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"Drunken Sailor" began its life as a popular song on land at least as early as the 1900s, by which time it had been adopted as repertoire for glee singing at Eton College. [15] [16] Elsewhere in England, by the 1910s, men had begun to sing it regularly at gatherings of the Savage Club of London. [17] "Drunken Sailor Medley" by John Baltzell (1923)
Recently, their recording of "Drunken Sailor" reached a younger audience on YouTube. In 2010, The Irish Rovers marked their 45th anniversary with the release of the CD Gracehill Fair, which won a local music award on their home base of Vancouver Island. [10] The band returned to the World Music charts in 2011 with their album, Home in Ireland.
While the melody bears a resemblance to the nineteenth century English sea shanty "Drunken Sailor", several versions of the Irish tune and chorus are identifiable. In 1884, Francis Hogan of Brenormore, near Carrick-on-Suir , then "well over seventy years of age", reported that "this song used to be played at the 'Hauling Home', or the bringing ...
The origin of the word "shanty" is ... The implication is that this song was similar to a sailor song, ... "Drunken Sailor" (tune only), "Hanging Johnny ...
This is a list of songs by their Roud Folk Song Index number; the full catalogue can also be found on the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library website. Some publishers have added Roud numbers to books and liner notes, as has also been done with Child Ballad numbers and Laws numbers.
Origin: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: ... The band's most famous songs have been renditions of the folk music classics "The Log Driver's Waltz" and "Drunken Sailor", ...
The song was a live favorite until the 1980s, when Buckley’s son sued Buffett, who replaced “God’s Own Drunk” in his setlist with a new song called “The Lawyer and the Asshole.” 10 ...
The original line up consisted of Josh Bowker, Andy Yates, Jonathan Darley and Dave Robinson. About a week later, they posted their first video on YouTube, singing "Haul Away Joe." The band recorded their first EP, Bones in the Ocean in 2013, which was wholly original music. It was released on 27 May 2013. [10]