Eli the Barrow Boy | The Longest Johns (The Decemberists Cover)

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  • @ffs976
    @ffs976 Рік тому +24

    Sometimes the AI that auto-generates the subtitles comes up with some gems. "What I could afford to buy my love a fine cow, made of gold and silver Caribbean threat."

  • @BrokenFrameProductions
    @BrokenFrameProductions Рік тому +7

    This is absolutely lovely.
    Hanging Johnny anyone?

  • @Denley1526
    @Denley1526 Рік тому +157

    Such a sad song, but love JD singing this one.

    • @livethedream032001
      @livethedream032001 Рік тому +8

      This. I am an entertainer, myself and these guys are such an inspiration to me.

  • @LilFrg
    @LilFrg Рік тому +95

    Lyrics:
    Eli, the barrow boy
    Of the old town
    Sells coal and marigolds
    And he cries out
    All down the day
    Below the tamaracks
    She is crying
    Corn cobs and candle wax for the buying
    All down the day
    Would I could afford to buy my love a fine robe
    Made of gold and silk Arabian thread
    She is dead and gone and lying in a pine grove
    Still I push my barrow all the day
    Still I push my barrow all the day
    Eli, the barrow boy
    When they found him
    Dressed all in corduroy
    He had drowned in
    The river down the way
    They laid his body down in a church yard
    But still when the moon is out
    With his push cart
    He calls down the day
    Would I could afford to buy my love a fine gown
    Made of gold and silk Arabian thread
    But, I am dead and gone and lying in a church ground
    And still I push my barrow all the day
    Still I push my barrow all the day
    I must push my barrow all the day
    I must push my barrow all the day

  • @b-beale1931
    @b-beale1931 Рік тому +3

    A few suggestions:
    Leave a light on,
    Man of constant sorrow,
    Come out ye black and tans,
    Skye boat song,
    Lean on me,
    Green Fields of France

  • @alvpyrola
    @alvpyrola Рік тому +90

    Yes!! This makes me very happy!
    As for songs, I'd reeeeeally love a Roll Northumbria video. I miss it from Andy's chill streams, it's so beautiful in his voice.

  • @Melissa_939
    @Melissa_939 Рік тому +131

    A studio version of Fare Thee Well would also be amazing 😊

    • @danielmadsen100
      @danielmadsen100 Рік тому +4

      And here we are only two months later 😉😍

  • @raiman306legends2
    @raiman306legends2 Рік тому +62

    I can't stop admiring those decals on JD's guitar

    • @Denley1526
      @Denley1526 Рік тому +16

      His sister designed it & his wife designed the ship on the top of the neck

    • @thothtahuti5509
      @thothtahuti5509 Рік тому +8

      It must be paua? I would think..
      we get lots in New Zealand, it has such lovely colours :)

    • @Ben_R4mZ
      @Ben_R4mZ Рік тому +6

      Abalone inlays most likely.
      absolutely gorgeous, and expensive @_@

    • @glenysr7816
      @glenysr7816 Рік тому +6

      @@thothtahuti5509 Yes, I thought that is what has been used. Paua in NZ, abalone elsewhere. Beautiful.

    • @thothtahuti5509
      @thothtahuti5509 Рік тому +3

      @@glenysr7816 huh I never knew that, I only ever heard it referred to as paua... thanks, i learned something :)

  • @OffsetSolidmusic
    @OffsetSolidmusic Рік тому +4

    I'd love to see a video for Old Bloke Pickin' on a Banjo or Barrett's Privateers

  • @MatthewJohnsonA
    @MatthewJohnsonA Рік тому +16

    Would love a studio recording of Old Bloke Pickin' on a Banjo next!

  • @tarriverblues
    @tarriverblues Рік тому +5

    Wish I could play this on Spotify so I don’t have to keep listening to UA-cam ads when I replay it 1000 times

  • @Jack-dd3kn
    @Jack-dd3kn Рік тому +40

    I'm casting my vote for Antiguan Graveyard. Loving this series!

  • @jessinthegarden
    @jessinthegarden Рік тому +50

    It’s slightly surreal to see the infamous lampshade on the lamp, and not on Andy’s head, but I’m adequately happy to be getting a stand-alone recording of yet another livestream favorite

    • @Missadventure79
      @Missadventure79 Рік тому +1

      😂

    • @alvpyrola
      @alvpyrola Рік тому +8

      That lamp will forever be remembered as one half of Lampdy. Its life will never be the same. Let's just hope the fame doesn't go to its head. (Or Andy's, I guess, in case they share feelings when they are joined.. Ok, now my brain is just being weird)

    • @jessinthegarden
      @jessinthegarden Рік тому +4

      @@alvpyrola I mean, it’s already had fanart made of it, sooo😂

    • @ProfesoraNut
      @ProfesoraNut Рік тому +1

      I'm out of the loop. 😄 I've seen the lamp in several of the music videos that were recorded in this room but I didn't see when it was on Andy's head lol. Was this during a live stream?

    • @jessinthegarden
      @jessinthegarden 11 місяців тому +2

      @@ProfesoraNut I replied but then I guess edited my reply too much and it glitched and vanished? 😂 I’ll try again.
      Had to look it up, but yes, in the “streamship troopers” live stream (9 months ago) starting around the one hour fifteen mark, Andy puts the lampshade on his head, then ends up singing with it on.
      I believe the lamp had been moved off its usual table for some reason, and it kept falling over, and Andy got fed up with it and got his revenge by wearing it. (He frequently puts things on his head/face, it’s one of the livestream bingo squares)
      One of the folks on the discord even made a drawing of it, and someone made a “Lampdy” emoji for the discord.
      Splendid TLJ lore😂

  • @karlpomerleau2122
    @karlpomerleau2122 Рік тому +65

    A cover of Wreck of the Dandenong would be absolutely amazing. Bang-up job as always, lads!

  • @WandrikaVonRosenberg
    @WandrikaVonRosenberg Рік тому +12

    So sad and so beautiful! I'd also love a studio version of "Sailor Ain't A Sailor".

  • @kerryjgeorge
    @kerryjgeorge Рік тому +6

    How about Wreck of the Dandenong next? Or Chemical Workers?

  • @RobotNinja28
    @RobotNinja28 Рік тому +1

    I hope The Decemberists let this version stay up, as any other version of this song was struck down for copyright reasons, even a TLJ cover from a stream way back in 2020

  • @kristenstewart2785
    @kristenstewart2785 Рік тому +13

    Beautiful; thank you 🙏

  • @joshuahieter325
    @joshuahieter325 Рік тому +7

    Would love to see Sixteen Tons performed by you guys!

  • @Bulldog1939
    @Bulldog1939 Рік тому +6

    Roll Northumbria would be an excellent song to cover! Fantastic job with this one guys!

  • @numunu013
    @numunu013 Рік тому +31

    I love this song. I used to listen to the Decemberists a ton back in school. Lots of good songs.

    • @michaelgrubber1135
      @michaelgrubber1135 Рік тому +2

      Same here, I forgot about this one for years. So happy to hear it from TLJ!

    • @fandyus4125
      @fandyus4125 Рік тому +1

      Can you recommend some?

    • @parkerbrown-nesbit1747
      @parkerbrown-nesbit1747 Рік тому +1

      ​@@fandyus4125 actually, you can't go wrong with any of their songs.

    • @numunu013
      @numunu013 Рік тому

      @@fandyus4125 They're not wrong. I probably started with songs like Chimbley Sweep, Mariner's Revenge, Annan Water, etc. But even the albums they've released the last few years have had amazing songs on them.

    • @thewiseturtle
      @thewiseturtle Рік тому

      I'd like to note that I've only ever heard this song sung by TLJ people (first Andy, then the whole band). I love it!

  • @landcruiserin
    @landcruiserin Рік тому +1

    The two bands I saw live last year: The Decemberists and The Longest Johns!

  • @jadekaibap
    @jadekaibap Рік тому +2

    A beautiful sad song. I'll definitely look up The Decemberists.

  • @johncayley7838
    @johncayley7838 Рік тому +20

    There are so many that I would love to hear official recordings for, but I am going to keep requesting Star of the County Down. Love you, lads.

  • @scrimbles2973
    @scrimbles2973 Рік тому +2

    I'd love one of South Australia

  • @stan6774
    @stan6774 Рік тому +4

    Casting a vote for Nebraska once again, loved it from the chill streams

  • @Possibly_Jordan
    @Possibly_Jordan Рік тому +2

    I'd really love a cover of Leaving Liverpool

  • @nbenefiel
    @nbenefiel Рік тому +3

    These guys are as good as the icons of folk music I watched in the 60’s and 70’s.

  • @sirpickle2347
    @sirpickle2347 Рік тому +35

    This was absolutely spectacular to listen to.
    As for more songs, I absolutely love Rocky Road to Dublin, and a studio version would be awesome
    Edit: For everyone who doesn't know, and I'm updating this a bit late, but they released both a studio recording (on C-Sides) and music video for Rocky Road to Dublin

    • @isabellekennedy1861
      @isabellekennedy1861 Рік тому +1

      Please! I love the rocky road to dublin!

    • @nbenefiel
      @nbenefiel Рік тому

      I loved Planxty’s version and the Dubliners but these guys do a great job.

  • @adrianvelmont4020
    @adrianvelmont4020 Рік тому +2

    Great stuff. Also, thanks Longest Johns, for making me realize my lampshade has been upside down for years.

  • @TheWanderlustWolf
    @TheWanderlustWolf Рік тому +2

    Seconding the request for "Dawson's Christian" by Elms/Tyler and adding "We Have Fed Our Sea" by Kipling/Bellamy

  • @fivebrosstopmos
    @fivebrosstopmos Рік тому +2

    I would love a Shawnee Town cover!

  • @2009mouser
    @2009mouser Рік тому +5

    I'd be interested to hear y'all do Diggy Diggy hole.

  • @AnotherRazzle
    @AnotherRazzle Рік тому +10

    A song I would love a studio cover of you guys doing would be; Old Moke Picking on the Banjo

  • @GreenDayMinecraftF
    @GreenDayMinecraftF Рік тому +2

    Would love to see Mariner's Revenge by the Decemberists!

  • @paulamarie67
    @paulamarie67 Рік тому +21

    Another beautiful and adequate job! Would love to hear you cover Scarborough Fair and My Mother Told Me!

    • @alvpyrola
      @alvpyrola Рік тому +2

      +1 on Scarborough fair!

    • @moragmckay3779
      @moragmckay3779 Рік тому +3

      I love "My Mother Told Me". A version by TLJ would be magic.

  • @feasible
    @feasible Рік тому +8

    The Decemberists are my favourite band, so this is a delightful treat, and I love this version.

  • @NuManXplore
    @NuManXplore Рік тому +5

    Definitely a melancholy song. Surmising here… Since selling coal and marigolds can’t make him much he’s very sad. His girlfriend died and he couldn’t afford a nice robe to bury her in. His grief then was so overwhelming that he drowned himself, and he now “haunts” the area still pushing his wheelbarrow.

  • @unijade
    @unijade Рік тому +3

    I believe I have a new TLJ favourite!
    I love all their songs, but those led by JD are perfection!

  • @theemries4766
    @theemries4766 Рік тому +2

    Dear Old Stan. Love that song.

  • @deathwarrior6962
    @deathwarrior6962 Рік тому +2

    I'd love to hear a cover of River Driver - The Great Big Sea.

  • @stijnstommen8861
    @stijnstommen8861 Рік тому +4

    Great cover. I would love to hear Call for Soldiers by poor man’s poison

  • @roughlyrowan
    @roughlyrowan Рік тому +8

    What a beautiful cover!! I'd love to hear a studio recording of Corncrake, I still listen to the kitchen table version because it's one of my favorites!

  • @SchmellyJay
    @SchmellyJay 11 місяців тому +3

    This is one of my favorite songs!! Thank you so much for this cover, you guys gave us an amazing version of this beautiful song!

  • @achilleus9918
    @achilleus9918 Рік тому +4

    my happiness at hearing you cover this is utterly inappropriate for the sadness of the song but god i am genuinely just sitting here grinning at the screen. this is perfect

  • @SergeantBeckett
    @SergeantBeckett Рік тому +16

    a cover of 'Over the Hills' form sharpe and 'Cornwall My Home' from the fishermans friends would be amazing. and a colab of you and Colm Mcguinness would awsome

    • @WaynettePorter
      @WaynettePorter Рік тому +5

      "Over the Hills" is a good one. And SO MUCH YES on "Cornwall My Home". I'd not heard the song until last summer. It was one of those YT recs that went along with some non-YT research of the genealogical variety. Ancestors from Stoke Climsland. And it is definitely a beautiful song.

    • @rossel2k8
      @rossel2k8 Рік тому +3

      They NEED to do ‘Cornwall my home’!

  • @ViggleTheVirgil
    @ViggleTheVirgil Рік тому +1

    Anything by the Decemberists would be amazing to hear covered by y’all, but if I had to request specifics I would give it to either The Mariner’s Revenge or From My Own True Love (Lost At Sea)

  • @Mouryalti5234
    @Mouryalti5234 Рік тому +4

    I would love for you to do roll Northumbria

  • @CrazyCajunGaming
    @CrazyCajunGaming Рік тому +3

    Thank you for doing a stand alone cover of this song I have had it stuck in my head all week. As for future videos "Oh Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie" would be a great American folk song to cover or "The Downeaster Alexa" by Billy Joel.

  • @MrFORDprefect101
    @MrFORDprefect101 Рік тому +3

    I'm once more coming before you to humbly request a cover of White Squall. You guys do Excellent with Stan Rogers older songs, and this is my personal favorite of his.

  • @captainduck3421
    @captainduck3421 Рік тому +1

    I'd love to hear Fare Thee Well/Dink's Song next! Absolutely love that one to bits!

  • @TokyoBlue587
    @TokyoBlue587 Рік тому +3

    Beautiful cover! I love the Decemberists! “The King is Dead” is one of my favorite albums. The guitarist from R.E.M. plays on it too.

  • @danekingrokabas4347
    @danekingrokabas4347 Рік тому +3

    What a lovely song,
    as for what to record next, would love to hear Old bloke picking on a banjo, it has such good energy.

  • @Denley1526
    @Denley1526 Рік тому +3

    Fare Thee Well - Dinks song please. Would love to see a studio version of this.

  • @haydentankersley524
    @haydentankersley524 Рік тому +23

    Absolutely beautiful boys, one of my favourites of yours, so nice to have a proper recording. Any chance of Chemical Workers/Mining for Gold in the future?

    • @haydentankersley524
      @haydentankersley524 Рік тому +1

      Also a little question about JD's gorgeous guitar, what's the inlay done with, is it Pāua?

  • @DustyPhartz
    @DustyPhartz Рік тому +3

    You guys should cover “Molly May” by J. P. Cormier! Such a good sailing song!!

  • @jathanfox6889
    @jathanfox6889 Рік тому +2

    I'd love to hear your rendition of Roll Northumbria. X )

  • @randomness8502
    @randomness8502 Рік тому +3

    Could we get a Barret's Privateers?
    it'd be cool

  • @marcycherryphoenix
    @marcycherryphoenix Рік тому +1

    I'm in love with The Decemberists and The Longest Johns.

  • @MrChasebc
    @MrChasebc Рік тому +1

    "Follow the Drinkin' Gourd" would be great from you guys.

  • @zSpectre0458z
    @zSpectre0458z Рік тому +2

    I would love to see then cover "Sleeping in the cold below"
    They did such a great job on we all lift together (which is from the same game)

  • @ericthompson3982
    @ericthompson3982 Рік тому +3

    So lovely. I'm so glad my son turned me on to you guys.

  • @oliverbooth2872
    @oliverbooth2872 Рік тому +2

    Definitely "skipper Yan rebek" is my vote.
    Loved the joke verses you added on stream ages ago

  • @sorencampbell7138
    @sorencampbell7138 Рік тому +3

    You should cover The Wreck of the Athens Queen by Stan Rogers!

  • @broadsword3967
    @broadsword3967 Рік тому +2

    Absolutely loved the cover!
    Would love a studio version of Rocky Road to Dublin or Chicken on a Raft!

  • @nbenefiel
    @nbenefiel Рік тому +2

    I love JD’s voice.

  • @georgeg.7
    @georgeg.7 Рік тому +1

    I'll always request Ballad of the 20th Maine. I think you guys would knock it out of the park.

  • @imherkhan
    @imherkhan Рік тому +2

    Great cover & the inlay on that guitar is glorious

  • @yousukeminori5952
    @yousukeminori5952 Рік тому +3

    This turned out so beautiful and sad. As for the next one, "Ghost from the Barrow" could be an interesting one. Or "Star of the County Down".

  • @teddybeartribunal1475
    @teddybeartribunal1475 Рік тому +3

    Much love for Eli. Would love a studio version of "High Barbary" at some point. :)

  • @leebethea6787
    @leebethea6787 Рік тому +2

    I kinda wanna know how y’all would do with the Foggy Dew

  • @SamuelBoshier
    @SamuelBoshier Рік тому +1

    Wow! Love The Infanta from the album this is from, I'll have to go through their other tracks now

  • @royalritter25
    @royalritter25 Рік тому +4

    Amazing work like always, Can't wait for the next one.
    Might I suggest a cover of "C'mon down by Poor Man's Poison" or "Royal Oak by The Jolly Rogers"

  • @elijah.b3233
    @elijah.b3233 Рік тому +3

    Could Y'all please do a cover of Roll Northumbria. It sounded amazing in Andy's chill streams!

  • @mr.breadsllama
    @mr.breadsllama Рік тому +2

    I'd like to see a cover of Royal Oak

  • @sovereignmeari1521
    @sovereignmeari1521 Рік тому +15

    A cover of Dawson's Christian by Julia Ecklar, Vic Tyler and Ernie Mansfield would be fantastic!

  • @onevstheworld
    @onevstheworld Рік тому +3

    I'd love if you guys could cover Shine On by the Porters. I think your melodies and vibe will suit it very well.

  • @marytardiff6466
    @marytardiff6466 Рік тому +3

    Can't stop listening! Your music always reminds me of my college days, when we used to sing together around the campfire. This is a great ghost song, and would have been much loved.
    I Ride an Old Paint is a nice old cowboy song that would go great with Andy's banjo. 🤗

  • @MrCheesyPants
    @MrCheesyPants Рік тому +4

    All of these have been so good. Would love a studio cover of Shenandoah sometime, you did it on one of the streams with Lucy and the harmonies were just incredible

  • @adamabyssalvt
    @adamabyssalvt Рік тому +3

    I'd like to request a cover of "rueben james" or "sloop john b" by the Kingston trio, I'd love to hear it from yall!

  • @jessinthegarden
    @jessinthegarden Рік тому +3

    As far as “what next,” these livestream favorites are really hitting so great. Maybe “Shallow Brown”? Loved that on the last stream❤

  • @-j2367
    @-j2367 Рік тому +2

    Yeah, this one - like many of your best - is really strengthened by ya'll taking advantage of your split harmonies. Every time I'm sure I'm able to hear all 4 of ya, I love it most. Good choice for a cover, plays to the lead's strengths and the 3 instruments well, too.

  • @moragmckay3779
    @moragmckay3779 Рік тому +1

    This is beautiful. I'm still hoping for covers of Vin Garbutt's Blue Sunset or G. Lightfoot's Big Blue🐳, but this one has made me think of Whiskey on a Sunday, which I first heard by Max Boyce, but decades later, I turned a corner in Whitby to see a busker perform it, complete with the two dancing dolls on planks. Silly grin and tears all at once!

  • @KorAnos1
    @KorAnos1 Рік тому +1

    Haunting, lads, well done.
    I'm going to suggest covers of "Elsa's Song" by The Amazing Devil and "Up and Away" by the Poxy Boggards.

  • @Leethebeagle
    @Leethebeagle Рік тому +2

    You did great

  • @annathefern9866
    @annathefern9866 Рік тому +4

    gorgeous cover as always

  • @alvpyrola
    @alvpyrola Рік тому +6

    I almost made it all the way through without crying. But now I can't stop.. So beautiful, so sad, such lovely voices and harmonies.
    Does this mean I will have another song that makes me cry while I'm playing Minecraft? How rude. I mean thank you. Thank you for bringing beautiful things into the world

    • @jessinthegarden
      @jessinthegarden Рік тому +1

      Crying whilst minecrafting is dangerous. Too easy to fall in a deep hole and die (she says, from experience)😅

    • @alvpyrola
      @alvpyrola Рік тому +2

      @@jessinthegarden Yeah, exploring a huge scary cave wasn't the best when The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald started playing... I had to pause the game for a bit. For some reason my vision got really bad all of a sudden.

    • @jessinthegarden
      @jessinthegarden Рік тому +3

      @@alvpyrola I’m sure I don’t know what you mean… also not familiar with thinking “huh, that’s a nice extra layer of music, wonder what that’s…. Ohhh Minecraft music is still playing. Oops.” Nope. Not me 😂

    • @epicfail9271
      @epicfail9271 Рік тому +4

      I have multiple youtube mixes jammed full of longest johns vids, and also a playlist on Spotify that is 70% or so the same, that I listen to at work... the odds of tearing up are decent.

  • @phasecracker6538
    @phasecracker6538 Рік тому +3

    Would love to hear your version of fare thee well/dink’s song!

  • @suqmaidic1869
    @suqmaidic1869 Рік тому +1

    I'd love to hear you cover "Highwayman" by The Highwaymen.

  • @abigailschmieg9479
    @abigailschmieg9479 Рік тому +3

    I've never heard this song before but this cover was beautiful

  • @nbenefiel
    @nbenefiel Рік тому +1

    Of all their songs that I love, this song s my favorite.

  • @gerrythekay
    @gerrythekay Рік тому +7

    Big Iron by Marty Robbins

  • @gears4993
    @gears4993 Рік тому +1

    love your music, i was struggling for a long time to find my music taste as a young adult, but eventually found that folk and sailor type songs just really were what i enjoyed, you have been a big part in that discovery, ive noticed one song from a stream that hasnt gotten its own video was "Hard On The Beach Oar", i looked for a while wondering where i had heard it and it was from a stream of yours im over 90% sure

  • @PierreJeanPierre
    @PierreJeanPierre Рік тому +17

    I think this is, in my opinion, the most beautiful one you've done yet. I actually like it way more than the original.

  • @satansprguy4404
    @satansprguy4404 Рік тому +1

    I would love a version of Farewell to Tarwathie. Right now I always have to skip through the livestreams whenever I want to listen to it (which is often)

  • @Beatrice_76
    @Beatrice_76 Рік тому +1

    I absolutely love the Celtic border and waves inlay on the guitar.

  • @E350tb
    @E350tb Рік тому +2

    I love this one, wonderfully sad. JD killed it!
    Speaking of sad, how about And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda, seeing as Anzac Day is coming?

  • @rebekahleib9303
    @rebekahleib9303 Рік тому +1

    Nicely done! Loved the additional vocal harmonies. I imagine Colin and the rest of the gang are pleased with it. :)

  • @unijade
    @unijade Рік тому +2

    Oh please please please do Wild Mountain Thyme and The Fisherman's Song!

  • @nunyabisness7055
    @nunyabisness7055 Рік тому +1

    Home, Dear, Home could be a good song for a studio recording!