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The original hymn was written in 1860 by William Whiting, an Anglican churchman from Winchester, United Kingdom.Whiting grew up near the ocean on the coasts of England and at the age of thirty-five had felt his life spared by God when a violent storm nearly claimed the ship he was travelling on, instilling a belief in God's command over the rage and calm of the sea.
Seemann (Deine Heimat ist das Meer)" (English translation "Sailor (Your Home is the Sea)") is a song originally written in German by Werner Scharfenberger and lyricist Fini Busch . A 1959 German-language recording by Lolita became an international hit in 1960–61.
The Sailor Song; Sandcastles in the Sand (song) Så skimrande var aldrig havet; Sea Legs (song) Sea Slumber Song; Seemann (Lolita song) Seemann (Rammstein song) Send Me a Line When I'm Across the Ocean; Seven Seas (song) Seven Seas of Rhye (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay; Song to the Siren; Southern Cross (Crosby, Stills and Nash song) The ...
The first known performance of the song is from the New Year's Eve 1994–1995 concert in Saalfeld, Germany.In the Sehnsucht tour, during this song, Flake usually sat in a small inflatable boat and sailed over the crowd who waves and bring the boat back to the stage after a short tour.
The song has been widely used in the arts for over a century. In 1901, music was added by Henry Waller to the lyrics of Allison's "Derelict" for a Broadway rendition of Treasure Island . In the 1954 film Return to Treasure Island , starring Robert Newton , the song was sung in the opening credits, and instrumentally as the thematic background ...
The Fantasia on British Sea Songs was first performed by Henry Wood and the Queen's Hall Orchestra at a Promenade Concert on 21 October 1905. [1] [2] It comprises nine parts which follow the course of the Battle of Trafalgar from the point of view of a British sailor, starting with the call to arms, progressing through the death of a comrade, thoughts of home, and ending with a victorious ...
After playing some Millennial and GenZ crowd favorites, there was a strong set of '90s music, including hits from the Backstreet Boys. At one point, Arons sang along to Rik Rok and Shaggy's "It ...
Swedish uses sjömansvisa, "sailor song," as a broad category, but tends to use the borrowed "shanty" to denote a work song. Similarly, Norwegian uses sjømannsvise as the broad category and the borrowed term sjanti (also spelled "shanty") or the native oppsang for work songs.