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Spanish Ladies. James E. Buttersworth 's The Clipper Ship Flying Cloud off the Needles, Isle of Wight (1859–60) " Spanish Ladies " (Roud 687) is a traditional British naval song, typically describing a voyage from Spain to the Downs from the viewpoint of ratings of the Royal Navy. [1] Other prominent variants include an American variant ...
A sea shanty, shanty, chantey, or chanty (/ ˈʃæntiː /) is a genre of traditional folk song that was once commonly sung as a work song to accompany rhythmical labor aboard large merchant sailing vessels. The term shanty most accurately refers to a specific style of work song belonging to this historical repertoire.
There is a version in Icelandic, called "Fulla ferð Santíanó" ("Full Ahead Santiano"), a seaman's story about sailing home after days at sea, written by Siggi Björns an Icelandic musician and an ex-fisherman. This version was recorded and realised on a CD with a band called"Æfing" from a small fishing town, Flateyri, in the Icelandic ...
Often described as a "walkaway" or "runaway chorus" or "stamp and go" sea shanty, the song features on the soundtrack of the 2019 film Fisherman's Friends. [1] The chorus comes from the 19th century Salvation Army hymn, 'Roll the old chariot'. Each line is repeated three times and describes something that the singing sailors would miss while at ...
In 2013, the Wellington Sea Shanty Society released a version of the song on their album Now That's What I Call Sea Shanties Vol. 1. [3] A particularly well-known rendition of the song was made by the Bristol-based a cappella musical group the Longest Johns on their collection of nautical songs Between Wind and Water in 2018. [16]
Bell Bottom Trousers was the last song with a military connection to be featured on the popular radio and television broadcast Your Hit Parade.[2] The recording by Tony Pastor 's orchestra was made on April 4, 1945 and released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-1661, with the flip side "Five Salted Peanuts". [3]
Barrett's Privateers. " Barrett's Privateers " is a modern folk song in the style of a sea shanty, written and performed by Canadian musician Stan Rogers, having been inspired after a song session with the Friends of Fiddler's Green at the Northern Lights Festival Boréal in Sudbury, Ontario. [1] The song describes a 1778 summer privateering ...
Sing Ho! for a brave and a valiant bark, And a brisk and lively breeze, A jovial crew and a Captain too, to carry me over the seas, To carry me over the seas, my boys, To my true love so gay, She has taken a trip on a gallant ship Ten thousand miles away. Refrain. So blow the winds, Heigh-ho; A roving I will go,