, but it would be nice to have a song sung by every schoolchild in the country that instills pride in them, and our country.
I prefer this song to The Mary Ellen Carter but I think that song would be perfect because it's message is about rising from the ashes against all odds and this song is kind of a downer, (even though it's amazing.) Also For the U.S., their anthem should be the white-collar holler because that pretty much sums up the lives of most of their citizens.
The choir teacher at my elementary school (wisely) had us sing a song about Bluenose. I didn't know a thing about Bluenose, but have remembered the words all these years: "Bluenose, the ocean knows her name. Sailors know how proud a ship was she. Bluenose, leading in the wind. Racing every day on the sea. Her hull was long and black, her sails were snowy white. She looked just like a young bird in flight. And from the very first, the Bluenose loved to run, she loved the smell of sea and sun."
It's the same way on land. A while ago when I was a little kid my friend's grandfather would come down the main street and up the side street with his team of horses pulling a mowing machine, and cut the hay in the field next to my house, not more than 2 acres, bounded on the rest of the way around by 2 streets and a park. Then when it was dry he would come back with the horses now pulling a rake, and then a wagon - load the hay into the wagon by hand and drive home with it. Not much of that today, you can get more work done with a 150 horsepower 4 wheel drive tractor - although in recent years some of the Amish from Pennsylvania to the south of us have bought farms nearby, and they still know the old ways.
Being resilient and true to to the old ways gives us integrity and purpose. If we forget these things we sell our souls and become nothing but sheep to be herded,controlled and manipulated. It is the working man/woman that IS the backbone of Canada.
This song brings to mind being on the deck of a ship as she sails with the wind, bow cutting through the waves. I've seen Bluenose II, and she is a beautiful ship!
I saw around the Bluenose II in early August 2003 on a visit to Halifax, N.S., I'd just started listening to Stan's music through visits to my local live music club where his songs were, and are, popular. Stan's very well known over here in the UK, particularly in the NE where I live. Bluenose II shouldn't have been in port that day, but she had been unable to sail due to really awful weather. On the quayside was a shop where I picked up a copy of Stan's CD 'Home in Halifax'. The CD is still a favourite, but how sad to read that Bluenose II hasn't been under sail due to regulations. Thanks for sharing info and memories of her.
+Andrea McCulloch i live in the Pacific Northwest in the US and he's moderatly well known, but not well enough. Until i heard some of his songs mention "Halifax" i thought he could be Native to the Pacific Northwest like British Columbia or Washington state
But he is the East Coast's favourite adopted son. I've been a fan for 40 years. I was only 16 when I first saw him in a coffee house here in South Eastern Ontario. RIP
I think one of the most profound experiences I've ever had was watching the video of her last America's Cup race (it's up on wikipedia). Just seeing this moment in history, this thing that will not come again, somehow seeing it all these years later... I don't have the words
This gives me goosebumps when I listen to it. Just had my first sailing adventure on Lake Pend Oreille the other day, with my girlfriend and some generous friends. Can't wait to get out there some more.
only one bluenose , Nova Scotian ,not American .When she was built , that was our toy and loved to watch her sail and win races .At that time she was the only toy that most of us could enjoy . Don't take that away .
he was supposed to sing this special tune for our legacy bluenose for its birthday but he didn't make it 😔 I thought I can listen to him never got it it's not fair. rest in peace Stan 🙏 🪦
I now have a Mint-Very Fine Never Hinged 1929 5 cents Bluenose postage stamp Canada Scott #158 which I purchased for about half of the catalog value . I received it the mail delivery yesterday morning. along with that I also bought an 1898 Canada Scott #85 British Empire Map Xmas postage stamp.
I saw Bluenose II under a press of canvas a few years ago on Chesapeake Bay. She and Pride of Baltimore II were going like scalded cats... and me out of film in the camera ! What sight they were.
Kiss't er bowsprit while she rested in Halifax harbour, in the 70's ,.then again, years later, after she emerged from the mists off Vancouver Island...though this melancholic song reminds of Bounty, also born in Lunenburg, now lost at sea with skipper.
God rest the Bounty, we could never build another like her. All the old skills that they used to build her are long dead and gone now. We'll never see her like again.
+Great-White-North - You probably saw it on television, a Canadian moment. The words were spoken by Angus Walters during what became the last race for the Fishermans Trophy. Walters was skipper and part owner of the Bluenose the trophy was vacant for many years due to reduced use of sail and the depression. The last race resulted in a draw Walters was penalized after seemingly winning the second race of a three heat series. He withdrew and sailed home rather than sail a third heat, the American captain refused the trophy saying he had come to race the Bluenose and would not be awarded the trophy via a disqualification. This set the stage for the final race in 1938 Bluenose winning.
Travis Walsh awsome. Now that you guys mention it I remember those coming on the cbc. I was lucky enough to stand on the decks of that beautiful. I am from Thunder Bay Ontario and she sailed there once. Can't remember how old I was at the time.
Stan Rogers was a terrific musician, and this is one of his best songs. I have to say though, I like his performance of this on his "Home in Halifax" better.
I always considered the same thing to be true of North Americans in general. The USA was a much different country back before they got rich and powerful, and they were still a hard working country that didn't expect a lot of luxury and didn't think they owned the world.
Really? The guys that have been the sole cause for pretty much every major conflict since the end of WWII? The guys that put more money towards their military than towards the people living there? The guys that need to beg people not to call an ambulance when a train runs them over because they'll never be able to pay for the doctor in their lifetime? That's the people you want to rule the world? Rather than the guys that united europe, established regulations that make sure that your food isn't actively trying to kill you? Well i mean, to each their own i guess.
Michigander from birth. Im no canadian but, no one has brought more glory to the great lakes than stan rogers. No disrespect to gordon lightfoot, but stan takes the cake.
Love this genre of music . It speaks to our souls .If the Bluenose is of interest ? Check out the 40 part model build by Gary Brinker .He performed a beautiful build on a Bluenose kit that is a true tribute to the vessel.Much research and old original photos on Bluenose were offered by viewers .Mr. Rogers is another fine salute to the ship .Saddened to discover Stan's music only to learn of his too soon passing.
"Under Full Press" refers to unfurling and flying all the sails on the vessel so as to catch as much wind as possible. When you see pictures of schooners like the Bluenose and they are "laying hard over", they are "under full press". Usually, a ship was difficult to steer when under this condition, but it would go VERY fast. To say that a ship was "at her best under full press" is quite a statement, because it meant that it performed well under conditions that usually were very difficult...
If one man's voice was strong enough to carry an entire nation's culture
It would be Stan Rodger's.
I am forever blessed to be a proud Bluenoser from Halifax. I live in Ontario and it sucks. N.S. is truly God's country. I will return sometime soon
It was back in 1964 and I was a small boy playing outside the new light keeper’s quarters on Sambro Island located just off the mouth of Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia when my father then head keeper on the island ran down the path from the light tower to me. Taking me by the hand and rushing back up to the ocean side of the lighthouse he knelt beside me and pointed out to sea and said, “Look son! See her? It's the Bluenose!” Now, being five years old I had no idea what a Bluenose was but I did see a black hulled tall ship sailing past the seaward side of the island...the Bluenose II!
It was a cold, blustery day and the sea was rough spitting white caps from her grey depths but such fury was no hardship for The Bluenose II because, she like her ancestor was as the song says, “best under full press and hard over as she lay” sending swaths of spray wide and far as she cut the waves like a knife. I thought she was the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen. I still do.
My father and I were her only audience that day and we watched her until she faded from view. While she was never raced I can say I saw the daughter ship of schooner Bluenose, Canadian legend and the pride of Nova Scotia, new and in her youth under full canvas doing what she was born to do ... making speed on the North Atlantic in rough, grey seas.
RPM what a beautiful story.
@@mikeb1559 That was nearly 55 years ago and I remember it as vividly as if if I'd witnessed it this morning. It doesn't seem possible that it was so long ago but I somehow knew, even at such a young age, I was seeing something special and meant to be remembered. I thought it was a story that should be shared.
NEAT! Thanks for sharing your memory.
@@stephenallanscott You are very welcome.
Maybe the bluenose 2? The original sank in the 40's.
“The wood of the vessel that will beat her is still growing.” ~ Angus Walters, captain of the Bluenose
One of Stan's best.
I'm a yank. But I've loved Stan Roger's music from the first song of his I heard, "Field Behind the Plow". It tells the story of farmers everywhere, not only in Canada. "Make-and-Break Harbour", "Lockkeeper", "Northwest Passage", "The Mary Ellen Carter", and all the rest, they have populated my mind for so long, and they have buoyed my spirits and kept me company and made me weep, I know Canada feels his loss...but it was a loss to the entire world.
Stan Rogers is a true Canadian icon, but you'd never know it because no one ever mentions him. Us east coast dudes still end things with Barrett's Privateers at last call though.
My first song of his was Northwest Passage, I was watching a documentary on the franklin expedition that played it. Ever since then I have felt something pulling me North. So I’m planning a road trip to Yellowknife and if possible, I might even try going all the way to the Arctic.
i felt that there, where are you from and to?
Likewise! I'm beginning to wonder if I'm part Canadian. I am close enough to the border...
North Carolina boy here. I fell in love with his music about a year ago and can’t get enough now. He died like a year before I was born. That hurts. 🙁
The heartbreak of the loss of Stan is also felt, here, in England. Well, I'm only 18, so I obviously wasn't around for 1983, but I still receive great sadness whenever I remember Stan has passed. I'd have loved to have met him, or go to one of his concerts. Terrible loss and shame.
Kid, you are by now the same age as my youngest son, and he and his two olders were all sung to sleep by me trying to justice to Stan. I still sing his songs, off key as the Bluenose heels over, in the car. I don't mourn his loss any more, but try to celebrate his legacy, cut short as it was. Be glad you were not there to hear the dreadful news. I remember well waking up to the radio alarm and the lead item on the CBC news.... My girlfriend (future wife) and I just held each other so tightly, and then they played 45 Years and we cried like babies in each others' arms. Stan Rogers is long dead, but thanks to young people like you discovering the great gifts he gave us in his short life he will, like the Bluenose, always lift unto the sky.
@@murraystewartj I still listen to Stan these days. He was such a talent. What a gift he was.
Stan Rogers is one of the people who make me proud to be Canadian!
In May 1963 my brother and I had the privilege of meeting Cap'n Angus Walters in Lunenburg. (That's his picture up in the corner at about 0:30). We met him at the dairy he owned after he came ashore. After meeting him we went over to Smith and Rhuland and saw Bluenose II still on the ways. As if that wasn't enough for a 6th & 4th grader, he told me about the college that I eventually graduated from 10 yrs later. Thanks Cap'n Walters and thanks Stan for writing this song.
So sad we lost Stan at an early age. The first time I heard one of his songs ( Barrett's Privateers) I fell in love with that voice and have enjoyed most of his other songs
I was born in Venezuela. My first months in Canada were spent in Nova Scotia and barely amount to a couple years. Enough to make me feel Nova Scotia in my heart everywhere I go and call it home, so for a decade I've lived in Toronto... Away from home.
I feel a sense of pride for a nation and people I have never been part of, it is a strange feeling.
1981 I was manning the rails on a US Navy ship coming into the harbor in Halifax, Nova Scotia for a port call. Leaving the harbor and directly toward us, pretty much at full sail, came the most beautiful ship I had ever seen. Not the Bluenose, of course, but the Bluenose II. I would have never recognized it but for Stan's music, even if I'd seen her picture on the dime. Great ship, great song.
In 2004 I sailed on a British barque 'Tenacious' for the last leg starting fron New London, CT to Halifax, NS. It was the Tall Ships Challenge and while we were docked in New London with all the other tall ships, there she was, the Bluenose II. She was flying a giant Canadian flag that was virtually bigger than herself. It was quite the site, I felt proud that she represented my country. As for Tenacious, the crew treated me well, it remains the most wonderful experience of all the tall ships I've sailed on.
There should be a movie. The end of the era of sail, men who followed a tradition of sailing, an underdog. One last glory for a fading way.
There's a great story in there I'll bet.
I totally agree!! Same should be done for the Edmund Fitzgerald!!!!!!
Actually this song was written for a short film, Bluenose in the Sun. But you're right, it would make a great full length film, as would the Mary Ellen Carter
Nikolas Stanley on the American dime.
As would barrettes privateers
That would be beautiful
I was told to love this song. Having lived on-and-off in Canada especially in Ontario
Im addicted to Bluenose lol and i haven't sailed since i was like 10, I'm glad her name still sorta lives on. I never heard of Stan Rogers till a year or so ago but his voice is one of a kind, he was taken far too early.
This is the first song that introduced me to this amazing man. I fell in love with him that day. There will be no love like it. RIP Stan
Stan Rogers, You live truely in every maritimer's heart, although you gave your life to save the lives of others your voice shall ring loudly in the Pubs, Pints, Hearts and Minds of those who know and love your music. however being a father, you glady gave your life to save other fathers. Rest in peice, you died far too young.
Stan Rogers IS Canada.
East coast ethic, drive, determination, pride. Ty Stan
This has become my most favourite folk song!
The perfection of this song can bring me to tears.
"They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;
These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep."
-Psalms 107:23-24
There ain't no danger, we can go too far
We start believing now that we can be who we are
Grease is the word
Frankie Valli
Proud to be a bluenoser but It's sad to see he bluenose II all locked up because of stupid rudder regulations the original didn't need a massive Steele rudder and look what she accomplished. fuck the new regulations and make her how she is meant to be made.
[Verse 1]
Once again with the tide she slips her lines
Turns her head and comes awake
Where she lay so still there at Privateer's Wharf
Now she quickly gathers way
She will range far south from the harbour mouth
And rejoice with every wave
Who will know the Bluenose in the sun?
Feel her bow rise free of Mother Sea
In a sunburst cloud of spray
That stings the cheek while the rigging will speak
Of sea-miles gone away
She is always best under full press
Hard over as she'll lay
And who will know the Bluenose in the sun?
[Bridge]
That proud, fast queen of the Grand Banks fleet
Portrayed on every dime
Knew hard work in her time
Hard work in every line
The rich men's toys of the Gloucester boys
With their token bit of cod
They snapped their spars and strained to pass her by
But she left them all behind
Now her namesake daughter remains to show what she has been
What every schoolboy remembers and will not come again
To think she's the last of the Grand Banks schooners
That fed so many men
And who will know the Bluenose in the sun?
So does she not take wing like a living thing
Child of the moving tide?
See her pass with grace on the water's face
With clean and quiet pride
Our own tall ship of great renown still lifts unto the sky
Who will know the Bluenose in the sun?
We canadians specially in the martimes rich with peaceful ⛵️ boats 🚢 of all sizes
"that stings the cheek while the rigging well speaks of sea miles gone away." God bless this man. Canadians are always best under "full press." All of us. God bless Stan Rogers.
The fiddles sound like gulls! This is great!
I was thinking whales or something
Stan Rogers was a songsmith with no equal, his creative use of alliteration is this song is just one example of his craftmanship!!
his voice is unlike any other... I love it. There are no words to describe how his music makes me feel.
Truly beautiful. His voice is amazing.
I see the Bluenose II many times when I walk into me home town of Lunenburg for an ice-cream!
What I would give to see the original Bluenose out racing!
A.C. Speed Demon same
I'm heading to Lunenburg for the first time in June. Looks like she'll be there until a few days after I leave, so I'll say hello. I've seen the ship in Halifax a number of times but I've never made my way to her home before.
My hometown by'!!!
Stan Rogers, a truly wonderful and gifted musician. A powerful voice for a great man.
What a great performer he must have been. I will spend many hours with his music, thats for sure. I love it
Worked with a chap who "crewed" on the Bluenose 2 for 1 1/2 yrs. Best of times , He told me .
This gives me goosebumps every time.
Even if I'm German, this song touches me deeply in my heart!! I've lived for some Time in Nova Scotia and truely understand what the Bluenose means to the Maritimers.Love this Song!!!
I discovered Stan far to late! What an awesome artist!
I've been listening to this on repeat for hours trying to memorize the words. Can't get enough of it. Many people here have lauded Stan for his powerful voice, lyrics, delivery, and guitar, but I'd also like to point out that the violin and drums on this song are incredible. What a fantastic arrangement. So moving.
Holy crap!! I used to hear the first 30 seconds or so of this song at least five times a day when I worked at EPCOT Center back in the mid-80s!!
What a joy sailing on the Atlantic on Bluenose II with this song being sung by all aboard
She is doing a tour aound Nova Scotia this year. I watched her go through the canal at the Canso Causeway, it was absolutely breathtaking.
That’s where he was from! Canso I think
@@NK73080 from hamilton but spent summers in canso as a boy and fell in love. Glad he came to my island...Cape Breton!!!
as good as it gets
My granddad Was a Bluenose from New Waterford. Came from a family of coal miners, Many of which lost a few fingers.
I heard the story of bluenose in Halifax Maritime Museum and really have been touched. The heroine Bluenose, the fearless Canadian.
god damn that bass line in the beginning is cold as ice.
God what a voice we lost that day in Cincinati. God speed your way Stan.
Stevie Ray C we actually lost that voice in Kentucky, not Cincinnati
Thanks for trivializing the point. Wherever he died, we lost a great voice. Now shut up.
Stevie Ray C just figured if you were a real fan, you should know instead of trying to pretend. Fake know it alls are the worst
Honolulu To Halifax you're*..... Sorry, I know homophones are tough. Have you thought about going back to school to get your GED?
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Can we make this the alternate national anthem? After all she IS on the dime. We deserve something to be proud of - something made by Canadian hands, and a part of Canada's great maritime history. As a people, we are so often heard lamenting our nation's woes. Part of it is our self-effacing national identity, such as it is, but it would be nice to have a song sung by every schoolchild in the country that instills pride in them, and our country.
Sure! I support. This should be our provincial anthem.
Gzowski actually suggested Northwest Passage. I'm good with either.
@@seankelly4096 either one would be great
I prefer this song to The Mary Ellen Carter but I think that song would be perfect because it's message is about rising from the ashes against all odds and this song is kind of a downer, (even though it's amazing.) Also For the U.S., their anthem should be the white-collar holler because that pretty much sums up the lives of most of their citizens.
@@popejake3381 how are things in Canada these days?
Amazing ballad. Thank you sir. It's never a doubt in my mind ... to be a Canadian.
(Thanks dad)
Love this song! I'm sure I've played the CD at least 100 times.
The choir teacher at my elementary school (wisely) had us sing a song about Bluenose. I didn't know a thing about Bluenose, but have remembered the words all these years: "Bluenose, the ocean knows her name. Sailors know how proud a ship was she. Bluenose, leading in the wind. Racing every day on the sea. Her hull was long and black, her sails were snowy white. She looked just like a young bird in flight. And from the very first, the Bluenose loved to run, she loved the smell of sea and sun."
What a perfect description! Yes, she loved to run.
just goes straight to the heart...
Late Stan Rogers gave his life to save other people on the fire on the airplane may they rest in peace in heaven including Stan Rogers
Can,t listen to this too much, i get home sick.
It's the same way on land. A while ago when I was a little kid my friend's grandfather would come down the main street and up the side street with his team of horses pulling a mowing machine, and cut the hay in the field next to my house, not more than 2 acres, bounded on the rest of the way around by 2 streets and a park. Then when it was dry he would come back with the horses now pulling a rake, and then a wagon - load the hay into the wagon by hand and drive home with it. Not much of that today, you can get more work done with a 150 horsepower 4 wheel drive tractor - although in recent years some of the Amish from Pennsylvania to the south of us have bought farms nearby, and they still know the old ways.
My jam
Being resilient and true to to the old ways gives us integrity and purpose. If we forget these things we sell our souls and become nothing but sheep to be herded,controlled and manipulated. It is the working man/woman that IS the backbone of Canada.
This song brings to mind being on the deck of a ship as she sails with the wind, bow cutting through the waves. I've seen Bluenose II, and she is a beautiful ship!
I hear ya. Haven't lived on the east coast in almost 10 years. BEST part of the BEST country in the world.
I sure am proud to be from Halifax!
Thanks for posting. I wore out my Stan Roger's CD's and haven't listened to this in a while. No one better than Stan Rogers.
plocktontr well his brother Garnet and his son Nathan come pretty darn close. 😊
I saw around the Bluenose II in early August 2003 on a visit to Halifax, N.S., I'd just started listening to Stan's music through visits to my local live music club where his songs were, and are, popular. Stan's very well known over here in the UK, particularly in the NE where I live.
Bluenose II shouldn't have been in port that day, but she had been unable to sail due to really awful weather. On the quayside was a shop where I picked up a copy of Stan's CD 'Home in Halifax'.
The CD is still a favourite, but how sad to read that Bluenose II hasn't been under sail due to regulations. Thanks for sharing info and memories of her.
+Andrea McCulloch i live in the Pacific Northwest in the US and he's moderatly well known, but not well enough. Until i heard some of his songs mention "Halifax" i thought he could be Native to the Pacific Northwest like British Columbia or Washington state
+Arthas Menethil Thank you Arthas, it's a shame that such a wonderful talent is ignored. I'm glad you appreciate him too!
+Arthas Menethil The man is from Hamilton Ontario.
+gump good to know
But he is the East Coast's favourite adopted son. I've been a fan for 40 years. I was only 16 when I first saw him in a coffee house here in South Eastern Ontario. RIP
Timeless classic all time
Thanks so much for putting this up. The video is great, the song is awesome, the man is a legend. Awesome.
I think one of the most profound experiences I've ever had was watching the video of her last America's Cup race (it's up on wikipedia). Just seeing this moment in history, this thing that will not come again, somehow seeing it all these years later... I don't have the words
A bit of N.S. Nostalgic, attempting to survive! It symbolizes a vessel that was the top-of-the-line, when it came to speed & endurance.
No musician I miss more than Stan
This gives me goosebumps when I listen to it.
Just had my first sailing adventure on Lake Pend Oreille the other day, with my girlfriend and some generous friends. Can't wait to get out there some more.
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only one bluenose , Nova Scotian ,not American .When she was built , that was our toy and loved to watch her sail and win races .At that time she was the only toy that most of us could enjoy . Don't take that away .
he was supposed to sing this special tune for our legacy bluenose for its birthday but he didn't make it 😔 I thought I can listen to him never got it it's not fair. rest in peace Stan 🙏 🪦
I now have a Mint-Very Fine Never Hinged 1929 5 cents Bluenose postage stamp Canada Scott #158 which I purchased for about half of the catalog value . I received it the mail delivery yesterday morning. along with that I also bought an 1898 Canada Scott #85 British Empire Map Xmas postage stamp.
I love philately 😃
Wow ... thanks for posting this!
The good old Bluenose the fastest working ship on the east coast
Great song Great Singer!
i am only 13 but stan rogers man, best artest rest in peace😭😭
I saw Bluenose II under a press of canvas a few years ago on Chesapeake Bay. She and Pride of Baltimore II were going like scalded cats... and me out of film in the camera ! What sight they were.
God bless ya Stan!
Awesome sound quality. Cheers! *clink*
Kiss't er bowsprit while she rested in Halifax harbour, in the 70's ,.then again, years later, after she emerged from the mists off Vancouver Island...though this melancholic song reminds of Bounty, also born in Lunenburg, now lost at sea with skipper.
God rest the Bounty, we could never build another like her. All the old skills that they used to build her are long dead and gone now. We'll never see her like again.
This sounds very similar to one of his other songs, Fisherman's Wharf. I love the haunting melody!
Just once more old girl....then you can rest
Dont know if thats from a movie or what not. But, well said. Hope to see bluenose two hit the seas.
+Great-White-North - You probably saw it on television, a Canadian moment. The words were spoken by Angus Walters during what became the last race for the Fishermans Trophy. Walters was skipper and part owner of the Bluenose the trophy was vacant for many years due to reduced use of sail and the depression. The last race resulted in a draw Walters was penalized after seemingly winning the second race of a three heat series. He withdrew and sailed home rather than sail a third heat, the American captain refused the trophy saying he had come to race the Bluenose and would not be awarded the trophy via a disqualification. This set the stage for the final race in 1938 Bluenose winning.
gump yes sir
Great-White-North - it's from the Canadian heritage minutes
Travis Walsh awsome. Now that you guys mention it I remember those coming on the cbc. I was lucky enough to stand on the decks of that beautiful. I am from Thunder Bay Ontario and she sailed there once. Can't remember how old I was at the time.
My grandmother's dad watched her race
Stan Rogers was a terrific musician, and this is one of his best songs. I have to say though, I like his performance of this on his "Home in Halifax" better.
I always considered the same thing to be true of North Americans in general. The USA was a much different country back before they got rich and powerful, and they were still a hard working country that didn't expect a lot of luxury and didn't think they owned the world.
Really? The guys that have been the sole cause for pretty much every major conflict since the end of WWII? The guys that put more money towards their military than towards the people living there? The guys that need to beg people not to call an ambulance when a train runs them over because they'll never be able to pay for the doctor in their lifetime? That's the people you want to rule the world?
Rather than the guys that united europe, established regulations that make sure that your food isn't actively trying to kill you? Well i mean, to each their own i guess.
@@EskChan19 "the guys that united Europe" yeah, right... Look at it now.
Proud to be Haligonian, and to have stood on this great ship's daughter.
Did you know? The Bluenose II is said by her sailmaker to have the world's largest mainsail. Certainly a tall ship of great renown.
I saw the Bluenose II docked in Lunenburg harbour. Gorgeous ship. Wish I had seen her under sail.
My friend I wandered the streets of Lunenburg as a child. A beautiful town no matter what
Michigander from birth. Im no canadian but, no one has brought more glory to the great lakes than stan rogers. No disrespect to gordon lightfoot, but stan takes the cake.
Love this genre of music . It speaks to our souls .If the Bluenose is of interest ? Check out the 40 part model build by Gary Brinker .He performed a beautiful build on a Bluenose kit that is a true tribute to the vessel.Much research and old original photos on Bluenose were offered by viewers .Mr. Rogers is another fine salute to the ship .Saddened to discover Stan's music only to learn of his too soon passing.
TALL…………Spars…
❤🇨🇦💁🏽♀️BLUENOSE’S DAUGHTER, ❤🇨🇦💁🏽♀️BLUENOSE ✌🏽❤✌🏿🇨🇦‼️
Happy birthday Bluenose’s daughter namesake; Bluenose 2.
Wow. Pretty good
What word brings Canafians together.....its. the ....BLUENOSE.
Oops...sp...too big a finger.
this would have been wonderful for the tall ships 🚢 in Halifax harbor so peaceful and innocent ageless ⛵️
@Brianl890
>Canadians are always best under "full press." All of us. God bless Stan Rogers.
No truer thing has ever been said on UA-cam.
"Under Full Press" refers to unfurling and flying all the sails on the vessel so as to catch as much wind as possible. When you see pictures of schooners like the Bluenose and they are "laying hard over", they are "under full press".
Usually, a ship was difficult to steer when under this condition, but it would go VERY fast. To say that a ship was "at her best under full press" is quite a statement, because it meant that it performed well under conditions that usually were very difficult...
It's always hard to steer a ship under full press. The pressure on the helm that's trying to push her into the wind is usually massive.
@shadycat1 Canadians are a funny bunch. We have lots of amazing national treasues..but just like the fate of the bluenose, we turn our backs on them.
The price of multiculturalism, we aren't allowed to have our own culture.
@@EEYore-py1bf bingo
Stan supposed to sing this at the special tall ships in Halifax that summer in July if he lived
Stan Rogers had one awesome beard.