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Bright Morning Star

This is a traditional Appalachian spiritual, likely dating from the 19th century. The first audio version was collected by Alan and Elizabeth Lomax in Harlan County, Kentucky in 1937, as sung by G.D. Vowell, under the title "Bright Moving Stars are Rising."

There is some debate as to the exact origins of the hymn, as it was copyrighted in the United States 1918 by the Native American Church, though other documentation points to its origins as a plantation work song (a common origin for spirituals).

It is often sung as "bright morning stars", leading to some debate between singers over which version is "correct".

## Lyrics

These lyrics are based on the version performed by the Longest Johns on their livestreams.

>
> Bright morning star a-rising
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> Bright morning star a-rising
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> Bright morning star a-rising
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> Day is a-breaking, in my soul
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>
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> Oh where are our dear fathers
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> Oh where are our dear fathers
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> Oh where are our dear fathers
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> Day is a-breaking, in my soul
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> Some are down in the valley praying
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> Some are down in the valley praying
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> Some are down in the valley praying
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> Day is a-breaking, in my soul
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> Some have gone to heaven shouting
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> They have gone to heaven shouting
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> They have gone to heaven shouting
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> Day is a-breaking, in my soul
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> Bright morning star a-rising
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> Bright morning star a-rising
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> Bright morning star a-rising
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> Day is a-breaking, in my soul
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## Recordings

#### Full Band Streams

* TLJ & Friends! | Natalie Holmes (27 Nov 2019)
* Welcome to a New Decade with The Longest Johns (22 Jan 2020)
* It's hot! Stream was a bad choice... Or was it? (24 Jun 2020)
* 100k Subscriber Thank You Stream (19 Aug 2020)
* Stream of Mushroom Soup (A day early to fit around touring) (23 Nov 2021)
* Stream me up Scotty! (23 Aug 2022)
* Stream Lantern (27 Sep 2023)

#### Chill Streams

* JD & Andy Chilltime - 27/01/2020
* Roll on UP to Chillbury Town! With Andy - 13/04/2020
* It's music stream time, everybody loves music stream time... - 11/05/2020

#### Gaming Streams

* Sail and Sing! Sea of Thieves Stream - 18/05/2020
* Sail & Sing! Lets get damp and sing shanties! - 08/06/2020
To the Ends of the Block

"To the Ends of the Block" is the opening track to *Land Shanties*, released in partnership with Suzuki Australia in April 2021. The lyrics extoll the simple pleasures of running an errand.

## Lyrics

>
> Heave the belts and lock them fast,
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> We're headin' on a road trip!
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> Well perhaps that is a stretch,
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> Just down the shops we nip!
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>
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> For I forgot my sweetheart's almond milk,
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> And for her I'd travel far,
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> But truth be told, I have the goal
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> Of driving in my car.
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>
>
> {Chorus}
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> Oh, yeee haaaara, I'm taking me carra,
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> The pride of the fleet, and all she meets,
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> The flagship Vitara!
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> Oh, yeee haaaara, I'm taking me carra,
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> Heads turn on the street, as I toot to the beat,
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> The flagship Vitara!
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>
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> This cabin's well appointed,
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> So it's really much less trouble,
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> It's not like I can walk around
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> In an air-conditioned bubble.
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>
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> All aboard my crew of kids,
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> For the almond milk it beckons.
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> Buckle up, you know my rule,
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> It's safety first and second.
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>
>
> {Chorus}
>
>
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> Casting out on the open road,
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> As far as the ends of the block
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> For our freedom knows no bounds
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> Until we reach the shop
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>
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> Adventure in my heart
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> As I squint at the horizon
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> A seasoned captain knows when to
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> Deploy the old sun visor
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>
>
> {Chorus}
>
>
>
> And here we are, let's find a space,
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> We're at our destination,
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> Soon I'll treat you right my girl
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> With a meal at the petrol station
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>
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> There's no small quest for the big of heart,
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> And our courageous ilk.
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> Just remember, bright blue label,
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> Almonds splashing into milk.
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>
>
> {Chorus 2x}
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## Recordings

#### Streaming/Purchase

* Amazon
* Apple Music/iTunes
* Deezer
* Pandora
* Spotify

#### YouTube Videos

* Music Video
* Album Version
Sailor's Prayer

A traditional song of debated Irish origin, this song was re-written and popularized by famed folksinger and royal navy submariner Tom Lewis of Belfast on his 1987 album *Surfacing!*. Tom credits the chorus as traditional, having harvested it from the novel *Send Down a Dove* by Charles McHardy.

### Factoids

The original chorus appears to stem from the following toast, recorded in a Bristol newspaper in 1830:

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> *May God above, send down his love,
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> with swords as sharp as sickles,
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> to cut the throats of gentlefolks,
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> who grudge poor men their victuals.*
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>

## Lyrics

These lyrics are based on the version performed by the Longest Johns in their YouTube video; the original lyrics can be found here.

>
> This dirty town has been my home
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> Since last I was a-sailin'
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> But I'll not stay another day
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> I'd sooner go a-whaling
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>
>
> {Chorus}
>
> Oh! Lord above, send down a dove,
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> With wings as sharp as razors
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> To cut the throats of them there blokes
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> What sells bad beer to sailors
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>
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> Paid off me score and then ashore
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> Me money soon was flying
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> With Judy Lee upon my knee
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> And in my ear she's lyin'
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>
>
> {Chorus}
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> With me newfound friends me money spends
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> Just as fast as winking
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> But when I make to clear the slate
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> The landlord says, "Keep drinking!"
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>
>
> {Chorus}
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>
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> With me pay all gone, me clothes in pawn
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> And Judy set on leaving ("I'm leaving!")
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> Six months of pay gone in three days
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> But Judy isn't grieving
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>
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> {Chorus}
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> When the crimp comes 'round I'll take his pound
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> And his hand I'll be shaking
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> Tomorrow morn, sail for the Horn
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> Just as the dawn is breaking
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>
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> {Chorus}
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> For one last trip from port I'll ship
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> But next time round I'm swearing
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> I'll settle down in my hometown
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> No more I'll go seafaring
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> {Chorus 2x}
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## Recordings

#### Gig Videos

* The Three Tuns, Bristol (29 Nov 2018)
* Bie Daip - Appingedam (25 Aug 2019)

#### Full Band Streams

* The Longest Johns and Friends, El Pony Pisador! (12 Aug 2018)
* The Longest Johns and Friends, March. w/Sam Brookes (22 Mar 2019)
* Carry On My Wayward Stream (16 Sep 2020)
* STREAM (4 Aug 2021)
* Heinz Baked Stream (14 Sep 2022)
* Sega Streamcast (15 Feb 2023)

#### Gaming Streams

* Shanties?!?! On the sea?!?! Why yes it is... With Krotukk and Kharites\_ - 02/04/2021

1. ↑ "To the Editor of The Bristol Mercury" (1830)
Beeswing

"Beeswing" is a song written by English folk rock musician Richard Thompson and released on his 1994 album *Mirror Blue*. In 2022, The Longest Johns were featured on a cover of the song by Celtic Woman for their album *Postcards from Ireland*.

## Lyrics

Based on the recording with Celtic Woman.

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> I was nineteen when I came to town
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> They called it a summer of love
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> They were burning pages, burning flags
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> The hawks against the doves
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>
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> I took a job in the steamie
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> Down in Cauldron Street
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> I fell in love with a laundry girl
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> Who was working next to me
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>
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> {Chorus}
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> Oh she was a rare thing
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> Fine as a beeswing
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> So fine a breath of wind might blow her away
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> She was a lost child
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> Well she was running wild
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> She said, "As long as there's no price on love, I'll stay
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> And you wouldn't want me any other way"
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> Brown hair zig-zag around her face
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> A look of half-surprise
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> Like a fox caught in the headlights
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> There was animal in her eyes
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>
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> She said, "Young man, oh can't you see
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> I'm not the factory kind
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> If you don't take me out of here
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> I'll surely lose my mind"
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>
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> {Chorus}
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> We busked around the market towns
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> And picked fruit down in Kent
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> We could tinker lamps and pots
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> And knives wherever we went
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> And I said that we might settle down
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> Get a few acres dug
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> Fire burning in the hearth
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> And babies on the rug
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> She said, "Oh man, you foolish man
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> It surely sounds like hell
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> You might be Lord of half the world
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> You'll not own me as well"
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> {Chorus}
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> We were camping down the Gower one time
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> The work was pretty good
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> She thought we shouldn't wait for a frost
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> And I thought maybe we should
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> We were fighting more in those days
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> And tempers reached a pitch
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> And like a fool I let her run
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> With the rambling itch
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> {Chorus}
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> She said, "As long as there's no price on love, I'll stay
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> And you wouldn't want me any other way"
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## Recordings

#### Stream/Purchase

* Amazon Music
* Apple Music/iTunes
* Deezer
* Pandora
* Spotify
Being a Pirate

Written by Saskatchewan singer and song writer Don Freed in 1985 and subsequently popularized by Tom Lewis, this comedic tune has been performed at some Longest Johns shows and occasionally on livestreams.

Freed's first released recording of the song was a concert performance on his 1992 album *Live, Arr!*. It included three introductory verses in which he paid tribute to his grandfather who, in the song, passes along the pirate's advice.

## Lyrics

These lyrics are based on the version performed by the Longest Johns in their 2014 Perranporth performance. The original lyrics can be found here.

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> Being a pirate is all fun and games, 'til somebody loses an ear
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> It slips down your neck and onto the deck
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> and somebody says: "Wot's this 'ere?"
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> You can't wear your glasses, you can't 'pull' the lasses
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> Your mates have to shout so you'll hear
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> (Being a pirate is all fun and games, 'til somebody loses an ear)
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>
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> {Chorus}
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> Oh it's all part of being a pirate (A pirate! A pirate!)
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> You can't be a pirate with all of your parts
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> Oh it's all part of being a pirate (A pirate! A pirate!)
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> You can't be a pirate with all of your parts
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> Being a pirate is all fun and games, 'til somebody loses an eye
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> It hurts like the blazes, it makes you make faces
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> You can't let your mates see you cry
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> You can cover the hatch with a trendy black patch
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> And make sure your socket stays dry
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> (Being a pirate is all fun and games, 'til somebody loses an eye)
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>
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> {Chorus}
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> Being a pirate is all fun and games, 'til somebody loses a hand
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> It squirts and it spurts and it bloody well hurts
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> Pain only a pirate could stand
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> The fashionable look is a nice metal hook
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> But then you can't play in the band
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> (Being a pirate is all fun and games, 'til somebody loses a hand)
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>
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> {Chorus}
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> Being a pirate is all fun and games, 'til somebody loses a leg
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> It hurts like the dickens, your pace never quickens
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> You're hobbling around on a peg
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> Ask your girl to marry, but too long you've tarried
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> 'Cos now you can't kneel down and beg
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> (Being a pirate is all fun and games, 'til somebody loses a leg)
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>
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> {Chorus}
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> Being a pirate is all fun and games, 'til somebody loses a 'thing'
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> Though you didn't choose it, you don't want to lose it
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> And now when you use it it stings
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> You can sew it back on with a needle and thong
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> but doesn't quite have that same *spring*
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> (Being a pirate is all fun and games, 'til somebody loses a 'thing')
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>
>
> {Chorus 2x}
>
>
>
>

## Recordings

#### Full Band Streams

* The Longest Johns Save the Day! Or maybe just sing and chat... (29 Apr 2020)
* It's hot! Stream was a bad choice... Or was it? Full Band Live Stream!! (24 Jun 2020)
* Nice Stream Sundae (Wednesday) | The Longest Johns Full Band Stream (1 Sep 2021)

#### Gaming Streams

* Musical larceny on the big blue wet thing - 14/09/2020 Stream Full VOD
Andy Yates

One of the founding members of The Longest Johns, Andy sings baritone and mainly plays the banjo. On livestreams, he sometimes also plays a baritone ukulele.

Andy appears to have been involved at NGM (a common link for he,  JD,  Robbie, and  Dave), though whether he attended as a student or operated as a sound engineer for the organisation is unclear.

Andy has had a number of previous musical projects including For Want of Rain, a YouTube project that showcases Andy's solo talent as well as a number of guest artists. Along with JD, he also played in two function bands: The Boulevards, which combined classic jazz with covers of modern pop and rock songs, and Southern Sons, which focused more on folk and bluegrass-style music.

In addition, Andy is a credited sound engineer and has worked as a sound technician for a number of music productions.

1. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/artist/6478744-Andy-Yates-5
Anna Cornish

Already a member of the Norfolk Broads, Anna officially joined TLJ as well on November 1 2017, after singing with them for several months (as early as July 2017). Her tenure with the band lasted almost two years and included the recording and release of Between Wind and Water. However, as the bands' popularity increased, she was unable to juggle membership in both; in October 2019, she announced she would be stepping back from work with TLJ to focus on other projects.

From the Norfolk Broads website:

> The Norfolk Broads are a four-piece female ensemble who enjoy singing low-pitched folk songs about love, despair and dastardly boyfriends.
>
>
> They bonded over maritime work songs and failed romances in the alto section of the Trad Academy Sea Shanty Choir, deciding to form a girl-group during a long car ride to Cornwall in 2014. Since then, they have performed their spirited harmonies at festivals and venues in London and further afield, including the V&A Museum of Childhood, the Museum of London Docklands, on board the Cutty Sark, Wilton's Music Hall, the London Review Bookshop, Folk East festival 2016 and the Minack Theatre.
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> The Broads supply their repertoire of traditional stories with a very contemporary verve and energy, using old songs to fuel new takes on the lives of women both past and present.
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> "Young female quartet the Norfolk Broads are strong storytellers...Their close harmonies brought a witty feminist take to a well-curated set of tales of impotence, greedy landlords, and the joys of a single life." ~ The Guardian
>
>
Smoke + Oakum

The fourth full length studio album by The Longest Johns, *Smoke + Oakum* was released January 28, 2022.

### Track List

1. Hard Times Come Again No More
2. Don't Forget Your Old Shipmate
3. Nantucket
4. The Workers Song
5. Hog Eye Man
6. Wayfaring Stranger
7. Pride of the White Star Line
8. The Mary Ellen Carter
9. Hammer and the Anvil
10. Johnny Come Down to Hilo
11. Downed and Drowned
12. Thousands or More
13. Rolling Along
14. Beer is Great

### Stream/Purchase

* Amazon
* Amazon Music
* Apple Music/iTunes
* Deezer
* Pandora
* Spotify
* YouTube
(See You All) When Lockdown Ends

"(See You All) When Lockdown Ends" is a charity single released 2 Dec 2020. Unable to collaborate in-person due to COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, the band members wrote the song as a "musical relay race", sending it back and forth between themselves with each member contributing one part at a time.

It was posted on Bandcamp with the option to name your own price, with all proceeds going to Feeding Britain, "a UK based charity dedicated to supplying local food banks, feeding children on school holidays and supporting struggling people and families living with poverty."

The band also released a very entertaining making-of video.

## Lyrics

As provided on the Bandcamp page.

>
> It's a cold December evening, my friends are feeling far apart
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> I've bolted all the doors and windows and quarantined my aching heart
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> But let's all stand together and stare into the magic box
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> Utopia seems far away but we’ll still write some stupid songs
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>
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> {Chorus}
>
> Don't go outside, the world's locked down
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> Cheer up, stay in, we'll sing around
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> Though there are miles and masks between
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> Our music won't be quarantined
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> Don’t go outside, there’s nothing there
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> Lets watch a stream and grow out our hair
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> We miss the shows and miss our friends
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> See you all when Lockdown ends
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> The days are getting shorter, It looks like there's no end in sight
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> I can't remember how it feels, to take a step outside
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> But let's turn up the heating, and pop the kettle on
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> Raise a glass to all the good times, that are still to come
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>
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> {Chorus}
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> We know, there’s gonna be better time to come
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> And we know, that love will always be there
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> We were born to be wild
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> And too long we’ve been exiled
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> When there’s zero cases, we’ll hire drinking places,
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> Some tight indoor spaces, we long for your faces!
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>
>
> {Chorus}
>
>
>
>

## Recordings

#### YouTube Videos

* Music Video
* Between the songs : Lockdown music relay
Haul and Drag

"Haul and Drag" is a  Longest Johns original, written by Robbie Sattin and released as track 2 on the EP The Longest Pony in collaboration with El Pony Pisador.

## Factoids

**Brig**: a sailing vessel with two square-rigged masts, common as both merchant vessels and warships from the mid-18th century through the end of the 19th century.

**Windward** literally means the direction from which the wind is blowing; however, St. Lucia is also part of a group of islands in the lesser Antilles known as the Windward Islands, so this line may also be a nod to that name.

**St. Lucia** is an island in the West Indies that was home to many sugar plantations in the 18th and 19th century. It passed between French and British control several times before being officially secured by the British in the 1814 Treaty of Paris, where it remained until gaining independence in 1979.

**Hog**: short for "hogshead"; a large cask for storing or transporting liquids.

**Furl the top**: Roll the topsail up tightly

**Scattered** here is used figuratively, meaning "distracted or discomposed"

Skittles is a game similar to bowling, where players knock over wooden pins with a ball; a **skittle alley** is the wooden surface upon which the game is played.

**Neptune** was the ancient Roman god of the sea.

## Lyrics

>
> She's a rotten brig with creaking innards
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> (Haul and drag)
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> Rope by rope we'll heave her windward
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> (Haul and drag) [continues throughout verses]
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
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> Haul and drag, bullies
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> Haul and drag
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> Haul 'til the devil takes ya
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> Haul and drag
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>
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> Hogs of rum bound for St. Lucia
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> Two for me and one for you, sir
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>
>
> {Chorus}
>
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> Well the cook's a-rolling in the galley
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> Scattered like a skittle alley
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>
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> {Chorus}
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>
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> Speeding down the Strait of Dover
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> Furl the top, she's listing over
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>
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> {Chorus}
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> Rudder's gone and hold is filling
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> Powder's wet and flour is swimming
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>
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> {Chorus}
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>
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> Every hand to Neptune's calling
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> Down in Hell, there'll be no hauling
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>
>
>

## Recordings

#### Streaming/Purchase

* Amazon
* Anghami
* Apple Music/iTunes
* Deezer
* Spotify
* Tidal

#### YouTube Videos

* Music Video
* Tour Rehearsal Video
* YouTube Album Animation

#### Gig Videos

* Haul and Drag - El Pony Pisador & Longest Johns | Live a l’Auditori de Girona (May 2023)
* Cursus Festival (26 May 2023)
* Beardy Folk Festival (16 Jun 2023)
* Colours of Ostrava (19 July 2023)

#### Full Band Streams

* Streamship Willie (17 Jan 2024)

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brig
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windward\_Islands
3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint\_Lucia
4. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogshead
5. ↑ "scattered, adj." OED Online, Oxford University Press, March 2023, www.oed.com/view/Entry/172154. Accessed 28 April 2023.
Upcoming Shows

**Note:** this page is unofficial and information is not guaranteed to be up-to-date or accurate. For the most current information, please check the band's official website or follow them on bandsintown, or for festival info, check the festival's website.

## 2024 Festival Appearances

\*Not yet known which day(s) TLJ will be playing.
Santiano

*This page is about the song. For the EP it was released on,  click here.*

The "Santiano" shanty performed by The Longest Johns is a custom blend of theirs, made in collaboration with Justine Galmiche from SKÁLD. In the description for the music video, the band wrote,

> We combined our version of Santiana from our album Between Wind and Water with the French version of the song. Then we realized the lyrics have nothing to do with each other.
> So we found alternative verses of both from other shanties that could fit together. Just like the olden days!
>
>

In French-speaking markets, the song was released on  Contre Vents et Marées, the French version of *Between Wind and Water*; in other markets, it was released as the title track of its own  standalone EP.

## Lyrics

The lyrics kindly provided in the comments of the original video by YouTube user *HxC*. Translation by Violet Palmer.

**Original**

C'est un fameux trois-mâts, fin comme un oiseau

(Hissez haut! Santiano!)

Dix-huit nœuds, quatre cents tonneaux

(Je suis fier d'y être matelot)

{Chorus}

Tiens bon la vague et tiens bon le vent

(Hissez haut! Santiano!)

Si Dieu veut, toujours droit devant

(Nous irons jusqu'à San Francisco)

Oh, the wind was foul and the seas ran high

(Heave away! Santiano!)

She shipped it green and none went by

(Along the plains of Mexico!)

{Chorus}

Je pars pour de longs mois en laissant Margot

(Hissez haut! Santiano!)

D'y penser, j'avais le cœur gros

(En doublant les feux de Saint Malo!)

{Chorus}

We swear by rote, for want of more

(Heave away! Santiano!)

But now we're through so we'll go on shore

(Along the plains of Mexico!)

{Chorus x2}

**English Translation**

It's a famous three-master, fine as a bird

(Heave high! Santiano!)

Eighteen knots, four hundred tons

(I'm proud to be a sailor on it)

{Chorus}

Hold steady, wave, and hold steady, wind

(Hoist high! Santiano!)

If God wills, always straight ahead

(We'll go until San Francisco)

Oh, the wind was foul and the seas ran high

(Heave away! Santiano!)

She shipped it green and none went by

(Along the plains of Mexico!)

{Chorus}

I depart for long months leaving Margot

(Hoist high! Santiano!)

Thinking of it, I had a heavy heart

(Passing the lights of Saint Malo)

{Chorus}

We swear by rote, for want of more

(Heave away! Santiano!)

But now we're through so we'll go on shore

(Along the plains of Mexico!)

{Chorus x2}

## Recordings

#### Streaming/Purchase

* Amazon Music
* Apple Music/iTunes
* Deezer
* Pandora
* Spotify
C-Sides

C-Sides is an EP released on 30 May, 2023, described by JD as "a collection of demos and unreleased oddities". It includes several livestream favorites and some songs for which the band had released YouTube videos previously, but which had not yet made it onto an album.

## Track List

1. Fish in the Sea
2. Rocky Road to Dublin
3. Farewell to Tarwathie
4. Drop of Nelson's Blood
5. Fare Thee Well (Dink's Song)
6. Auld Triangle
7. Parting Glass

## Streaming/Purchase

* Amazon
* Anghami
* Apple Music/iTunes
* Deezer
* Pandora
* Spotify
* Tidal
* YouTube
Maid of Amsterdam

A traditionally bawdy shanty, the origin of which is somewhat difficult to trace precisely. Some collectors claim it traces back to the early 17th century, citing a 1607 song titled "The Rape of Lucrece" as an early forebear; others argue that the two merely share subject matter, which in this case is not unique enough to claim a definite connection. At any rate, the song in its current form is attested at least as far back as the 1860s.

The song has nearly endless variations, but traditional versions generally tell a humorous tale about incautious amorous pursuits.

It has appeared in only one TLJ livestream, and is not part of their current repertoire.

## Factoids

The song is often quite raunchy, with an array of possible plot points summed up succinctly (if clinically) in *The Traditional Ballad Index* as, "a sailor meets an Amsterdam maid, fondles portions of her body progressively, has sex with her, and catches the pox. She leaves him after he has spent all his money."

TLJ's version is on the tamer side, leaving out the explicit debauchery. However, although they were not sung, during the August 2019 livestream,  Robbie did suggest some additional verses:

* "I put my arms around her dad...and he was very very glad"
* "I put my hands around her spine...I pulled it out and said, that's mine." (This one was possibly attributed to Josh Bowker, who was claimed to have several such verses.)

## Lyrics

These lyrics are based on the version sung by the Longest Johns in their August 2019 livestream.

>
> In Amsterdam there lived a maid,
>
> (Mark well what I do say,)
>
> In Amsterdam there lived a maid,
>
> and she was mistress of her trade.
>
> (I'll go no more a-roving with you, fair maid.)
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
> A-roving, a-roving, since roving's been my ru-I-in,
>
> (I'll go no more a-roving with you, fair maid.)
>
>
>
> I asked this maid out for a walk,
>
> (Mark well what I do say,)
>
> I asked this maid out for a walk,
>
> That we might have some *private talk.*
>
> (I'll go no more a-roving with you, fair maid.)
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
>
>
> Then a great big Dutchman rammed my bow,
>
> (Mark well what I do say,)
>
> Then a great big Dutchman rammed my bow,
>
> And said, "Young man! *zis izt mein frau*!"
>
> (I'll go no more a-roving with you, fair maid.)
>
>
>
> So take this warning, boys, from me,
>
> (Mark well what I do say,)
>
> So take this warning, boys, from me,
>
> With other men's wives don't make too free.
>
> (I'll go no more a-roving with you, fair maid.)
>
>
>
> {Chorus til end}
>
>
>
>
>

## Recordings

#### Full Band Streams

* Singing Live Stream and Special Announcement... (7 Aug 2019)

1. ↑ https://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/EM064.html
2. ↑ https://www.vwml.org/record/RoudFS/S196405
3. ↑ https://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/EM064.html
The White Whale

"The White Whale" is the second track on *Land Shanties*, released in partnership with Suzuki Australia in April 2021. It narrates the epic struggle to find that perfect parking space at the grocery store.

## Lyrics

>
> Lost in the iron sea of endless rolling roofs
>
> We're going for glory, kids — your dad has something to prove
>
> You see, it's not enough to just have hope when lost
>
> You must have the highest of hopes and hold out at all cost
>
> That's why as I tack across this parking garage
>
> I ignore a spot at the entry and aim for the driver's mirage
>
> The unspeakable beauty of free land at the front of the store
>
> And yet this takes vision and steadfast courage to aim for more
>
>
>
> {Pre-chorus}
>
> All the early spots are clearly reserved for thе meek
>
> A spot equidistant to store and ticket machinе we seek
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
> We hunt the white whale, the holy grail!
>
> The park in front of the store
>
> We hunt the white whale, the holy grail!
>
> With gusto and glee, sing it with me, we dare to ask for more
>
>
>
> My child jolts me to attention — "Land ho!" does he scream
>
> I pinch myself, and sure enough, the space of my dreams
>
> The sharks begin to circle, I indicate my intention
>
> Just know this parking space is mine, I show no apprehension
>
> Yet as I approach, one thing's painfully clear
>
> Other cars with blinking lights starting to appear
>
> Back off, green van, I see your plan!
>
> Don't think about it, blue sedan!
>
> This spot is mine, we'll hold our ground
>
> There's no better land to be found
>
>
>
> {Pre-chorus}
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
>
>
> As we bring her 'round, I find to my dismay
>
> A little hatchback hiding there is taking up half the bay
>
> With hope dashed against the rocks and petrol light now on
>
> Perhaps my nerve is waning; I'll retreat before too long
>
> No! Hold fast, and cast away all dread!
>
> There'll be spaces that we seek in the times ahead
>
> Sure, some may say, any park in a store
>
> But only the bravest captain finds his true reward
>
>
>
> {Pre-chorus}
>
>
>
> {Chorus 2x}
>
>
>
> With gusto and glee, sing it with me, we dare to ask for more
>
>
>
>

## Recordings

#### Streaming/Purchase

* Amazon
* Apple Music/iTunes
* Deezer
* Pandora
* Spotify
Flash Company

This traditional song is attested in broadsides as early as the 1820s, sometimes under the title "Wandering Girl". According to the *New Penguin Book of English Folk Songs* (2012), it appears that "Wandering Girl" and "Flash Company" may originally have been two separate songs that shared some floating verses before becoming merged entirely.

There are several variations on the lyrics, though they can be categorized into three main groups: the first group is sung from the perspective of a young woman who is left with a baby by a fickle lover; the second has a woman mourning a partner who faces transportation; and the third (to which TLJ's version belongs) features a narrator (sometimes male, sometimes female) lamenting how a lifestyle of excess has brought them to ruin.

### Factoids

"Flash" in the 18th and 19th century had a meaning of "gaudy, ostentatious, or swaggering" (cf. the modern "flashy"). In this context, the singer is warning the listener against keeping company with those prone to extravagance and profligacy.

The song does not seem to refer to the Flash Company, a semi-organized group of street criminals and thieves operating in London in the 19th century.

## Lyrics

These are the lyrics performed by The Longest Johns in their livestreams.

>
> Once I had a colour as red as the rose
>
> Now my colour has fade like the lily that grows
>
> Now my colour has fade like the lily that grows
>
> If it wasn't for flash company I should never been so poor
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
> So you take this yellow handkerchief in a remembrance of me
>
> And tie it round your neck, my love, in your flash company
>
> Flash company has been the ruin of me and a great many more
>
> If it wasn't for flash company I should never been so poor
>
>
>
> Well it's singing and dancing, well it was my delight
>
> Flash company's been the ruin of me, and the ruin of me quite
>
> Flash company's been the ruin of me and a great many more
>
> If it wasn't for flash company I should never been so poor
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
>
>
> So come all you little flash girls take a warning by me
>
> And never build your nest, my love, on the top of a tree
>
> For the green leaves they will wither and the roots they will decay
>
> And the beauty of a fair maid it will soon fade away
>
>
>
> {Chorus 2x}
>
>
>
>

## Recordings

#### Full Band Streams

* The Longest Johns Early Octobermas (2 Oct 2019)
* Spooktober Spectacular and Farewell to Anna Livestream (30 Oct 2019)
* Stream of Mushroom Soup (A day early to fit around touring) (23 Nov 2021)
* Exstream Close-up (31 May 2022)
* Hark the Herald Angels Stream (21 Dec 2022)

1. ↑ https://www.google.com/books/edition/The\_New\_Penguin\_Book\_of\_English\_Folk\_Son/9WlEQIa8TYMC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=flash%20company
2. ↑ www.oed.com/view/Entry/71136
Ode to the Road

"Ode to the Road is the seventh and final track on *Land Shanties*, released in partnership with Suzuki Australia in April 2021. The lyrics fondly recap the events of a successful errand, and look forward to future adventures.

## Lyrics

>
> Yes I'm a landlubber and I love the land
>
> So maybe our journey was longer than planned
>
> But who can put prices on what we have done
>
> The trials we have faced and the battles we've won
>
>
>
> I hands-free my sweetheart
>
> "Far off?" No, not long!
>
> Just enough time for the end of this song
>
> We're making good progress, there's naught left to do
>
> But sing of our victories — join in, me crew!
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
> This is our ode to the road
>
> Our song for the street
>
> A harmony-laden tribute of the pavement
>
> From all of these five seats
>
> We're driving away
>
> And come what may
>
> But soon we'll be home and no more we shall roam
>
> Until we're off again
>
>
>
> Wahey!
>
>
>
> A toast to the asphalt, the most hallowed ground
>
> And all the adventures so readily found
>
> Fending off pirates from rare parking bays
>
> Eating those fries with some barbecue glaze
>
> Going our own way when told to turn round
>
> One-finger waves when our brothers are found
>
> No errand too drudging nor journey too small
>
> Myself and me crew will relish them all
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
>
>
> We get the call from my love
>
> "Can I get a lift to pilates?"
>
> Strap yourself in, my kids
>
> We're on again, me hearties!
>
> 'Cause every trip's an adventure
>
> No matter the size or the cause
>
> So give a roaring cheer
>
> I hear the road and it calls
>
>
>
> {Chorus 2x}
>
>
>
>

## Recordings

#### Stream/Purchase

* Amazon
* Apple Music/iTunes
* Deezer
* Pandora
* Spotify
Land Shanties

In 2021, the band released *Land Shanties* as a partnership with Suzuki Australia. It was described as, "the genre-defining Land Shanties album — the soundtrack to the Suzuki Vitara. Capturing all the fun and adventure of the high seas on the highways, *Land Shanties* is a concept album following one hero's quest to buy almond milk for his sweetheart."

The songs were written in a collaborative effort by the band, based on brief premises provided by the Suzuki ad team.

## Track List

1. To the Ends of the Block
2. The White Whale
3. Beyond the Light
4. The Lady of the Map
5. Drive Thru to My Heart
6. A Mighty Wave
7. Ode to the Road

## Streaming/Purchase

* Amazon
* Apple Music/iTunes
* Deezer
* Pandora
* Spotify
* YouTube
Jonathan "JD" Darley

One of the founding members of The Longest Johns, JD sings bass and mainly plays guitar, though he also plays several other instruments, including mandolin and double bass.

JD has extensive experience as a musician, and has a history as an actor in a number of musical theatre productions. He has played in several bands, including This Eden (also featuring Sam Darley, long-time moderator in the TLJ online community), The Vapour Trails, The Boulevards (along with Andy), The Southern Sons (also with Andy), The Bean Baker Band, Hot Pursuit, and Lucy John Paul. In addition, he appeared in Andy's project For Want of Rain, and he has performed with Fisherman's Friends as a stand-in. He also has experience as a music teacher and composer, though details of his compositions are scarce.

Apart from music, JD has also launched a successful voice-acting career working with Inimitable, a Bristol-based voice acting agency, and is credited on numerous advertisements, including spots for Lexus, Barclays, and Marriott Hotels. He also co-founded Caraway Studios, a media production company that handles videography for music videos and weddings.
Anathema Mask

Anathema Mask is the alias of a man in his 30s who lives in the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia, Canada.

In the past decade he has:

* Spent 5 years as an advocate for individuals with learning disabilities on the east coast of Canada.
* Graduated with honours as a Bachelor of Arts in history.
* Completed a Master of Arts in Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations at one of the most prominent universities in Canada.
* Started a new career as a geophysical assistant and IT professional with one of the most technologically advanced Unexploded Explosive Ordnance (UXO) removal companies in Canada.
* Become competent in Ruby and Javascript.
Chihuahua

* **Capa:** se admiten todos los colores, a menudo unicolores, desde el blanco o el crema hasta el negro, pasando por el negro y fuego
* **Promedio de vida:** doce años
* **Carácter:** voluntarioso y afectuoso
* **Relación con los niños:** muy buena
* **Relación con otros perros:** muy buena

* **Aptitudes:** perro de compañía
* **Necesidades del espacio:** perfectamente adaptado a la vida en el interior de la vivienda
* **Alimentación del Chihuahua:** de 40 a 70 g. diarios de alimento seco completo
* **Arreglo:** nulo
* **Coste mantenimiento:** reducido

PROBLEMAS DE SALUD

## 1)Problemas en las articulaciones y vértebras

Las razas pequeñas, como los chihuahuas, tienen facilidad para **la dislocación de las articulaciones**, sobre todo de las rodillas. A veces, al jugar con él puedes notar que cojea un poco de una de las patitas traseras, probablemente se le haya salido la rótula de la articulación, pero no te preocupes porque normalmente en un momento vuelve a colocarse bien por sí sola. Si observas que sigue cojeando al cabo de un rato, será mejor que le mires la pata y le hagas un leves masaje en la zona o bien lo lleves a tu veterinario de confianza. Este problema también puede deberse al sobrepeso u obesidad, por lo que si es el caso, deberás redirigir la dieta de tu chihuahua para que pierda algo de peso.

Otro problema al que estos pequeñines son algo propensos es la **hernia discal**. Este problema se da cuando el disco intervertebral se sale de su posición, por lo que a los perros afectados les cuesta andar y moverse ya que el disco intervertebral fuera de lugar puede llegar a comprimir la médula espinal. Si detectamos que nuestro perro a penas se mueve, no puede andar bien y tiene dolor en una zona concreta de la espalda, entre otros síntomas, deberemos acudir al veterinario para que le haga las pruebas pertinentes para un diagnóstico claro y una vez diagnosticada una hernia discal, nos ofrecerá los mejores tratamientos a base de antiinflamatorios, reposo absoluto, analgésicos, rehabilitación fisioterapéutica y quizás una operación quirúrgica según cada caso.

2)Problemas de los ojos

Esta raza tiene los ojos saltones, este rasgo físico les provoca sufrir ciertos problemas en los ojos. Son propensos a las **conjuntivitis** y también es fácil que se hagan **heridas** en los globos oculares. Debido a estas heridas que son causadas por traumatismos en el ojo, se pueden dar otros problemas como la uveítis o un desplazamiento del cristalino y estos dan paso al **glaucoma secundario**, el cual es un síntoma de estos otros problemas y otras enfermedades, por lo que se soluciona tratando el problema principal.

Si nos fijamos veremos que muchas veces tienen los ojos lagrimosos y el pelo de alrededor mojado, esto es porque el lagrimeo es la forma en que su cuerpo les ayuda a mantener los ojos bien hidratados y lo más limpios posibles. Además, algunos padecen **obstrucción de los lagrimales**, lo que provoca que no les sea tan efectivo este lagrimeo y se les manchen mucho más los ojos. Es por todo esto, que deberemos mantener una buena higiene de los ojos de nuestro chihuahua.

razas de perros/inicio
Pride of the White Star Line

Based on the life of the *RMS Olympic*, which was the sister ship to the *Titanic* and *Britannic*. Unlike her sisters, who both met violent ends, the Olympic was in service for almost 24 years before advances in technology and her age rendered her obsolete. She was scrapped in 1935.

The song was written by Robbie Sattin, and is as such a  Longest Johns original. It was first publicly sung during the April 2021 livestream, and was released as track 7 on Smoke + Oakum.

## Lyrics

Lyrics confirmed against the Smoke + Oakum album sleeve.

>
> In the Belfast yard where she was made, of Harland-Wolff design
>
> The plan was struck to build three ships that funds would not define
>
> The gantry raised up in '08, a nameless liner rose
>
> To make the journeys to New York in record time and so,
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
> She's the pride of the White Star Line, may her engines never stall
>
> Her sisters died from 'berg and mine, but she’ll run for decades more
>
> She’ll run for decades more
>
>
>
> *Olympic* soon became her stamp, no finer ship did sail
>
> Smoking rooms and Turkish baths and palm trees rail to rail
>
> As sleek and striking as could be, and speed second to none
>
> She sailed from Portsmouth Dock and showed the world how it was done
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
>
>
> The *Hawke* was running 'long her side around the Isle of Wight
>
> A swing to starboard up and took the helmsman by surprise
>
> Two holes were punched into her side and water flooded in
>
> She staggered back to Portsmouth Dock and lived to sail again
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
>
>
> *Titanic* sank into the depths, *Britannic* joined her too
>
> Through the wars *Olympic* kept on sailing sure and true
>
> Missions out in open sea with U-boats in her stead
>
> Damn near cut them clean in two and sank them to the bed
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
>
>
> Now, every dog must have its day and all good things must pass
>
> Shipyards forged much bigger crafts that dwarfed her in her class
>
> The trips were few and fares declined, the world marched on ahead
>
> They pulled her down in Jarrow town, still striking till the end
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
>
>
> She’ll run for decades more
>
>
>
>

## Recordings

#### Streaming/Purchase

* Amazon Music (Smoke + Oakum version)
* Amazon Music (Made of Ale version)
* Apple Music/iTunes (Smoke + Oakum version)
* Apple Music/iTunes (Made of Ale version)
* Deezer (Smoke + Oakum version)
* Deezer (Made of Ale version)
* Pandora (Smoke + Oakum version)
* Spotify (Smoke + Oakum version)
* Spotify (Made of Ale version)

#### YouTube Videos

* Album version
* Backstage in Reading

#### Gig Videos

* Old Songs (25 Feb 2022)
* Le Poisson Rouge, NYC (27 Feb 2022)
* Bristol O2 Academy (5 May 2022)
* Kraków, Poland (26 Feb 2023)
* Cursus Festival 2023

#### Full Band Streams

* We're Going to Wellermania! (14 Apr 2021)
* Stream If You Wanna Go Faster (12 May 2021)
* STREAM (4 Aug 2021)
* Nightmare on Elm Stream (27 Oct 2021)
* Stream America (15 Mar 2022)
* In Space No One Can Hear You Stream (19 Oct 2022)
All at Sea

All at Sea is a spoken word track that serves as a pseudo-introduction for The Curse. It is an original piece, written by  Dave and performed on the album by  JD.

It appears as the tenth track on Written in Salt.

## Lyrics

>
> I lost my heart among the waves
>
> I wait to feel it sink
>
> The girl I love has gone to sea
>
> Whilst I stand on the brink
>
>
>
> To my dismay she gives her ship
>
> More love than ever I got
>
> And I am left upon the shore
>
> For my love's become a pirate
>
>
>
> When first I heard I was on board
>
> It's quite a sexy look
>
> The hat looks good and I was pleased
>
> That neither hand was a hook
>
>
>
> The eye-patch was a turn-on
>
> Even the sword I thought quite hot
>
> The peg-leg may have been a touch too much
>
> When my love became a pirate
>
>
>
> For half a moon we sailed the seas
>
> And other vessels sank
>
> And though my cohorts did mutiny
>
> I bid them walk the plank
>
>
>
> But now our midship has been scuppered
>
> Our love's succumbed to dry rot
>
> And I am left to stay the course
>
> For my love's become a pirate
>
>
>
> I wait to hear her crow's nest call
>
> And spy me off the bow
>
> Ignore the sirens calling that
>
> She lies in the locker now
>
>
>
> So I stand alone upon the bay
>
> And cannot help but cry lots
>
> It's a landlubber's life to curse the day
>
> My love became a pirate
>
>
>
>

## Recordings

#### Streaming/Purchase

* Amazon Music
* Apple Music/iTunes
* Bandcamp
* Deezer
* Pandora
* Spotify
Santiano (EP)

*This page is about the 3-track EP. For the title track of said EP,  click here.*

"Santiano" is a mini-EP consisting of three songs, variously in English, French, and Breton. In French-speaking markets, these tracks were included on  Contre Vents et Marées, the 2021 French re-release of *Between Wind and Water*.

## Track List

1. Santiano
2. Le Capitaine de Saint-Malo
3. Tri Martolod

## Streaming/Purchase

* Amazon Music
* Apple Music
* Deezer
* Pandora
* Spotify
* YouTube
The Rambling Rover

"The Rambling Rover" is a song written by Scottish musician Andy M. Stewart, frontman of the folk band Silly Wizard, and first released on his 1982 solo album *By the Hush*. It was included on several live albums from Silly Wizard and has become well-known within the folk community.

The Longest Johns were featured on a cover of the song by Dutch folk band Harmony Glen for their 2020 album *Sing Me a Song*. (Harmony Glen's banjo player Sjoerd Van Ravenzwaaij also collaborated with TLJ on their YouTube video for Salonika).

## Lyrics

Based on the recording with Harmony Glen.

>
> {Chorus}
>
> Oh, there're sober men a-plenty
>
> And drunkards barely twenty
>
> There are men of over ninety
>
> That have never yet kissed a girl
>
> But give me a ramblin' rover
>
> From Orkney down to Dover
>
> We will roam the country over
>
> And together we'll face the world
>
>
>
> There are those who feign enjoyment
>
> From merciless employment
>
> Their ambition this deployment
>
> From the minute they left the school
>
> And they save and scrape and ponder
>
> While the rest go out and squander
>
> See the world and rove and wander
>
> And they're happier as a rule
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
>
>
> I have roamed through all the nations
>
> Took delight in all creation
>
> I've enjoyed a wee sensation
>
> Where the company, it was kind
>
> Though when partin' was no pleasure
>
> I've drunk another measure
>
> To the good friends that we treasure
>
> For they always are on our mind
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
>
>
> If you're bent with arthiritis
>
> And your bowels have got colitis
>
> You've got gallopin' bollockitis
>
> And you're thinkin' it's time you died
>
> If you been a man o' action
>
> Though you're lying there in traction
>
> You may gain some satisfaction
>
> Thinkin', "Jesus, at least I tried."
>
>
>
> {Chorus x2}
>
>
>
>
>

## Recordings

#### Stream/Purchase

* Amazon Music
* Apple Music/iTunes
* Deezer
* Spotify
Ases Falsos Wiki

## ¿Quiénes son Ases Falsos ?

Los Ases Falsos son una banda de rock alternativo o Indie. conformada por Cristobal Briceño, Martin del real, Simón Sanchez, Francisco Rojas y Daniel De la Fuente. Antiguamente conocidos como Fother Mukers, quienes se reconstituyeron luego del abandono de ciertos integrantes. Estos han lanzado ya 4 álbumes y alguno que otro sencillo.

## Historia

 En abril de 2011, los en ese entonces Fother Muckers deciden empezar una nueva etapa musical, llamándose "Ases Falsos", una nueva banda conformada por los mismos integrantes de los Fother Muckers , madurando en el estilo musical pero manteniendo el toque que caracterizaba a la anterior agrupación. El nombre proviene de la canción n°10 del disco Justo y Necesario de los Fother Muckers titulada "Los ases falsos". Además Cristóbal Briceño en una entrevista a "Noiselab" aclara lo siguiente: "¿Por qué el nombre de Ases Falsos? Son dos razones, una razón que lleva a la otra. Había una canción de los Fother Muckers del 2008 que hablaba sobre una banda que se llamaba los Ases Falsos. Es una historia dentro de una historia, una caja dentro de una caja, un sueño dentro de un sueño. Esa banda se llamaba Ases Falsos porque en la Patagonia, de donde viene mi familia, hay un juego de cartas, del naipe español que se llama truco, es un juego buenísimo, al nivel del ajedrez en cuanto a que se puede extrapolar su simbolismo a la vida real. Se trata mucho de mentir, como la vida. En este juego hay unas cartas que tienen un valor mediocre y son los Ases Falsos, las mejores cartas son los Ases (espadas y basto), el de oro y copa son los que no sirven".

Luego de un par de meses como Ases Falsos, en marzo de 2012, el guitarristaHéctor Muñoz es desvinculado de la nueva banda debido a diferencias musicales, según lo expresó Cristóbal Briceño en agosto de 2012. La banda comenzaría una etapa dedicada netamente a la composición musical y a las presentaciones en vivo, en las cuales iban estrenando nuevas canciones de a poco, conjunto a que su vocalista también realizaba pequeñas presentaciones en las cuales también revelaba nuevas canciones.

## **Discografía**

### **Álbumes de estudio**

* 2012: *Juventud Americana*
* 2014: *Conducción*
* 2016: *El Hombre Puede*
* 2018: *Mala Fama*
Voyage

The fifth full length studio album by The Longest Johns, *Voyage* was announced on 22 November 2023, with the pre-order campaign going live on Kickstarter on 4 December. The planned release date is 9 February 2024.

In a first for the band, they have hinted at a collaborative-storytelling-type project set in a larger fictional universe inspired by the album and its artwork (which was created by fantasy illustrator Helge C. Balzer). More information can be found on the project's webpage.

### Track List

Revealed on Kickstarter 6 Dec

1. The Llandoger
2. Whiskey Is the Life of Man
3. Proud Mary
4. The Leaving of Liverpool
5. Mutiny
6. Skadi's Hammer
7. John the Red Nose
8. Greenland Whale Fisheries
9. White Frontier
10. One Hundred Feet
11. Willie Taylor
12. Maggie's Ship
13. Shawneetown
14. Paddy West