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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]
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.
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]
British group The Longest Johns helped the digital revival of sea shanties with a 2018 recording of "Soon May the Wellerman Come,’ which has since seen nearly 30 million streams on YouTube and ...
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. 2021 Industrial/Steampunk band Abney Park released a version on their album "Technoshanties" 2022 Nathan Evans recorded the song under the title "Roll the Old Chariot" on The Wellerman Album
People on the internet are obsessed with "sea shanty TikTok" after a song called "The Wellerman" went viral.
In 2021, sea shanties trended on TikTok after a viral rendition of the sea-themed song "Wellerman", performed by Scotland-based postman Nathan Evans and popularly mistaken to be a shanty, inspired users to seek and perform songs in the genre. [181] [182] [183]
TikTok helped sea shanties surge into the mainstream. People began using the feature to record sea shanties, and shantying quickly became a mainstream thing, starting last month.