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"Soon May the Wellerman Come", also known as "Wellerman" or "The Wellerman", is a folk song in ballad style [2] first published in New Zealand in the 1970s. The "wellermen" were supply ships owned by the Weller brothers , three merchant traders in the 1800s who were amongst the earliest European settlers of the Otago region of New Zealand.
Wellerman" is a ballad (often erroneously referred to as a sea shanty) that refers to the wellermen, the supply ships owned by the trading company set up by the Weller Brothers. [7] The song was originally collected around 1966 by the New Zealand-based music teacher and folk song compiler, Neil Colquhoun.
Evans planned to release a five-song EP of sea shanties in 2021. [25] However, in November 2022, Evans released his first full-length album, titled Wellerman – The Album, which is largely a collection of sea shanties, including his viral 2021 cover of "Wellerman" and its dance remix. The album also includes Evans's original composition "Haul ...
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The trend sparked a huge interest in sea shanties (despite Wellerman not actually being a sea shanty) with millions of people discovering The Longest Johns' recording of Wellerman, originally released on their 2018 album Between Wind and Water. [24] The song has been streamed on Spotify over 58 million times (as of 11 March 2023). [25]
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The trend sparked a huge interest in sea shanties, with hundreds of thousands of people discovering The Albany Shantymen's recording of "Wellerman", originally released on their 2020 album Are You With Me Lads? [14] [15] The song has been streamed on Spotify over 553,682 times (as of 23 March 2021). [13]