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Hoist the Colours

"Hoist the Colors" is a song from the *Pirates of the Caribbean* movie franchise, originally appearing in the 2007 installment *Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End*. The title phrase literally refers to raising the flag of a ship, but in the films it is used as a call to arms for members of the Brethren Court, a confederation of pirates. The lyrics tell of the binding of the sea goddess Calypso in human form by the pirate king Davy Jones.

## Factoids

The song was inspired by an urban legend about the nursery rhyme "Sing a Song of Sixpence" originating as a coded message used by Blackbeard and his associates to recruit crew members for their voyages.

The eerie drone effect in the background of the song is a recording of Andy holding a single long note using overtone singing, plus a low bass note from JD, looped to play continuously through the whole song.

## Lyrics

As provided in the YouTube video description.

>
> The King and his men
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> stole the Queen from her bed
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> and bound her in her bones
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> the seas be ours and by the powers
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> where we will we'll roam
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> {chorus}
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> Yo ho, all hands
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> Hoist the colours high
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> Heave ho, thieves and beggars
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> Never shall we die
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> Yo ho, haul together
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> Hoist the colours high
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> Heave ho, thieves and beggars
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> Never shall we die
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> Some men have died
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> and some are alive
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> and others sail on sea
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> with the keys to the cage
> and the Devil to pay
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> we lay to Fiddler's Green.
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> {Chorus}
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> The bell has been raised
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> from it's watery grave
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> Do you hear its sepulchral tone?
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> We're a call to all
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> pay heed the squall
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> and turn your sail toward home
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>
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> {Chorus}
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> Yo ho, all hands
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> Hoist the colours high
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> Heave ho, thieves and beggars
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> Never shall we die
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>

## Recordings

#### YouTube Videos

* Music video

1. ↑ https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Hoist\_the\_Colours
2. ↑ https://pirates.fandom.com/wiki/Hoist\_the\_Colours\_(song)#Behind\_the\_scenes
South Australia

A traditional capstan shanty dating back to the early 19th century; the earliest known printed version appears in an 1888 book titled *The Music of the Waters* by Laura Smith.

## Factoids

Some performers have added a modern verse referencing the demise of Skylab, the first U.S. space station, in 1979: "In South Australia Skylab fell / 15 billion shot to hell"

## Lyrics

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

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> In South Australia I was born
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> (Heave away! Haul away!)
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> South Australia round Cape Horn
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> (We're bound for South Australia!) [continues throughout]
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> {Chorus}
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> Haul away, you rolling king,
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> Heave away! Haul away!
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> All the way you'll hear me sing
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> We're bound for South Australia!
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> As I walked out one morning fair
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> It's there I met Miss Nancy Blair
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> {Chorus}
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> I shook her up, I shook her down
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> I shook her round and round the town
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> {Chorus}
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> There ain't but one thing grieves me mind
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> To leave young Nancy Blair behind
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> {Chorus}
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> I'm Bristol born and Bristol bred
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> I'm thick in the arm and thick in the head
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> {Chorus 2x}
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>

## Recordings

#### Full Band Streams

* Christmas Party with The Longest Johns!!! (19 Dec 2018)
* The Longest Johns and Friends, February Edition (New donation system) (27 Feb 2019)
* Singing Live Stream and Special Announcement… (7 Aug 2019)
* Fancy Dress Social Media Live Stream Tour (31 Oct 2020)
* Amazing Technicolor Stream-coat! (7 Jul 2021)
* Cadbury Stream Egg (13 Apr 2022)
* Streamship Troopers (15 Mar 2023)
* Little Stream of Horrors (25 Oct 2023)

#### Gaming Streams

* Musical larceny on the big blue wet thing - 10/08/2020
* Sea of Sings! With AsylumGC8! SHANT! - 31/10/2020

1. ↑ https://www.google.com/books/edition/The\_Music\_of\_the\_Waters/k7FNAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=south%20australia
2. ↑ https://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/Doe071.html
Running Down to Cuba

The history of this song is somewhat obscure. The earliest known reference to it occurs in a 1924 book titled "A Gipsy of the Horn", in which author Rex Clements recounts his sailing career some 20 years earlier. In describing the different types of shanties and the work they accompanied, he calls this one a "shanty for doing nothing at all":

>
> It was like the others with solo and chorus and was sometimes started by a discontented crowd who felt they were having their old iron worked up unnecessarily. One of the men would begin: "I've got a sister nine foot high!" and was taken up by the chorus: "Way down in Cuba!" but, instead of heaving, the words were followed by three short jumps. It was very infrequently heard and always came to an abrupt end after the first line, in obedience to an angry order from the mate to "Stop that!"
>
>
>
>

The only known historical set of lyrics comes from a 1948 collection called *American Sea Songs and Chanteys*; editor Frank Shay calls it an "elusive Mississippi River song" and offers just two verses.

It's unclear where several of the modern verses originated, but the song gained a significant boost in popularity after its inclusion in the 2013 video game *Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag*, and many newer versions (including the Johns') use some variation on the lyrics used in the game.

## Lyrics

As performed on the 30 Aug 2023 livestream.

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> Running down to Cuba with a load of sugar
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> ('Way me boys to Cuba)
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> Make 'er run, you lime juice squeezers
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> (Running down to Cuba) [continues throughout verses]
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> {Chorus}
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> 'Way me boys to Cuba
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> Running down to Cuba
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> I got a sister, she's nine feet tall
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> She sleeps in the kitchen with her feet in the hall
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> {Chorus}
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> The captain, he will trim the sails
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> Winging that water over the rails
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>
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> {Chorus}
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> Give me a girl can dance fandango
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> Round as a melon and sweet as a mango
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>
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> {Chorus}
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> Load that sugar and homeward go
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> 'Cause mister mate he told me so
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> {Chorus 2x}
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>
>
>

## Recordings

#### Gaming Streams

* The Longest Johns Play Sea of Thieves but the servers die and we sing anyway (20 Mar 2018)
* Giveaway Giveaways on the Waves! - 12/04/2021

1. ↑ https://archive.org/details/gipsyofhornnarra00clem/page/230/mode/2up?view=theater
2. ↑ Shay, Frank. *American Sea Songs and Chanteys From the Days of Iron Men and Wooden Ships. W. W. Norton & Company, 1948.*
Bones in the Ocean (EP)

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

The first EP by The Longest Johns, it was released on May 27, 2013, and recorded at Caedmon Studios, a division of New Generation Music (NGM). Andy acted as sound engineer and editor, and Aled Jenkins is credited as having done additional editing, as well as mixing and mastering. Andy and Dave handled the graphic design and the cover art for the album is an original work by Andy himself. Matt Francis, the band's manager, is also credited as executive producer.

The five tracks released on the digital album are all Longest Johns originals. An additional three tracks were included on the physical CD, live versions recorded at The Fleece in Bristol.

### Track List

1. The Captain's Daughter
2. Anne Louise
3. Bones in the Ocean
4. Retirement Song
5. Men I've Known and Killed
6. Haul Away Joe\*
7. My Son John\*
8. Last Bristolian Pirate\*

\*Live track included only on the physical CD

At the time of recording, the band was Josh Bowker (tenor), Jonathan Darley (bass), Dave Robinson (tenor) and Andy Yates (baritone).

### Stream/Purchase

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

## Bones in the Ocean (10 Year Anniversary Edition)

### Length

25:42

On the Dec 2023 livestream, the band announced a new 10 Year Anniversary Edition of the EP, which was released on 31 Dec 2023. It contains remixed and remastered versions of the 5 tracks from the original release, as well as a brand-new "2023" recording of each song featuring all-new arrangements with *all* six band members, past and present. The cover features a reworked version of the original cover art as well as the band's newly redesigned logo. It is available through all the normal channels, or as an add-on to the Voyage Kickstarter pre-order.

### Stream/Purchase

* Amazon Music
* Anghami
* Apple Music/iTunes
* Deezer
* Pandora
* Spotify
* Tidal
* YouTube
Bamfield's John Vanden

Written by Chris Frye of The Bills to honour his great uncle, the titular John Vanden. Since its release on The Bills' 2004 album *Let Em Run*, the tune has spread through the folk music community. John Vanden was a coastal fisherman who lived and worked in and around the town of Bamfield, British Columbia, and is reputed to have been a facet of the community until his departure for Vancouver at the age of 88. Though Vanden passed away in 2011 at age 96, he is forever immortalised in song.

## Lyrics

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

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> I come from the mud and the wind and the wet
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> From as far to the west as a man can get
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> And I've worked those waters for all my years
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> And I got my share of strife and tears
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> Ah, the ocean’s the source of my hopes and fears
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> Kept an eye on the jigger pole, hand on the gaff
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> And a smiley on the line always brought a laugh
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> She’s the pride of the coast, biggest of the springs
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> We would carry her home past Edward King
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> Unloading at the packers’ and the money would ring
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> I’m Bamfield’s John Vanden
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> {Chorus}
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> And you might slip and stumble on the rocks at the shore
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> And exult in the blast of the mighty wake’s roar
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> But when you stand humbled by the ocean’s door
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> Then you’ll understand just who I am
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> Bamfield’s Johnnie Vanden
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> Fair weather is a mask that the devil dons
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> A disguise for the tempest that’s coming on
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> But looking toward the west, I can always tell
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> By the tint of the sky and the strength of the swell
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> Who’s winning today—is it heaven or hell?
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>
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> And when unseen arms threw thundering gales
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> We risked our souls on that telegraph trail
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> When the listing wrecks needed us the most
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> We slipped past death on the graveyard coast
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> But the ocean remembers, so we never did boast
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> I’m Bamfield’s John Vanden
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>
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> {Chorus}
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>
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> I rolled and trolled and my hands were worn
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> In God’s vindictive southeast storms
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> Heard the hull of the ship as it ripped and groaned
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> But there is one thrill I have never known
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> 'tis the love of a woman I could call my own
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>
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> So your questions of romance don’t ask me
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> I’m the man who wed the Pacific sea
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> Tempestuous though she may have been
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> A more faithful two you never seen
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> She’s kept me wise and fit and lean
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> I’m Bamfield’s John Vanden
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>
>
> {Chorus}
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> Bamfield's John Vanden
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>
>
>
>

## Recordings

#### Full Band Streams

* Welcome to a New Decade with The Longest Johns (22 Jan 2020)

#### Gaming Streams

* Ocean of Larcenists! - Sailing & Singing with Jd, Andy & Dave (21 Feb 2020)
Drunken Scotsman

Originally written by Tennessee singer-songwriter Mike Cross, in or about 1981. this somewhat bawdy ballad has become a bit of a folk staple, covered by countless folk singers.

## Lyrics

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

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> Well a Scotsman clad in kilt left a bar one evening fair
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> And one could tell by the way he walked that he'd drunk more than his share
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> He fumbled round until he could no longer keep his feet
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> Then he stumbled off into the grass to sleep beside the street
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> Ring-ding diddle-diddle-addie-oh ring die-diddly I oh-ho!
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> He stumbled off into the grass to sleep beside the street
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>
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> Around that time two young and lovely girls just happened by
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> And one says to the other with a twinkle in her eye
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> "See yon sleeping Scotsman both strong and handsome built
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> I wonder if it's true what they don't wear beneath the kilt!"
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> Ring-ding diddle-diddle-addie-oh ring die-diddly I oh-ho!
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> I wonder if it's true what they don't wear beneath the kilt!
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> They crept up on that sleeping Scotsman quiet as could be
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> And lifted up his kilt about an inch so they could see
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> And there behold, for them to view, beneath his Scottish skirt
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> Was nothing more than God had graced him with upon his birth
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> Ring-ding diddle-diddle-addie-oh ring die-diddly I oh-ho!
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> Was nothing more than God had graced him with upon his birth
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> They marveled for a moment, then one said, "We must be gone
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> Let's leave a present for our friend, before we move along"
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> As a gift they left a blue silk ribbon, tied into a bow
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> Around the bonnie star, the Scotsman's kilt did lift and show
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> Ring-ding diddle-diddle-addie-oh ring die-diddly I oh-ho!
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> Around the bonnie star, the Scotsman's kilt did lift and show
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> Now the Scotsman woke to nature's call and stumbled toward a tree
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> Behind a bush, he lifts his kilt and gawks at what he sees
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> And in a startled voice he says to what's before his eyes
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> "O lad I don't know where you been, but I see you won first prize!"
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> Ring-ding diddle-diddle-addie-oh ring die-diddly I oh-ho!
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> O lad I don't know where you been but I see you won first prize!
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## Recordings

#### Full Band Streams

* The Longest Johns and Friends, El Pony Pisador! (12 Aug 2018)
* The Longest Johns and Friends, April. w/Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith (30 Apr 2019)
* Singing Live Stream and Special Announcement... (7 Aug 2019)
* Longest Johns LIvestream | Lockdown Lullabies and Rousing Renditions (15 Apr 2020)
* We're Going to Wellermania! | The Longest Johns Full Band Stream (14 Apr 2021)
* Amazing Technicolor Stream-coat!! | The Longest Johns Full Band Stream (7 Jul 2021)

#### Gaming Streams

* Adventures on the Sea of Thieves with Andy and JD (29 Aug 2018)
The Snow it Melts the Soonest

"The Snow it Melts the Soonest" (also called "The Snows They Melt the Soonest") is an English folk song first published in *Blackwood's Magazine* in 1821, and popularized in the 1960s by folk singer Anne Briggs. The Longest Johns released their version on their 2013 EP Christmas at Sea.

## Lyrics

(As performed on the Christmas at Sea EP)

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> O, the snow it melts the soonest when the winds begin to sing
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> And the corn it ripens fastest when the frosts are setting in
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> And when a woman tells me that my face she'll soon forget
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> Before we part, I wage a crown, she's fain to follow't yet
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> O, the snow it melts the soonest when the winds begin to sing
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> And the swallow skims without a thought as long as it is spring
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> But when spring goes, and winter blows, my lass, an ye'll be fain
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> For all your pride, to follow me, were't cross the stormy main
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> O, the snow it melts the soonest when the winds begin to sing
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> And the bee that flew when summer shined, in winter cannot sting
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> I've seen a woman's anger melt betwixt the night and morn
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> O, it's surely not a harder thing to tame a woman's scorn
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> O, never say me farewell dear, no farewell I'll receive
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> For you shall set me to the stile, and kiss and take your leave
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> But I'll wait here 'til the woodcock comes and the martlet takes his wing
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> Since the snow aye melts the soonest, lass, when the winds begin to sing
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>

## Recordings

#### Streaming/Purchase

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

#### Full Band Streams

* Christmas Party with The Longest Johns!!! (19 Dec 2018)
* TLJ Christmas Party!! (18 Dec 2019)
* It's The Most Wonderful Stream of the Year (22 Dec 2021)
* It Was Christmas Stream Babe (20 Dec 2023)

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Snows\_They\_Melt\_the\_Soonest
Rabbit

> "*"You better try, because right now your loyalty seems to lie to other dogs!"*"
> ― Rabbit to Speckle when she tries to stop them from chasing Pumpkin off their territory
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>

## Rank Positions

### Status:

Alive

Rabbit is a red Irish Setter with long ears and sharp eyes and ears.

Rabbit is never afraid to challenge Smoke. She keeps dogs in their places and kinda keeps Smoke from going too soft on punishments and in battles.
Proud Mary

"Proud Mary" is a song originally performed by American band Creedence Clearwater Revival, written by lead singer John Fogerty and released on their 1969 album *Bayou Country*. It was also famously covered by R&B duo Ike & Tina Turner on their 1971 album *Workin' Together*, earning them a Grammy award and becoming one of Tina Turner's signature songs.

The Longest Johns released a YouTube cover of the song on 14 June 2023 as part of their series of studio covers.

## Lyrics

Lyrics as performed in the YouTube video.

>
> Left a good job in the city
>
> Workin' for the man every night and day
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> And I never lost one minute of sleepin'
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> Worrying about the way things might've been
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> {Chorus}
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> Big wheel keep on turnin'
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> Proud Mary keep on burnin'
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> And we're rollin' (rollin'), rollin' (rollin')
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> Rollin' on the river
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> Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis
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> Pumped a lot of 'tane down in New Orleans
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> But I never saw the good side of the city
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> 'Til I hitched a ride on a riverboat queen
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> {Chorus}
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> And we're rollin' (rollin'), rollin' (rollin')
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> Rollin' on the river
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>
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> If you come down to the river
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> Bet you gonna find some people who live
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> You don't have to worry 'cause you have no money
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> People on the river are happy to give
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>
> {Chorus}
>
>
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> And we're rollin' (rollin'), rollin' (rollin')
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> Rollin' on the river
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>
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> Well, I left a good job in the city
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> Workin' for the man every night and day
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> And I never lost one minute of sleepin'
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> Worrying about the way things might've been
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>
>
> {Chorus}
>
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> And we're rollin' (rollin'), rollin' (rollin')
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> Rollin' on the river
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> And we're rollin' (rollin'), rollin' (rollin')
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> Rollin' on the river
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> Big wheel keep on turnin'
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> Proud Mary keep on burnin'
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>
The Milkmaid

The twelfth track from Written in Salt, this is a Longest Johns Original. Though written primarily by Josh Bowker, the song's lyrics were fine-tuned and finished by the whole of the band in a collaborative effort. The lyrics tell the fictional story of a crew of rum smugglers who must scuttle their ship to avoid being caught by the authorities.

## Factoids

The *Milkmaid* of the song was not based on or inspired by the 17th century smugglers' ship of the same name (and indeed, the details of the story, beyond it being a smuggler ship, do not match). Josh himself confirmed via ̶s̶e̶a̶n̶c̶e̶ phone call during the January 2023 livestream that he chose the name for the irony — a "milkmaid" bringing liquor instead of milk — and any resemblance to the historical ship is coincidence.

## Lyrics

These lyrics are based on the version performed by the Longest Johns on their album, Written in Salt.

>
> I love a woman and she loves me
>
> (Heave away)
>
> She belongs to the rolling sea
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> (Heave and haul away)
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> Though she's made me many a pound
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> (Heave away)
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> I had no choice but to cut her down
>
> (Heave and haul away) [continues throughout]
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
> Cast her away, brave boys
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> We'll find another when we've been paid
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> But there'll never be another craft
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> Like the crafty old Milkmaid
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>
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> She was crammed with a liquid gold
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> Never was a finer cargo stowed
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> Kegs and bottles all locked up tight
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> And another one to get us through the night
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>
>
> {Chorus}
>
>
>
> We filled our pockets and we never got caught
>
> And emptied them again at the nearest port
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> Find us a buyer and we'll find a way through
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> Leave it to the Maid and her fearless crew
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
>
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> Through the glass of a customs scum
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> We'll never let the king's men steal our rum
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> Scuttle the hull, kiss the Maid goodbye
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> I never thought I'd see the bos'n cry
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>
>
> {Chorus}
>
>
>
> Now we're hiding in the tavern among the kegs
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> Drinking all day trying to wet our legs
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> Though our next ship might be strong and true
>
> (We'll always be the Milkmaid's crew!)
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
>
>
>

## Recordings

#### Streaming/Purchase

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

#### Gig Videos

* Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival (2014)
* Bie Daip Festival, Appingedam (2016)

#### Full Band Streams

* Surviving the first month of 2019 with The Longest Johns!!! (New donation system) (30 Jan 2019)
* The Longest Johns and Friends, February Edition (New donation system) (27 Feb 2019)
* The Longest Johns Early Octobermas (2 Oct 2019)
* Album Launch Party! Cures What Ails Ya, Available June 10th (Preorder Now) (10 Jun 2020)
* (New Merch) I'm Goin' Off the Rails on a Crazy Stream (14 Oct 2020)
* Nightmare on Elm Stream (27 Oct 2020)
* Stream of Mushroom Soup (A day early to fit around touring) (23 Nov 2021)
* Do Androids Stream of Electric Sheep (3 Aug 2023)
Beyond the Light

"Beyond the Light" is the third track on *Land Shanties*, released in partnership with Suzuki Australia in April 2021. The lyrics deal with the harrowing experience of running low on fuel.

## Factoids

**Servo** is Australian slang for a service station.

**The Hume** Highway is one of Australia's major inter-city national highways, running for 840 kilometres (520 mi) between Melbourne in the southwest and Sydney in the northeast.

**Klick** is slang for a kilometer.

## Lyrics

>
> Through the fear we push beyond
>
> We take her to her limit
>
> For the light upon the petrol gauge
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> Has been on for fifteen minutes
>
>
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> 'Cause when the glow comes on and all
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> We're running on is trust
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> When they say you can't go on
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> Well that is when we must
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>
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> Steel your nerve, have heart me crew
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> For the servo siren calls
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> Your courage shall be rewarded
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> With fuel and sausage rolls
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>
>
> {Chorus}
>
> Hold steady, hold fast
>
> We're running out of gas
>
> Hold steady, hold fast
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> Have courage we will last
>
>
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> Although we ne'er have said a word
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> For you are forged of iron
>
> But here we are in the crimson realm
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> Let's pray your gauge is lying
>
>
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> For we have drained the tank before
>
> A-stranded on the Hume
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> But to be fair that was my fault
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> We pushed too far on fumes
>
>
>
> As we march beyond the light
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> I feel no greater thrill
>
> This, I vow to you my sweet:
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> Your heart will get its fill
>
>
>
> {Chorus 2x}
>
>
>
> I know I ask a lot of you
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> But you ask nothing of me
>
> We can go the distance
>
> With your first-class fuel economy
>
>
>
> The lady of the map
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> She tells of a station up ahead
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> In twenty klicks, you can be sure
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> I'll get you washed and fed
>
>
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> With hope and valour, grill to boot
>
> We execute the plan
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> It's only when we're told we can't
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> We truly prove we can
>
>
>
> {Chorus 2x}
>
>
>
>

## Recordings

#### Streaming/Purchase

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

#### YouTube Videos

* Album Version

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hume\_Highway
Bosun Bill

"Bosun Bill" is a song from the soundtrack of the video game *Sea of Thieves*. It tells the tragic tale of Bosun Bill, the alleged "worst pirate ever", who ends up trapped on a deserted island after trying to take away too much treasure and sinking his boat. The Longest Johns released a video of their version of the song on 25 January 2023.

## Lyrics

(Sourced from the Sea of Thieves wiki and confirmed against the video)

>
> Bosun Bill was known throughout the port
>
> A truly dreadful pirate who was always getting caught
>
> Not one scheme for stealing he could hatch
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> 'Cause someone would spot
>
> The treasure he'd got
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> And Bill they'd snatch!
>
>
>
> One day Bill awoke laying on a distant beach
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> The last of his grog was just out of reach
>
> He groped around with trembling hands
>
> And struck something in the sand!
>
>
>
> He'd stumbled upon a part
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> Of an ancient chart
>
> Stained and torn, the old map told
>
> The way to find a stash of buried gold, so...
>
>
>
> Bosun Bill set out to find a crew
>
> But everyone he asked replied, "I'll never sail with you!"
>
> 'Til at last, he plied a man with ale
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> to lend him his craft,
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> A rickety raft
>
> Then Bill set sail!
>
>
>
> All by himself, Bill trembled in the dark
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> He lost both his boots and his hat to a shark
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> He followed the chart 'til at last he saw
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> The gleam of a far off shore
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> The trail led into a cave
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> Silent as the grave
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> Bill stood gaping at what he saw
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> A hoard of treasure piled from roof to floor
>
>
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> Bosun Bill stuffed treasure into his sack
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> He loaded up the boat, but heard a mighty crack
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> He'd taken too much plunder when he should have kept it light
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> The raft and all the gold sank out of sight
>
>
>
> So Bosun Bill let out a terrible curse
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> He'd had a chance at glory but he'd only come out worse!
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> To this day, he's trapped on the island still
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> Not very clever
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> The worst pirate ever
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> It's Booo...sun... Bill!
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>
>
>
Robbie Sattin

Robbie began singing with the band periodically in 2014, standing in for  Josh when the latter was unavailable due to family commitments. He officially joined the band on 7 August 2015, just ahead of Bristol's 2015 Severn Seas Festival. Robbie is the second baritone in the Longest Johns, and he mainly plays the harmonium.

Robbie is an accomplished performer, musician, and composer. He plays guitar as well as bass, and is a skilled keyboardist and drummer. He has been credited as a producer and sound engineer on a number of albums and YouTube videos, including several videos by Katie Sky.

Robbie previously performed as a guitarist with the band On Off Switch. Three tracks from the band survive on YouTube: "Gotta Know", "Like That" and "Take a Shot", all featuring Robbie's guitar work.

1. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/TheLongestJohns/photos/a.408394329202918/928757447166601/?type=3&permPage=1
Angelina Baker

"Angelina Baker" is a song written by Stephen Foster for the Christy Minstrels, and published in 1850. The original version laments the loss of an enslaved woman, sent away by her owner, but the lyrics have changed significantly over time and multiple versions now exist. In livestreams, the band usually follow the Norfolk Broads' version of the lyrics.

## Lyrics

>
> I used to work, I used to sing so happy all the day
>
> Till Angelina Baker came and stole my heart away.
>
> Angelina Baker, she's the girl I love so true,
>
> Oh, Angelina Baker, I would give my heart to you.
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
> Angelina Baker, age of forty-three,
>
> Fed her sugar candy but she wouldn't marry me.
>
> Angelina Baker, Angeline I know,
>
> Should have married Angeline twenty years ago.
>
>
>
> Angelina Baker lives on the village green,
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> The way I always loved her beats all you've ever seen.
>
> Angeline is handsome, Angeline is tall,
>
> She broke her little ankle dancing in the hall.
>
>
>
> Angelina liked the boys as far as she could see,
>
> I waited by her window but she never looked at me.
>
> I bought her pounds of cherries and a ribbon for her hair,
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> But when I went to find her Angelina wasn't there.
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
>
>
> I've seen my Angelina in the springtime and the fall,
>
> I've seen her in the cornfield and I've seen her at the ball.
>
> And every time I met her she was smiling like the sun
>
> But now I'm left to weep a tear 'cause Angelina's gone.
>
>
>
> Early in the morning on a lovely summer's day
>
> I asked for Angelina and they said she'd gone away.
>
> I don't know where to find her and I don't know where she's gone
>
> She's left me here to weep a tear and play on the old jawbone.
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
>
>
> Bought Angeline a brand new dress, neither black nor brown,
>
> The colour of the stormy sky before the rain came down.
>
> Sixteen horses in my team, the leader he was blind.
>
> I dreamt that I was dying, I saw my Angeline.
>
>
>
> {Chorus 2x}
>
>
>
>

## Recordings

#### Full Band Streams

* Spooktober Spectacular and Farewell to Anna Livestream (30 Oct 2019)
* Little Stream of Horrors (25 Oct 2023)

#### Chill Streams

* Welcome to the Chilldome! With Andy - 15/03/2020
* Come on down to Chillbury Town! With Andy - 26/03/2020
* Roll on down to Chillbury Town! With Andy - 10/04/2020
* More chilled than a sack of penguins with Andy & JD - 27/04/2020
* Welcome to Chillville! Population: Andy - 01/05/2020
* Can you survive the chilldome? Playing mostly folk music... - 26/06/2020
* Observe the Chilldome. Playing mostly folk music... - 17/07/2020
* Enter The Friday Morning Music Dome! - 02/10/2020
* Super Friday Morning Folk Music Time! - 16/10/2020
* It's time for mostly folk music with Andy! - 6/11/2020
* Super Sunday Afternoon Folk Music Time! or SSAFMT for short. - 15/11/2020
* Late Night Super Folk Music Time! - 22/11/2020
* Playing some tunes, having a chill. - 1/01/2021
* Mostly Folk Music - 8/01/2021
* Just one tired man and a banjo... - 17/01/2021
* He do be banjin doe - 07/02/2021
* We'll all drink herbal tea in Chillbury Town - 14/04/2022
Nightfall Pack

#### Hunters:

Dragon: large red female with long fur and ears (third dog)(I mean that she has long ears)

Rosewater:large, delicate female greyhound

Ly: female fierce dog (if I'm understanding correctly what fierce dogs are)

Nutmeg: pale brown female with long fur and an injured leg

Azalea: short brown and white female

#### Patrol Dogs:

Juniper: pale grey male

Cocoa: long-furred brown female

Dusk: black and grey female

Sorrel: brown and white female

##### Pups:

Tuft: light brown male

Pounce: creamy-colored female

Whimper: light brown female
Lake

Lake sitting over a cliff.

Lake is a huge black-and-white thick-furred half-wolf, or Husky, with blue eyes.

Lake is the current Beta of the Wild Pack, and his new at his rank.

## Personality and Relationships

Lake is stern and serious, though, he is quiet unsure about things. He's extremely kind when not serving his Pack as Beta. Lake is not necessarily close with Summer, but he and his Alpha have the strong bond of Alpha and Beta.He is also close with Wasp, seeing him as a father and mentor.
The Lady of the Map

"The Lady of the Map" is the fourth track on *Land Shanties*, released in partnership with Suzuki Australia in April 2021. The song expresses the joy of taking an unplanned detour.

## Lyrics

>
> Dear lady of the GPS, we're going separate ways
>
> Yes I know you've been there for me, but I just have to say
>
> I feel a surge of joy as I shun your urge to turn
>
> I need to travel my own way there, when the fire of freedom burns
>
>
>
> Yes I know I asked for help, but I can change my mind
>
> 'Tis a right of us free folk, if we feel inclined
>
> For hawks don't use the GPS, and that is what I am
>
> Gliding down the coastal roads, the long way is my plan
>
>
>
> Dear lady of the GPS, we should go our separate ways
>
> In two hundred meters I won't turn round, no matter what you say
>
> I feel a surge of joy as I shun your urge to turn
>
> I need to travel my own way there, when the fire of freedom burns
>
>
>
> Have you factored an ocean breeze, the tickle on my arm?
>
> The poetry in squinting at the glinting water's charm?
>
> No, you've not. You'll never see outside of your blue line
>
> I choose adventure, I will not turn — who cares if we're on time?
>
>
>
> Dear lady of the GPS, we should go our separate ways
>
> In one hundred meters I won't turn round, no matter what you say
>
> For I feel a surge of joy as I shun your urge to turn
>
> I need to travel my own way there, when the fire of freedom burns
>
>
>
> What a journey this is, my kids! But one that goes too fast
>
> Let's make the most of it where we are, enjoy it while it lasts
>
> Lookie here, what we have found — hey kids, who wants drive-thru?
>
> The gods of the land have favored our plan of choosing our own route
>
>
>
> Dear lady of the GPS, we've gone our separate ways
>
> I hear your cries but I won't turn back, no matter what you say
>
> I feel a surge of joy as I shun your urge to turn
>
> I need to travel my own way there when the fire of freedom burns
>
>
>
> When the fire of freedom burns! When the fire of freedom burns!
>
> I need to travel my own way there, when the fire of freedom burns!
>
>
>
> When the fire of freedom burns! When the fire of freedom burns!
>
> I need to travel my own way there, when the fire of freedom burns!
>
>
>
> [repeat and fade]
>
>
>
>

## Recordings

#### Stream/Purchase

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

#### Full Band Streams

* Streamworks (18 Jan 2023)
* Sega Streamcast (15 Feb 2023)
Roll Alabama Roll

This traditional halyard shanty tells the story of the sinking of the Confederate sloop-of-war *CSS Alabama* by the Yankee *USS Kearsarge* on June 19, 1864, at the Battle of Cherbourg during the American Civil War. Its lyrics are often attributed to Frank Townsend, a sailor on the Alabama who was rescued by a nearby British yacht when the Alabama sank, though the oldest surviving record of the song only dates to 1925 and is unattributed, making this difficult to confirm. It shares a tune with another traditional song titled "Roll the Cotton Down".

The Longest Johns performed this on their March 2019 livestream with  Sam Brookes.

### Factoids

*CSS Alabama* was built in secret by British shipbuilders John Laird Sons and Company for the Confederate States Navy in 1862. British neutrality law allowed the ship to be built there as long as it was not actually armed until it reached international waters.

The ship sailed for two years, mostly cruising around the Atlantic attacking Union merchant ships as part of the Confederacy's strategy to try to draw Union forces away from their blockade of the South.

The ship's fate was sealed when it put in at Cherbourg, France for repairs, and the Union ship *USS Kearsarge* trapped them in Cherbourg Harbor. Rather than try to wait them out, *Alabama's* Captain Semmes decided to try and fight his way out; *Kearsarge*, armor-clad and better armed, won the day and sank the Confederate ship.

The **three-mile limit** refers to the historical boundary separating a country's territorial waters from international waters, traditionally held to be the limit of the range of cannon-fire. Here, the *Kearsage* would have waited until the *Alabama* reached the three-mile limit so their attack would not be seen as an attack against neutral France.

## Lyrics

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

>
> Well the Alabama's keel was laid
>
> (Roll, Alabama, roll!)
>
> It was laid in the yard of Jonathan Laird
>
> (Oh, roll, Alabama, roll!) [repeat throughout]
>
>
>
> It was laid in the yard of Jonathan Laird
>
> It was laid in the town of Birkenhead
>
>
>
> Down the Mersey channel she sailéd then
>
> And Liverpool fitted her with guns and men
>
>
>
> Down the Mersey channel she sailéd forth
>
> to exploit the commerce of the north
>
>
>
> Into Cherbourg Harbour she sailed one day
>
> To take her share of prize money
>
>
>
> And many a sailor saw his doom
>
> When the Kearsarge she sailed into view
>
>
>
> A shot from the forward pivot that day
>
> Blew the Alabama's steering away
>
>
>
> Oh the three-mile limit, in sixty-four
>
> And she sank to the bottom of the ocean floor
>
>
>
>

## Recordings

#### Full Band Streams

* The Longest Johns and Friends, March. w/Sam Brookes (22 Mar 2019)
* The Longest Johns Streamtember (4 Sep 2019)
* Lockdown Lullabies and Rousing Renditions (15 Apr 2020)
* We're Going to Wellermania! (14 Apr 2021)
* Streamworks (18 Jan 2023)

1. ↑ https://mainlynorfolk.info/peter.bellamy/songs/thealabama.html
2. ↑ https://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/Doe035.html
3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-mile\_limit
The Bay of Suvla

Not to be confused with the Australian ballad "Suvla Bay", "The Bay of Suvla" is a song written by Canadian folk punk band The Dreadnoughts and released on their 2017 album *Foreign Skies*, which they described as "a tribute to all the people who lived through the First World War, and to those who didn't make it through." Of the song, they wrote,

>
> In 1915, regiments from England and Australia sailed for Turkey and for the Gallipoli peninsula. The mood was high. It should not have been, for they were all heading towards mass slaughter and a botched operation of monumental proportions. This battle was immortalized in Ewan MacColl’s "And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda".
>
>
>
>

## Lyrics

Based on the version performed on the Dec 2018 livestream.

>
> Plucked from the finest of hamlets and dales
>
> From Sydney to Bristol and Yorkshire we hail
>
> Riding the finest of summertime gales
>
> We're bound for the Bay of Suvla
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
> It's away, Suvla Bay
>
> Haulin' away to the Suvla Bay
>
> Fare thee well my pretty young maids
>
> We're bound for the Bay of Suvla
>
>
>
> Our wake it is bursting right over the pier
>
> The engines do carry this bold chevalier
>
> To face the brave Abdul Abulbul Amir
>
> We're bound for the Bay of Suvla
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
>
>
> It's haul 'er straight over and hard to the right
>
> the waters are clear and the sand it is white
>
> Old Mr. Stopford will set us alight
>
> We're bound for the Bay of Suvla
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
>
>
> Well the wind it is fair and the stars have aligned
>
> We'll sell our salt cod for sweet olives and wine
>
> And string up the Kaiser by Thanksgiving-time
>
> We're bound for the Bay of Suvla!
>
>
>
> {Chorus 2x}
>
>
>
> We're bound for the Bay of Suvla
>
>
>
>

## Recordings

#### Full Band Streams

* The Longest Johns Singing Stream from Newcastle (+special guests) (8 Dec 2018)
* The Longest Johns Singing Extravaganza Live from Belgium!! w/special guest (2 Jun 2019) Note: audio & video are severely out of sync; linked timestamp is the correct location for the audio
Summer (PF)

Summer watching ants scuttle in the grass.

Summer is a thick-furred golden female Retriever/Samoyed mix.

Summer is the current Alpha of the Wild Pack and is mates with Newt.

## Family

Summer's litter-brother is Wasp, and her mate is Newt.

## Personality and Relationships

Summer is much like Sweet. She's snappy when she needs to be, but is very kind towards those who obey her and are kind to her. As for relationships, she is close with both her brother and her mate.

## Appearances

* New Arrivals

1. ↑ Revealed in an unknown book, page 1
The Sound of Silence

"The Sound of Silence" is a classic folk rock song written by Paul Simon and originally released as a duo with Art Garfunkel on their 1964 debut album, *Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.*. The initial acoustic version and the album as a whole initially failed to gain traction and the pair disbanded, but after a remixed version of the song became a #1 hit in 1966, they reunited and went on to release four more successful albums together.

## Lyrics

>
> Hello darkness, my old friend
>
> I've come to talk with you again
>
> Because a vision softly creeping
>
> Left its seeds while I was sleeping
>
> And the vision that was planted in my brain
>
> Still remains
>
> Within the sound of silence
>
>
>
> In restless dreams I walked alone
>
> Narrow streets of cobblestone
>
> 'Neath the halo of a street lamp
>
> I turned my collar to the cold and damp
>
> When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
>
> That split the night
>
> And touched the sound of silence
>
>
>
> And in the naked light I saw
>
> Ten thousand people, maybe more
>
> People talking without speaking
>
> People hearing without listening
>
> People writing songs that voices never shared
>
> No one dared
>
> Disturb the sound of silence
>
>
>
> "Fools," said I, "You do not know
>
> Silence like a cancer grows
>
> Hear my words that I might teach you
>
> Take my arms that I might reach you"
>
> But my words like silent raindrops fell
>
> And echoed in the wells of silence
>
>
>
> And the people bowed and prayed
>
> To the neon god they made
>
> And the sign flashed out its warning
>
> In the words that it was forming
>
> And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
>
> And tenement halls
>
> And whispered in the sounds of silence"
>
>
>
>
It’s Hard to Be a Shantyman (On Christmas)

It's Hard to Be a Shantyman (On Christmas) is a Christmas single released on 30 November, 2022. It is a Longest Johns original, written by Robbie Sattin.

## Factoids

Discord user Mickey pointed out that this song holds the distinction of having the longest title in the TLJ catalogue — made all the more impressive by the fact that the prior record-holder, Mining for Gold/Chemical Worker's Song, is actually two titles together.

It was revealed in the January 2023 livestream that this song marks the first instance of JD playing violin in a TLJ recording.

A total of four teacups were broken in the making of the music video.

This is TLJ's second Christmas single video in a row featuring a cameo from Josh.

## Lyrics

>
> It's Christmastime
>
> There's silence on the sea
>
> It's Christmastime
>
> The bag's frozen in my tea
>
> And all I want is something else to do
>
> Than get lashed with me crew
>
> It's hard to be a shantyman on Christmas
>
>
>
> I should've known
>
> My letters were in vain
>
> 'Cause Santa's sleigh
>
> Won't brave this shipping lane
>
> Frozen ropes are all I have to hold
>
> But nothing feels so cold
>
> As being a shantyman on Christmas
>
>
>
> I have the deck but there's no halls
>
> No carols like a siren's call
>
> No deer in sight, but rain it pours in droves
>
> All year it's haul and pull and hoist
>
> I'm losing hope; I've lost my voice
>
> I sure could use some Christmas cheer back home
>
>
>
> But alas!
>
> It's Christmastime
>
> I fear just like the last
>
> Put up my lights
>
> And tinsel 'round the mast
>
> Grin and try to find some Yuletide cheer
>
> But I can't find it here
>
> It's hard to be a shantyman on Christmas
>
> Woe is me, the shantyman on Christmas
>
> So think about the shantyman this Christmas
>
>
>
>

## Recordings

#### Stream/Purchase

* Amazon
* Apple Music/iTunes
* Deezer
* Spotify

#### Full Band Streams

* Hark the Herald Angels Stream (21 Dec 2022)
* Streamboat Willie (17 Jan 2024)
Rain

> "*You may not be their father, but your better than Slash.*"
> ― Rain to Shadow about how he's better than Slash
>
>

Rain is a speckled gray female Dalmatian mix with blue eyes and soft fur

Rain used to be a Lone Dog with Shadow helping her raise her pups. She joined Smoke's Pack after Shadow and his brother fought. She is a loyal Pack member and was badly wounded in the Final Battle.

## Family Tree

Mate:

Shadow

Daughter:

Flutter

Sons:

Jagged

Flicker
Thousands or More

The history of this song is somewhat difficult to trace. Collector Peter Kennedy suggests that it may be a version of another song titled "Drive the Cold Winter Away", a Christmas song dating back to the early 18th century, though others disagree. The earliest known print example comes from the *Copper Family Song Book* published in 1951; the song was reportedly passed down through their family, possibly since the 19th century, and modern versions seem to all descend from theirs.

## Factoids

**Phoebus** is another name for the Greco-Roman god of the sun, Apollo.

## Lyrics

>
> Well the time passes over more cheerful and gay
>
> Since we've learned a new act to drive sorrows away
>
> Sorrows away, sorrows away, sorrows away
>
> Since we've learned a new act to drive sorrows away
>
>
>
> Well bright Phoebus arises so high in the sky
>
> With her red, rosy cheeks and her sparkling eye
>
> Sparkling eye, sparkling eye, sparkling eye
>
> With her red, rosy cheeks and her sparkling eye
>
>
>
> Well if you ask me for credit you'll find I have none
>
> With my bottle and friend you will find me at home
>
> Find me at home, find me at home, find me at home
>
> With my bottle and friend you will find me at home
>
>
>
> Well though I'm not rich and although I'm not poor
>
> I'm as happy as those that's got thousands or more
>
> Thousands or more, thousands or more, thousands or more
>
> I'm as happy as those that's got thousands or more
>
>
>
>

## Recordings

#### Streaming/Purchase

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

#### Full Band Streams

* The Longest Johns ad Friends, April w/ Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith (30 Apr 2019)
* We Built This Stream(y) on Shant and Folk (11 Nov 2020)
* Ex-Stream Sports (15 Feb 2022)
* In Space No One Can Hear You Stream (19 Oct 2022)
* Stream Girls (27 Apr 2023)

#### Gaming Streams

* Let’s get splashy - 18/12/2020

1. ↑ http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/Log293.html
2. ↑ https://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/K284.html
3. ↑ https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=48157&threadid=48157
Men I've Known and Killed

The fifth track from Bones in the Ocean, this is a Longest Johns Original written by Dave Robinson.

## Factoids

The second verse ("Buried under the hill...") was originally performed by  Josh. Since  Robbie joined the band, he has been known to replace it with a different verse: "Deep down in the grave, there's a boy that I raised...He majored in theater, 'twas kinder this way."

## Lyrics

These lyrics are based on the version performed by the Longest Johns on their album *Bones in the Ocean*.

>
> Buried under my feet there's a man I did meet,
>
> (Tally roo ti-die roo aye-ay)
>
> He sullied my name so I put him to sleep
>
> (Tally roo ti-die roo-die-day) [continues throughout]
>
>
>
> Buried under the hill is a fella' I killed
>
> I opened his throat for he looked at me ill
>
>
>
> Hidden under my bed there's a woman I wed
>
> She was too hard to please, harder still now she's dead
>
>
>
> Deep down under the sea, a crew of twenty-three
>
> Those who've seen them now know from my banners to flee
>
>
>
> So tell all who await that our temper is great
>
> Those who don't heed the word cast their hand to the fate
>
>
>
>
>

## Recordings

#### Streaming/Purchase

Original EP version

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

10 Year Anniversary Edition - 2023 arrangement

* Amazon Music (2023)
* Apple Music/iTunes
* Bandcamp
* Deezer (2023)
* Pandora
* Spotify (2023)
* Tidal

10 Year Anniversary Edition - Remixed

* Amazon Music (Remix)
* Apple Music/iTunes
* Bandcamp
* Deezer (Remix)
* Pandora
* Spotify (Remix)
* Tidal

#### YouTube

* Original EP version
* 10 Year Anniversary Edition - 2023 arrangement
* 10 Year Anniversary Edition - Remixed

#### Gig Videos

* Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival, 2014

#### Full Band Streams

* TLJ Christmas Party!! (18 Dec 2019)
* Be Stream And Not Heard (6 Oct 2021)

#### Gaming Streams

* Sea of Thieves Tall Tales Marathon for Charity : Part 2 (24 Jun 2020)