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The song lyrics make reference to Lowry's painted scenes of bleak, industrial landscapes being initially unpopular, with the artist only finding fame in later life. According to the lyrics, now that Lowry's paintings hang in galleries among the world's great art, they are so revered that "even the Mona Lisa takes a bow".
An awful stench rises from the ship's hold and soon it's revealed that a love-sick rhinoceros has been neglected by the ship's crew. The beast is pulled up, washed on deck, and returned to the hold with fresh water and hay. On the third day of the voyage, the passengers discover a crowd of shipwrecked Serbians camped on the deck of the ship.
The song's lyrics vary, but usually contain some variant of the question, "What shall we do with a drunken sailor, early in the morning?" In some styles of performance, each successive verse suggests a method of sobering or punishing the drunken sailor. In other styles, further questions are asked and answered about different people.
"Thousands Are Sailing" was one of the inspirations for the graphic novel Gone to Amerikay, by Derek McCulloch and Colleen Doran. [2]The first few seconds of the song serve as a repeating sample in Berry Sakharof's song 'White Noise' (Hebrew: רעש לבן, Ra-ash Lavan), from his 1993 album "Signs of Weakness".
"Sloop John B" (Roud 15634, originally published as "The John B. Sails") is a Bahamian folk song from Nassau. A transcription was published in 1916 by Richard Le Gallienne , and Carl Sandburg included a version in his The American Songbag in 1927.
The lyrics mention the ships sailing into Bethlehem, but the nearest body of water is the Dead Sea about 20 miles (32 km) away. The reference to three ships is thought to originate in the three ships that bore the purported relics of the Biblical Magi to Cologne Cathedral in the 12th century. [2]
PORTSMOUTH - The 2024 Sail Portsmouth festival will take place Friday, July 26 to Sunday, July 28, and features the return of the country’s most famous tall ship, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter ...
The lyrics of the song "Working for the Men" by Drab City paraphrase the story of Pirate Jenny. [9] The song "Ich erinnere mich an die Weimarer Republik" by The World/Inferno Friendship Society references Pirate Jenny as a character who runs a bar and is introduced with the line "Pirate Jenny, she got her revenge, hey boys hats off to her."