Joli Rouge

Originating from Ciderpunk band The Dreadnoughts of Vancouver BC, this song was written as a tribute to the Cidre Joli Rouge, a cidery in Saguenay (Quebec, Canada) operated by their friend. It was released on their 2019 album *Into the North*.

The Longest Johns released a music video of their version of the song in April 2020, though due to Covid-19 lockdown restrictions, only  Andy and  JD are featured in the recording. The video features two JDs and two Andys, plus a cameo from a whopping four versions of JD's cat Monty. Sources claim this was achieved through clever camera work and editing; rumors of a horrifying cloning incident remain unconfirmed.

## Factoids

Most of the place names and products mentioned are Canadian. The exceptions are the obvious references to France, Italy, and the Caribbean island of **Martinique**. Martinique was one of the many Caribbean islands that supplied Canada with rum via trade (both legal and otherwise) through the French island of Saint Pierre et Miquelon, and the east coast Canadian provinces as well as Quebec.

**Saguenay** is the name of both a river and the city that sits upon it (across the river from **Chicoutimi**), in Quebec.

**Half seas over** originally meant literally "halfway across the sea", but later developed the slang meaning of "drunk".

**Magners** is a cider manufactured in British Columbia near the pacific west coast, in or around Vancouver.

**Strongbow**, though primarily exported from England, is also regularly bottled in a number of places worldwide. Most Strongbow in Canada is bottled in and around Toronto, Ontario.

## Lyrics

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

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> From France we get the brandy, from Martinique the rum
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> Sweet red Cabernet from Italy does come
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> But the fairest of 'em all, me boys, the one to beat the day
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> Is made from apples up the mighty Saguenay
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> {Chorus}
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> So, follow me lads!
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> 'Cause this ain't no grog or ale
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> One pint down, you'll be swingin' in the gale
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> Five pints, bully, you'll be shaking in your shoes
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> We're half seas over on the Joli Rouge
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> She's called the Dreadnought Cider, she's proper and she's fine
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> And when the day is over, sure, I wish that she were mine
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> Or in the dark of winter, or on a summer's eve
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> Oh, one hand giveth and the other doth receive
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> {Chorus}
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> So turn your sails over and bring her hard to port
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> Find that little star and fly straight into the north
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> The wild sun upon your back, the wind a-blowing free
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> You're rolling down the river, boys, to old Chicoutimi
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> {Chorus}
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> So you can have a Magners and pour it over ice
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> Or you can have a Strongbow if it's sadness that you like
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> Or join us up the river and we'll set your heart aglow
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> And how you'll feel when the real cider starts to flow
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> {Chorus x2}
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## Recordings

#### Full Band Streams

* Welcome to a New Decade with The Longest Johns (22 Jan 2020)
* Live Stream, All aboard the Good Ship Valentine(ish) with The Longest Johns (19 Feb 2020)
* Isolation Stream 'n' Skypeathon! (1 Apr 2020)
* 100k Subscriber Thank You Stream (19 Aug 2020)
* Stream If You Wanna Go Faster (12 May 2021)
* Stream of Mushroom Soup (23 Nov 2021)
* Stream America (15 Mar 2022)
* Strème de Menthe (27 Jul 2022)
* Streamworks (18 Jan 2023)
* Davestream Beleaver (30 May 2023)
* Do Androids Stream Of Electric Sheep (3 Aug 2023)
* Little Stream of Horrors (25 Oct 2023)
* Streamship Willie (17 Jan 2024)

#### Chill Streams

* JD & Andy Chilltime - 27/01/2020
* Welcome to the Chilldome! With Andy - 15/03/2020
* Welcome to Chilltown! With Andy and JD - 23/03/2020
* Come on down to Chillbury Town! With Andy - 26/03/2020
* Chillbury Town: Population You! With Andy & JD - 30/03/2020
* Roll on down to Chillbury Town! With Andy - 04/04/2020
* Roll on UP to Chillbury Town! With Andy - 13/04/2020
* Welcome to the Chilldome! Playing mostly folk music... - 20/04/2020
* Won't you come down to Chillbury Town - 24/04/2020
* Welcome to Chillville! Population: Andy - 01/05/2020
* Roll on down to Chillbury Town with Andy & JD - 04/05/2020
* It's a beautiful morning in Chillbury Town - 08/05/2020
* It's music stream time, everybody loves music stream time... - 11/05/2020
* Welcome to Chillville. Drive safe! Playing mostly folk music... - 15/05/2020
* Friday Morning Super Folk Music Time! - 29/05/2020
* Enter the Chilldome! Playing mostly folk music... - 05/06/2020
* Pack your bags! We're moving to Chillbury Town. - 14/08/2020
* Music? Music! - 25/09/2020
* Music? Splendid! - 09/10/2020
* Late Night Super Folk Music Time! - 22/11/2020
* It's folk music time! New banjo! - 11/12/2020
* Super Friday Folk Music Time! - 18/12/2020
* Bonus music time! GO! - 23/12/2020
* Mostly Folk Music - 8/01/2021

#### Gaming Streams

* Anyone for a Shanty? (Part 1) (23 Sep 2020)
* Party Boat with Krotukk! - 01/02/2020
* Sea of Thieves Tall Tales Marathon for Charity (Part 1) (24 Jun 2020)
* Sea of Thieves Tall Tales Marathon for Charity (Part 2) (24 Jun 2020)
* Sea of Sings on a Monday afternoon, oh what a splendid sight to see - 29/06/2020
* \*bangs table\* boat boat dogs vaults sing boat! - 11/09/2020
* Sea of Sings! - 05/10/2020
* Sea of Sings! Yarr and all that... - 16/10/2020
* Sea of Sings! Let's Shant! With Kharites & TeachCourage! - 23/10/2020
* Sea of Sings! with KroTukk! SHANT! - 3/11/2020
* Sea of Sings! Welcome to the Shantydome! - 6/11/2020
* Sea of Sings! - 13/11/2020
* Shants on the sea! - 16/11/2020
* Sea of Joviality with KroTukk and KHARITES\_ - 28/11/2020
* Let's do a sing and get in the sea !drops - 11/12/2020
* Music and boats and stuff - 13/12/2020
* Let's get splashy - 18/12/2020
* Get in the sea! it's Sea of Sings! - 6/01/2021 Stream Full VOD
* Boo! Surprise Sea of Sings! - 21/01/2021
* Sea of Sings! Yarr? - 01/02/2021
* Game Dev stream! Yarrs for everyone! - 05/02/2021
* Sea of Sings! Boats and stuff! - 15/02/2021
* Sea of Sings - It's boat time - 22/02/2021
* Giveaway giveaways - Let's get in the sea - 01/03/2021
* It's time to get in the sea and do a music! - 30/04/2021
* Safe and sound at home again, let the waters roar, chat! - 24/05/2021
* Something something pirate pun - 26/07/2021
* Friday funtime happy murder party! with Kharites & Krotukk - 13/08/2021
* Sea of Sings - Putting the rum in rumbustiousness since 1862 - 06/09/2021
* Too many gosh darned BUCKETS!!!! ... - 18/10/2021
* Bo.........@? - 15/11/2021
* Two SoT streams in one week?!? What is this, 2020? - 01/04/2022
* Sea of Sings for War Child - 30/05/2022

## Joli Cheese

In April 2020, Discord user *CollapsingHrungDisaster* shared a set of parody lyrics re-writing the song to be about cheese. This version proved very popular with the community, resulting in its being performed twice on subsequent chill streams.

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> From Greece we get the feta
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> From France the Ro-que-fort
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> Fine hard Parmesan
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> From Italy and more
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> But if you're in the West Country
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> The fairest of them all
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> Is made and found and eaten
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> Down the mighty Cheddar gorge
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> {Chorus}
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> So, follow me lads
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> 'Cause this 'ain't no Camembert
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> Once slice down, even Stilton don't compare
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> Five blocks bully and you're weak'ning at the knees
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> We're half seas over for the cheddar cheese
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> Well the Cheshire is a charmer
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> Though it's crumbly inside
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> And if you lack utensils
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> You'll be left unsatisfied
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> But the cheddar's firm and fulsome
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> And if it's right mature
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> With just two fingers you'll be
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> Screaming out for more
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> {Chorus}
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> The gouda is all good-a
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> If it's molten in a dish
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> And sailing on the fondue sea
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> It is your greatest wish
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> But if you set your satnav
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> To take you west by south
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> Then just one bite'll leave it
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> Melting in your mouth.
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> {Chorus}
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> So you can try halloumi
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> And fry until it's black
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> Or munch on gorgonzola
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> If your nose is out of wack
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> The Yanks' is made of plastic
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> And the taste'll make you cry
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> So give me cheddar
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> Every day until I die
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> {Chorus}
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* Roll on down to Chillbury Town! With Andy - 10/04/2020
* More chilled than a sack of penguins with Andy & JD - 27/04/2020

1. ↑ "half-seas-over, adv. and adj." OED Online. Oxford University Press, December 2022. Web. 9 December 2022.