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Cumberland's Crew

"Cumberland's Crew" tells the story of the *USS Cumberland* being rammed and sunk in an engagement with the Confederate ironclad *CSS Virginia* (formerly *USS Merrimack*) at Newport News, Virginia on March 8, 1862, during the Battle of Hampton Roads in the American Civil War. The engagement between the two ships is considered to be a turning point in the history of world naval affairs as it showed the advantage of steam-powered, armored ships over sail-powered, wooden-hulled ships.

Printed versions of the song exist dating from 1865, but no author is known.

The band has performed the song publicly at least once, but it is not part of their current repertoire and is not available for request on livestreams.

## Lyrics

>
> Oh, shipmates, come rally and join in my ditty
>
> Of a terrible battle that happened of late
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> Let each good Union tar shed a tear of sad pity
>
> As they listen to the once-gallant Cumberland’s fate
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> 'Twas the eighth day of March told a terrible story
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> When many brave heroes to this world bid adieu
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> But our flag it was wrapped in a mantle of glory
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> By the heroic deeds of the Cumberland's crew
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>
>
> On that ill-fated day about ten in the morning
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> The sky it was clear, and bright shone the sun
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> The drums of the Cumberland sounded a warning
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> Bidding each gallant seaman to stand by his gun
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> And an ironclad frigate down on us came bearing
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> Whilst high in the air the Rebel flag flew
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> A pennant of treason she proudly was waving
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> Determined to conquer the Cumberland's crew
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> So our noble ship fired her guns dreadful thunder
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> Her broadsides like hail on the rebels did pour
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> But our sailors gazed on, filled with terror and wonder
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> As our shots struck her side and glanced harmlessly o’er
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> But the pride of our navy could never be daunted
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> Though the dead and the dying our decks they did strew
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> The flag of our union how proudly she flaunted
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> Sustained by the blood of the Cumberland’s crew
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>
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> Three hours we fought them with stern resolution
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> 'Til the rebels found cannon could never decide
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> The flag of secession had no power to gall them
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> Though the blood from their scuppers it crimson'd the tide
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> Then they struck us amidship, our planks they did sever
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> Her sharp iron prong pierced our noble ship through
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> And still though she splintered and listed hard over
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> "We'll die at our guns!" cried the Cumberland's crew
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>
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> So slowly she sank 'neath Virginia's dark waters
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> And their voices on earth will ne'er be heard more
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> They'll be mourned by Columbia's brave sons and fair daughters
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> May their blood be avenged on Virginia's shore
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> In their battle-stained graves they are silently lying
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> Their souls have forever to each bid adieu
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> But the star-spangled banner above them still flying
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> For it was nailed to the mast by the Cumberland's crew
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## Recordings

#### Full Band Streams

* Christmas Party with The Longest Johns!!! (19 Dec 2018)
Pique la Baleine

A traditional French whaling song which emerged primarily thanks to the work of folk historian Marc Robine, it is a fairly recent discovery in terms of folk songs and was first popularized in the early 2000s. The song itself dates back to the 19th century.

It contains a funny little chorus which loosely translates to "Stab the whale, I'll drive."

## Lyrics

These lyrics are based on the version performed by the Longest Johns (led by special guest  Boohdot) on their June 2019 livestream. The original lyrics can be found here.

**Original**

Pour retrouver ma douce amie

(Oh mes boués, ouh là ouh là là.)

Pour retrouver ma douce amie

(Oh mes boués, ouh là ouh là là.)

{Chorus}

Pique la baleine, joli baleinier

Pique la baleine, je veux naviguer.

Pique la baleine, joli baleinier

Pique la baleine, je veux naviguer.

Aux mille mers j'ai navigué.

(Oh mes boués, ouh là ouh là là.)

Aux mille mers j'ai navigué.

(Oh mes boués, ouh là ouh là là.)

{Chorus}

Des mers du nord aux mers du sud.

(Oh mes boués, ouh là ouh là là.)

Des mers du nord aux mers du sud.

(Oh mes boués, ouh là ouh là là.)

{Chorus}

Je l'ai retrouvée quand j'm'ai noyé.

(Oh mes boués, ouh là ouh là là.)

Je l'ai retrouvée quand j'm'ai noyé.

(Oh mes boués, ouh là ouh là là.)

{Chorus}

Dans les grands fonds, elle m'espérait.

(Oh mes boués, ouh là ouh là là.)

Dans les grands fonds, elle m'espérait.

(Oh mes boués, ouh là ouh là là.)

{Chorus}

Tous deux ensemble on a pleuré.

(Oh mes boués, ouh là ouh là là.)

Tous deux ensemble on a pleuré.

(Oh mes boués, ouh là ouh là là.)

{Chorus}

**English Translation**

To find my sweet love,

(Oh my boys, oh la ooh la-la,)

To find my sweet love,

(Oh my boys, oh la ooh la-la,)

{Chorus}

Lance the whale, jolly whalerman,

You lance the whale, I'll steer.

Lance the whale, jolly whalerman,

You lance the whale, I'll steer.

I sailed many seas

(Oh my boys, oh la ooh la-la,)

I sailed many seas

(Oh my boys, oh la ooh la-la,)

{Chorus}

From the north to the south.

(Oh my boys, oh la ooh la-la,)

From the north to the south.

(Oh my boys, oh la ooh la-la,)

{Chorus}

I found my love when I drowned.

(Oh my boys, oh la ooh la-la,)

I found my love when I drowned.

(Oh my boys, oh la ooh la-la,)

{Chorus}

In the great depths she was waiting for me,

(Oh my boys, oh la ooh la-la,)

In the great depths she was waiting for me,

(Oh my boys, oh la ooh la-la,)

{Chorus}

The two of us together we cried.

(Oh my boys, oh la ooh la-la,)

The two of us together we cried.

(Oh my boys, oh la ooh la-la,)

{Chorus}

## Recordings

#### Full Band Streams

* 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
Nada

He desarmado todo el mecanismo

en el mesón las piezas separé

las estoy revisando una por una

pero el origen de la falla se esconde de mí

Estoy peleado con toda mi casa

el enemigo encuentra protección

en el desorden de mis emociones

el fin de semana es una cueva de murciélagos

Voy a dejar que se resuelva solo

yo ya no te controlo

encuentra tu trayecto natural

Estoy tratando de juntar dos polos

que son equivalentes

o más inteligente es esperar

Lo que con nada se aproblema

con nada se soluciona

lo que con nada se aproblema

con nada se soluciona

Nada, nada, haz tu trabajo

tiempo, tiempo, haz tu tarea

nada, nada, haz tu trabajo

manifiesta todo tu esplendor

Cuando aumentaba la temperatura

sufrí por el terror que experimenté

olvido que la fiebre es la manera

que tiene mi cuerpo para combatir la enfermedad

Voy a dejar que se resuelva solo

yo ya no te controlo
encuentra tu trayecto natural

Estoy tratando de juntar dos polos

que son equivalentes

lo más inteligente es esperar

Y espero...

Lo que con nada se aproblema

con nada se soluciona

lo que con nada se aproblema

con nada se soluciona

Nada, nada, haz tu trabajo

tiempo, tiempo, haz tu tarea

nada, nada, haz tu trabajo

manifiesta todo tu esplendor

Nada, nada

Tiempo, tiempo

Nada, nada

Tiempo, tiempo

Nada, nada

Tiempo, tiempo

Nada, nada

Tiempo, tiempo

Cristobal Briceño
A Mighty Wave

"A Mighty Wave" is the sixth song on *Land Shanties*, released in partnership with Suzuki Australia in April 2021. The lyrics detail the thrill of exchanging a silent greeting with a fellow driver.

## Factoids

**Arvo** is Australian slang for "afternoon".

## Lyrics

>
> Upon the black tar backstreets, a vessel all alone
>
> My weary eyes are scanning this empty school zone
>
> When over the horizon, comes a car I know
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> A mighty Vitara, just like my very own
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>
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> I raise a flag of unity, a gesture of the brave
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> A signal to the helmsman, with a single finger wave
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> My belly half-full of drive-thru, the rest of butterflies
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> I pray, don't leave me lonesome, as we draw alongside
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>
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> The gales from the AC aid a chilling point indeed
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> There's no colder a place for a heart to be than hangin' in the breeze
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> For I sent a beacon bold and bright, and haven't heard in days
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> In truth, it's been a second, but soon we're parting ways
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>
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> Like ships passing in the night, but there's no pitch and roll
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> And it's actually pretty sunny, at 3:30 in the arvo
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> Nevermind, hold hope I say, lock eyes and now we dance
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> For the pride of our rides, give this moment a chance
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>
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> My finger standing to attention
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> A captain at the bow
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> C'mon my friend, reciprocate
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> The time is now
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> (There it is, lads!)
>
>
>
> {Chorus 4x}
>
> Now it's farewell, my familiar, farewell and au revoir!
>
> But there's no bond like drivers of the same model car
>
> I'll take the road ahead, for you and I must part
>
> But there's no bond like drivers of the same model car
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>
>
> There's no bond like drivers of the same model car
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>
>
>

## Recordings

#### Stream/Purchase

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

"Icy Acres" is a song written by English folk singer Colin Wilkie and first recorded for his 1969 album *Wild Goose* with Shirley Hart. Of the song, Wilkie wrote:

>
> There are a great many songs about whalers going to Greenland, or being in Greenland, from the days when Britain was, unfortunately, engaged in the terrible slaughter of this wonderful animal for commercial reasons, but I knew of none which said they were going home! Its first printed appearance was in a collection of contemporary songs produced by the English Folk Dance and Song Society book entitled: *Folk Song Today Vol. 3* published 1970.
>
>
>
>

The song is not part of the band's normal repertoire, and has not been performed on any full band livestreams, but they released a YouTube video as a collaboration with  Katie Sky in April 2020, with Katie singing lead.

## Lyrics

These lyrics are based on the YouTube video with Katie Sky.

>
> {Chorus}
>
> Fare thee well, ye icy acres
>
> Fare thee well, ye whaling grounds
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> Fare thee well, ye banks of Greenland
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> Weary whalers homeward bound
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> Homeward breezes bend the blossom
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> Where the oak and the apples grow
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> God forgot the green in Greenland
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> Made the flowers from ice and snow
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>
>
> {Chorus}
>
>
>
> Home where grasses lace the meadows
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> By the waters running free
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> And the rivers sweetly flowing
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> Turn towards the open sea
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>
>
> {Chorus}
>
>
>
> Six long months we've been a-hunting
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> Through a hell of frozen flame
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> Now like sails, our hearts are billowing
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> As we turn for home again
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>
>
> {Chorus x2}
>
>
>
>

## Recordings

#### YouTube Videos

* The Longest Johns & Friends feat. @Katie Sky

#### Chill Streams

* Welcome to the Chilldome! Playing mostly folk music... - 20/04/2020 Stream Full VOD

#### Gaming Streams

* Sea of Sings. Tonight we hit the high C's... - 10/07/2020 Stream Full VOD
Diggy Diggy Hole

"Diggy Diggy Hole" is a song by Bristol-based online entertainers The Yogscast, celebrating the joys of dwarven life such as mining, treasure, and feasts. The song originated as a brief, improvised ditty during a Minecraft video. It quickly became a meme, inspiring remixes, fan edits, and eventually an official animated music video on the Yogscast YouTube channel.

In August 2023, TLJ announced the song would be the subject of a new Community Project video, created in collaboration with the Yogscast. The final video, featuring 811 participants, premiered on 1 December 2023 as part of the Yogscast's annual Jingle Jam charity event. It was also released as a single, with all proceeds from sales going to charity.

## Factoids

The video thumbnail and single cover artwork reference the art from the original animated music video, and preserve one of its easter eggs: the futhorc runes spell out mostly random English words, but the second line to the right of the tallest shadow's head spells out "www dot youtube dot com slash ceeraanoo", the channel of the original video's animator.

The song has enjoyed enduring popularity since its creation, even being covered by Italian power metal band Wind Rose on their 2019 album "Wintersaga".

## Lyrics

As provided on the TLJ Community Projects page

>
> Brothers of the mine rejoice!
>
> Swing, swing, swing with me
>
> Raise your pick and raise your voice!
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> Sing, sing, sing with me
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> Down and down into the deep
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> Who knows what we'll find beneath?
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> Diamonds, rubies, gold and more
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> Hidden in the mountain store
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>
>
> Born underground, suckled from a teat of stone
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> Raised in the dark, the safety of our mountain home
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> Skin made of iron, steel in our bones
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> To dig and dig makes us free
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> Come on brothers sing with me!
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
> I am a dwarf and I'm digging a hole
>
> Diggy, diggy hole, diggy, diggy hole
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> I am a dwarf and I'm digging a hole
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> Diggy, diggy hole, digging a hole
>
>
>
> The sunlight will not reach this low
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> Deep, deep in the mine
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> Never seen the blue moon glow
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> Dwarves won't fly so high
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> Fill a glass and down some mead!
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> Stuff your bellies at the feast!
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> Stumble home and fall asleep
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> Dreaming in our mountain keep
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>
>
> Born underground, grown inside a rocky womb
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> The earth is our cradle; the mountain shall become our tomb
>
> Face us on the battlefield; you will meet your doom
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> We do not fear what lies beneath
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> We can never dig too deep
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
>
>
> Born underground, suckled from a teat of stone
>
> Raised in the dark, the safety of our mountain home
>
> Skin made of iron, steel in our bones
>
> To dig and dig makes us free
>
> Come on brothers sing with me!
>
>
>
> {Chorus 2x}
>
>
>
>

## Recordings

#### Streaming/Purchase

* Amazon
* Anghami
* Apple Music/iTunes
* Bandcamp
* Deezer
* Pandora
* Spotify
* Tidal
One More Pull

"One More Pull" was written and composed by the late Ian Woods of Suffolk and Cheshire in approximately 1980, and recorded by Ian with Charley Yarwood on their album *Hooks and Nets*.

Of the song, Ian wrote:

>
> Charley Yarwood and I recorded it in 1982 on "Hooks and Nets". Twenty years later people still come up and request it, which is very satisfying. As I said then it's just a love song - no special social significance.
>
>
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>

In 2021, the Longest Johns collaborated with shanty supergroup The Wellermen to release the song as a single. In the Wellermen version, a different singer leads each verse, and in livestreams, several band members have taken the lead in different performances, but the most recent evidence has JD currently singing lead on this song.

## Lyrics

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

>
> It's been a long time since you've seen her
>
> Could have been three years or more
>
> Will she be waiting when we dock, boys
>
> Or, like the others, will she be gone?
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
> It's one more pull, boys, that'll do, boys
>
> Soon we'll draw alongside
>
> Hoist her upward, swing her inboard
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> For the journey's nearly done
>
>
>
> Well, you're looking mighty smart, boy
>
> Dressed up in your number ones
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> You've scrounged a new blade from the purser
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> To take the bum-fluff from off your chin
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
>
>
> When we've fixed those bow and stern lines
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> And you've scuttled down the gangway
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> If she's waiting there, just kiss her
>
> Turn around, give us a smile
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
>
>
> Well, we too will go ashore soon
>
> Get drunk in the clubs and bars
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> Then stagger homeward, pockets empty
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> Like so many times before
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
>
>
> Well, a man may take a wife, boy
>
> And a man may take a mistress
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> But a sailor has his ship, boys
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> And his mistress, it is the sea
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>
>
> {Chorus 2x}
>
>
>
> For the journey now is done
>
>
>
>

## Recordings

#### Streaming/Purchase

* Amazon Music (with The Wellermen)
* Apple Music/iTunes (with The Wellermen)
* Bandcamp (with the Wellermen)
* Deezer (with The Wellermen)
* Pandora (with The Wellermen)
* Spotify (with The Wellermen)

#### Gig Videos

* Fox Theater, Boulder, CO (2 Nov 2022)
* The Studio at the Factory - Dallas, TX (23 Nov 2022)

#### Full Band Streams

* The Longest Johns and Friends, February Edition (New donation system) (27 Feb 2019)
* Isolation Stream 'n' Skypeathon! (1 Apr 2020)
* (New Merch) I'm Goin' Off the Rails on a Crazy Stream (14 Oct 2020)
* Stream America (15 Mar 2022)
* Strème de Menthe (27 Jul 2022)
* A Midsummer Nights Stream (5 Jul 2023)
Commodore 1864

*Commodore 1864* is a chiptune album created in collaboration with Lucy Humphris, released in December 2021. It features 20 of the band's favourite tracks in 8-bit glory. The YouTube videos also feature pixel animation by Erian Dragonborn.

### Track List

1. Haul Away Joe
2. Wellerman
3. Moby Duck
4. Randy Dandy-O
5. The Captain's Daughter
6. Ashes
7. Barge Ballad
8. The Curse
9. Hoist up the Thing
10. Pay Me My Money Down
11. On the Railroad
12. Spanish Ladies
13. Retirement Song
14. Bones in the Ocean
15. Oak and Ash and Thorn
16. Santiana
17. Round the Cape
18. Christmas at Sea
19. Drunken Sailor
20. Here's a Health to the Company

### Stream/Purchase

* Amazon Music
* Apple Music/iTunes
* Deezer
* Pandora
* Spotify
* YouTube
Binks' Brew

"Binks' Brew" is a song from the anime *One Piece*, a long-running series that premiered in 1999 and is still on the air, with over 1000 episodes. The Johns released a YouTube cover of the song on 12 July 2023.

## Factoids

This editor is out of her depth.

It's from *One Piece*; go read their wiki.

## Lyrics

>
> {Chorus}
>
> Yo hohoho, yo hoho-ho
>
> Yo hohoho, yo hoho-ho
>
> Yo hohoho, yo hoho-ho
>
> Yo hohoho, yo hoho-ho
>
>
>
> Gather up all of the crew, it's time to ship out Binks's brew
>
> Sea wind blows, to where, who knows? The waves will be our guide
>
> O'er across the ocean's tide, rays of sunshine far and wide
>
> Birds they sing of cheerful things in circles passing by
>
>
>
> Bid farewell to weaver's town, say so long to port renowned
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> Sing a song, it won't be long before we're casting off
>
> Cross the gold and silver seas, the salty spray puts us at ease
>
> Day and night to our delight the voyage never ends
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
>
>
> Gather up all of the crew, it's time to ship out Binks's brew
>
> Pirates we eternally are challenging the sea
>
> With the waves to rest our heads, ship beneath us as our beds
>
> Hoisted high upon the mast our jolly roger flies
>
>
>
> Somewhere in the endless sky stormy winds are blowing by
>
> Waves are dancing, evening comes; it's time to sound the drums
>
> But steady men may never fear, tomorrow's skies are always clear
>
> So pound your feet and clap your hands 'til sunny days return
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
>
>
> Gather up all of the crew, it's time to ship out Binks's brew
>
> Wave goodbye, but don't you cry; our memories remain
>
> Our days are but a passing dream, everlasting though they seem
>
> 'Neath the moon we'll meet again; the wind's our lullaby
>
>
>
> Gather up all of the crew, it’s time to ship out Binks's brew
>
> Sing a song and play along for all the oceans wide
>
> After all is said and done, you'll end up a skeleton
>
> So spread your tale from dawn 'til dusk upon these foamy seas
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
>
>
> [Repeat and fade]
>
>
>
>

## Recordings

#### Full Band Streams

* Ghost in the Mastream (30 Aug 2023)
* Streamboat Willie (17 Jan 2024)
Rolling Sea

This is a very old song, with the earliest known example appearing under the title "Rolling Sailor" in a London chapbook printed in 1790.

The Longest Johns' version seems to most closely follow the lyrics used by Eliza Carthy. The song was led by  Anna and does not seem to have been performed since her departure from the band; it does not currently appear on the official song list.

## Lyrics

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

>
> Don't ya see the ships a'comin?
>
> Don't ya see them in full sail?
>
> Don't ya see the ships a'comin
>
> With their prizes at their tail?
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
> Oh, my little rolling sailor
>
> Oh, my little rolling he
>
> How I love my rolling sailor
>
> When he's on a rollin' sea
>
> When he's on a rollin', rollin,'
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> When he's on a rollin' sea.
>
> When he's on a rollin', rollin,'
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> When he's on a rollin' sea.
>
>
>
> Sailors, they get all the money
>
> Soldiers, they get none but brass
>
> How I love my pretty sailor
>
> Soldiers, they can kiss my---
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
>
>
> Oh the wars will soon be over
>
> Peace and plenty come again
>
> E'ry lass will get a laddie
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> She won't have to sleep alone
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
>
>
> How can I be blithe and merry
>
> When my true love's far from me?
>
> All those pretty little sailors
>
> They've been pressed and taken to sea
>
>
>
> {Chorus 2x}
>
>
>
>

## Recordings

#### Gig Videos

* Teign Sea Shanty Festival, Teignmouth (28 Sep 2019)
* Falmouth Sea Shanty Festival, 2019

#### Full Band Streams

* Spooktober Spectacular and Farewell to Anna Livestream (30 Oct 2019)

#### Gaming Streams

* The Longest Johns Play Sea of Thieves but the servers die and we sing anyway (20 Mar 2018)

1. ↑ https://www.vwml.org/record/RoudBS/B264641
2. ↑ https://mainlynorfolk.info/frankie.armstrong/songs/thesailorladdie.html
Damn the Amsterdam

"Damn the Amsterdam" is a song by shanty punk band Skinny Lister featuring The Longest Johns. It was released as a single from Skinny Lister's 2021 album *A Matter Of Life & Love*. The lyrics describe the ill-fated maiden voyage of the Amsterdam, an 18th century Dutch cargo ship, which suffered delays due to weather, illness among the crew, and mutiny before losing its rudder and running aground in a storm in the English Channel. It sank in the mud and was rediscovered very well preserved in 1969; the wreck is now a protected site, and portions of the ship are still visible at very low tides.

The Longest Johns are featured on the studio track and in the music video, and performed the song live with Skinny Lister while touring together in November 2021.

## Lyrics

>
> God bless the Amsterdam
>
> And all to sail in her
>
> Steady may she get away
>
> From here to India
>
> God speed the Amsterdam
>
> We'll raise the anchor mates
>
> To loves farewell, it's hello hell
>
> Full sail toward our fates
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
> God damn the Amsterdam
>
> God save us from her curse
>
> I never saw the likes of this before
>
> And god damn its getting worse
>
>
>
> God steer the Amsterdam
>
> The captain lost the plot
>
> A raging sea of mutiny
>
> Men full of grog and rot
>
> God help the onеs who fell
>
> As fever took a grip
>
> I wish to Christ I nеver set
>
> my eyes upon this ship
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
>
>
> God guide the Amsterdam
>
> God free us from this fog
>
> Her rudder lost onto the rocks
>
> Her crew all sick as dogs
>
> God gave the Amsterdam
>
> A shallow grave of sand
>
> Her maiden task would be her last
>
> God damn the Amsterdam
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
>
>
> God rest the Amsterdam
>
> Lay where she ran aground
>
> Her timbers show when tide is low
>
> Just west of Hastings town
>
> God knows I heard it said
>
> That dreamers have a plan
>
> Some pretty day she'll sail again
>
> Back home to Amsterdam
>
>
>
> God knows I've heard it said
>
> That dreamers have a plan
>
> Well, God forbid she sails again
>
> God damn the Amsterdam
>
>
>
>
>

## Recordings

#### Streaming/Purchase

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

#### Gig Videos

* The Globe, Cardiff (13 Nov 2021)
* O2 Institute, Birmingham (20 Nov 2021) (front row)
* O2 Institute, Birmingham (20 Nov 2021) (row 4)
* O2 Institute, Birmingham (20 Nov 2021) (back upper level)
Made of Ale Sessions

*Made of Ale Sessions* is an 8-track live EP announced 20 Sep 2022, with digital release on 15 October. It features new versions of some of the band's most popular songs, recorded live at The Forge in Bristol.

The title references the storied Maida Vale Studios in London, the BBC's former base for live music broadcasts and recordings. For much of the 20th century, radio stations in the UK were subject to "needle time" restrictions limiting how much programming time could be allotted to commercially recorded music; to circumvent these rules, the BBC hired musicians to record music exclusively for broadcast. From the 1960s on, they also began featuring new and current popular artists, including such famous names as David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, and Jimi Hendrix. Several artists who participated in these sessions or otherwise recorded at the studios later published the results commercially, often under the title *Maida Vale Sessions*: hence the pun in the title.

## Track List

1. Pride of the White Star Line
2. Hog Eye Man
3. Rolling Along
4. Wayfaring Stranger
5. Bones in the Ocean
6. Hard Times Come Again No More
7. Nantucket
8. Hoist up the Thing

## Stream/Purchase

* Amazon
* Anghami
* Apple Music/iTunes
* Deezer
* Spotify
* Tidal
Fiddlers' Green

So ubiquitous in current folk circles that it is often thought to be traditional, this song was actually written in 1966 by John Conolly, English folk singer and songwriter and founding member of the Grimsby Folk Club. It has been covered by numerous artists, including the Dubliners, the Clancy Brothers, and Schooner Fare.

## Factoids

Fiddlers' Green is a mythic location where, folklore holds, all good sailors go when they die; it is an idyllic locale featuring such pleasures as endless music, good drink, and pleasant company.

The idea of Fiddlers' Green has existed at least since the early 19th c., but the origins of the story are obscure and the details often vary wildly between tellers. Though its genesis does seem to be nautical,, it has since been associated with a number of groups; a 1965 article describes the list of who may end up there as including (in no particular order), "animals, tailors, musicians, sailors, vagabond craftsmen, soldiers, cavalrymen, fiddlers, banjo-pickers, story-tellers, ballad singers, tinkers, peddlers, cowpokes, and 'souls...too bad for Paradise and too charming for hell.'"

Some versions of the story incorporate the trope of the Winnowing Oar: a sailor at the end of his career takes an oar and begins walking inland until he reaches a place where no one recognizes the object he's carrying — the sign that he's reached Fiddlers' Green at last.

## Lyrics

As performed on the Dec 2023 livestream.

>
> As I walked by the dockside one evening so fair
>
> To view the salt waters and take in the salt air
>
> I heard an old fisherman singing a song
>
> Oh, take me away boys, me time is not long
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
> Wrap me up in me oilskins and jumper
>
> No more on the docks I'll be seen
>
> Just tell me old shipmates, I'm taking a trip mates
>
> And I'll see you someday on Fiddlers' Green
>
>
>
> Now Fiddlers' Green is a place I've heard tell
>
> Where the fishermen go if they don't go to hell
>
> Where the weather's all clear and the dolphins do play
>
> And the cold coast of Greenland is far, far away
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
>
>
> Now when you're in dock and the long trip is through
>
> There's pubs and there's clubs and there's lassies there too
>
> And the girls are all pretty, and the beer is free
>
> There's bottles of rum growing on every tree
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
>
>
> Now I don't want a harp nor a halo, not me
>
> Just give me a breeze and a good rolling sea
>
> I'll play me old squeeze-box as we sail along
>
> With the wind in the rigging to sing me a song
>
>
>
> {Chorus x2}
>
>
>
>

## Recordings

#### Full Band Streams

* It Was Christmas Stream Babe (20 Dec 2023)

#### Gaming Streams

* The Longest Johns Play Sea of Thieves but the servers die and we sing anyway (20 Mar 2018)

1. ↑ https://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/songs/fiddlersgreen.html
2. ↑ http://www.grimsbyfolkclub.co.uk/history.php
3. ↑ “'Fiddler's Green' in Fiddler, N., Sense 1.b.” Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, December 2023, https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/2811104264.
4. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=YX2NBw43-j4C&pg=RA5-PA9#v=onepage&q&f=false
Josh Bowker

One of the founding members of The Longest Johns, Josh Bowker has written a number of original songs for the band. When singing with TLJ, Josh takes the role of tenor.

Josh studied at NGM around the same time as the other founding members of the band. While some of the others joined NGM to study the more technical side of music production, Josh's focus was on singing. He credits the formation of the band on shared musical interest amongst the founding members during their time at NGM, writing, "I think for some of the other guys, folk music had been a longer love. Then, as soon as we started singing together for fun, we thought: 'Hang on a minute, this might actually work as a band.'"

In 2016, increasing popularity and demands on the band's time left Josh feeling stretched thin with efforts to start his own business. Feeling that he couldn't properly devote enough time and energy to both his business and TLJ, and not wanting to burden the band with a member whose focus was divided, Josh stepped back from the band. Josh opened and ran Milk Teeth (now permanently closed), a café in Bristol focused on providing good coffee and a space to create. The café showcased several musical artists, with a focus on quiet acoustic sessions. He continues to write songs (including sometimes for TLJ) and occasionally pops up to haunt chat during TLJ streams.

No publicly available recordings exist of Josh's work prior to TLJ. Though he recorded a solo album while at NGM, it was never released to the public. He performed with a number of other bands while at NGM as well, though their names are unknown.

In terms of influences, Josh credits Fisherman's Friends and Stan Rogers as having motivated his time with TLJ, and marks the work of Kimber's Men, Fore 'n Aft, Stamp & Go, and the Ballina Whalers as having helped build his interest in folk songs and chanties. He has mentioned Stan Rogers as his biggest songwriting influence, saying:

> Stan Rogers was a massive influence actually in terms of writing, because he was someone who wrote loads of songs that had mass appeal even though he didn't have much maritime experience, which is something I identify with! And then just looking up naval history and maritime history in general has been massive, as I'll land upon something and think: that would make for a great song!
>
>
Indie

Se llama **música independiente** o **música indie** (proveniente del inglés *independent*) a diferentes géneros, subculturas, corrientes e intervenciones musicales con atributos estilísticos de acercamiento autónomo por diferentes motivos:

* Cuando los intérpretes no están ligados a circuitos del mercado musical, la difusión sonora o publicitaria.
* Cuando se hace con vocación puramente artística y no comercial.
* Cuando el estilo que toca un artista o un conjunto no parece cumplir los parámetros de ninguna etiqueta de definición conocida o utilizada por la prensa especializada.
* Cuando el sello discográfico encargado de editar las grabaciones o los medios que la difunden (radios, publicaciones...) son de pequeña envergadura o de carácter amateur.
* Cuando todo el proceso artístico está controlado por los músicos y en él no interfieren directrices ni condiciones de departamentos de marketing, compañías discográficas, instituciones o medios de comunicación.
Shipping Forecast

"Shipping Forecast" is the closing track for Between Wind and Water. It contains no music, and is a parody of the BBC Radio Shipping Forecasts that have been running since 1861, giving crucial area-specific weather information for sailors on a regular basis, including (but not limited to) pressure, visibility, wind direction, and sea state. It was written by Dave Robinson and performed by a friend and former coworker of  Robbie's named Ollie Williams, whom Robbie described as having "the most radio friendly voice I've ever come across."

## Factoids

The sea areas around the British Isles are divided into a number of different areas, all with colourful names. Each line of the forecast starts by stating the areas with similar weather, followed by the wind direction and wind force (using the Beaufort scale). Next come general weather phenomena like rain, thunderstorms, and snow. At the end, the predicted visibility is stated. Since it is broadcast over VHF, a radio communication system used almost exclusively used on ships (similar to the system used in planes), the forecast contains a lot of jargon that might sound strange but is actually carefully defined. For example, "backing" is moving anti-clockwise, "later" means twelve hours after the forecast, and "good" visibility is more than 5 nautical miles. It is probably this typical jargon and not-so fluent reading that inspired the Johns version, which is filled with wordplay and puns: the first "prediction" in the text below might be in a real shipping forecast; after that the lines become sillier and sillier.

## Lyrics

>
> And now the Shipping Forecast, issued by the Met Office, on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, at 1700 hours today.
>
>
> North Utsire, South Utsire, Forties, Cromarty. Northwesterly 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8, backing southwesterly, and decreasing 3 for a time. Rain later. Moderate, becoming good.
>
>
> Humber, Shannon. Northeasterly 6. Good, growing steadily, becoming 7. Happy birthday.
>
>
> Tyne, Thames, Forth. Little bit, muchly. 32 long, size 8, becoming smart later.
>
>
> Dogger, Fisher, Dover. I hardly knew her.
>
>
> Viking. Arriving soon, leaving later with your wife.
>
>
> Fair Isle, Faeroes, Pyramid, Sphinx.
>
>
> Biscay, Fastnet, Dialup, Broadband.
>
>
> Lundy, Mardi, Mercredi. Plymouth? No.
>
>
> German Bight. Watch out for that.
>
>
> Portland, FitzRoy. Moving forward, 22 yards. Touchdown.
>
>
> Irish Sea, Irish stew, Baileys, Hebrides.
>
>
> Rockall, Sole. One fish, two fish. Red fish, blue fish.
>
>
> Trafalgar. Rectangular, becoming square.
>
>
> And finally, Longest Johns. Starting strong, 7 or 8, becoming not so poor, then good.
>
>
> That was the Shipping Forecast for 1700 hours, Wednesday, 18th of August.
>
>
>
>

## Recordings

#### Streaming/Purchase

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

#### Full Band Streams

* It's hot! Stream was a bad choice... Or was it? Full Band Live Stream!!

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p5D4sfyQ94&t=4940s
We Shall Sail Together

"We Shall Sail Together" is a song from the soundtrack of the video game *Sea of Thieves*. It was first featured in the cinematic trailer for the game shown at the 2016 E3 Expo.

The Longest Johns released a music video for their version of the song on YouTube on 2 February 2023, marking the third appearance of the Johns' disembodied heads in a *Sea of Thieves*-related video. Also, although she does not appear in the video, the song features Lucy Humphris on trumpet. (Doot.)

## Factoids

The song borrows its tune from the traditional Drunken Sailor, but changes the time signature from 4/4 to 6/8 and uses a significantly slower tempo.

According to the game's website, the title line "allud[es] to the focus *Sea of Thieves* has on sharing an adventure with your friends."

The TLJ video was filmed entirely in-game, although they did receive some kraken-related insider assistance from the *Sea of Thieves* video team.

## Lyrics

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

>
> Cloaked in folds of midnight waters
>
> Side by side, we sons and daughters
>
> We set forth for no king's orders
>
> But we'll sail together
>
>
>
> Hold fast! Tides are turning
>
> Flames roar! Fires are burning
>
> We'll all be returning
>
> If we sail together
>
>
>
> All on the waves shall know our story
>
> Sing of the battles fought ashore, we
>
> All shall thrive on fame and glory
>
> When we sail together
>
>
>
> Words of warning have been spoken
>
> Ancient creatures have awoken
>
> Still, until our bond is broken
>
> We shall sail together
>
>
>
> We shall sail together
>
> We shall sail together
>
>
>
>
>

## Recordings

#### YouTube Videos

Music Video

1. ↑ https://www.seaofthieves.com/news/archive/we-shall-sail-together
The Leaving of Liverpool

The written record for this song only goes back to 1951, when it was published in William Doerflinger's *Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman*, but it reportedly dates back at least to the late 19th century. Also known as "Fare Thee Well, My Own True Love," it is a classic folk song that has been recorded by various groups since. The song's narrator sings a lament about sailing to California, away from his lover.

## Factoids

The *David Crockett* was a real ship, launched in 1853, originally on the Liverpool-to-New York route, and switching to the San Francisco route in 1857. It had a reputation for being both large and fast.

John A. Burgess took command of the ship from 1860. He was known as a skilled captain and strict disciplinarian, and was reputed to never swear or use bad language. On his final voyage home before retirement in 1874, he was washed overboard and drowned.

*David Crockett* was converted to a coal barge in 1890 and finally wrecked in 1899.

JD has mentioned that he put extra-thick strings on his guitar specially for the album recording of this song, and tuned the guitar to DADGAD except one step lower so it sounded "mega fat".

## Lyrics

These lyrics are based on the version performed by the Longest Johns in their livestreams, although there are other variations.

>
> {Chorus}
>
> So fare thee well, my own true love
>
> When I return, united we will be
>
> It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me
>
> But my darling when I think of thee
>
>
>
> Fare thee well to Princes' Landing Stage
>
> River Mersey, fare thee well
>
> I am bound for California
>
> A place that I know right well
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
>
>
> Oh I'm bound for California
>
> By way of stormy Cape Horn
>
> And I'll write to thee a letter, love
>
> When I am homeward bound
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
>
>
> I am bound on a Yankee clipper ship
>
> Davy Crockett is her name
>
> And Captain's name is Burgess
>
> And they say she's a floating hell
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
>
>
> Farewell to Lower Frederick Street
>
> Anson Terrace, and Park Lane
>
> I am bound away for to leave you
>
> And I'll never see you again
>
>
>
> {Chorus x2}
>
>
>
> But my darling when I think of thee.
>
>
>
>

## Recordings

#### Full Band Streams

* The Longest Johns Impromptu Singing Stream! (17 Nov 2018)
* Last Stream Before Album Launch! (27 May 2020)
* A Midsummer Nights Stream (5 Jul 2023)
* Ghost in the Mastream (30 Aug 2023)
* Streamboat Willie (17 Jan 2024)

#### Chill Streams

* JD and Andy Chilltime - 03/02/2020 Stream Full VOD

#### Gaming Streams

* It’s sail and sing with special guest KHARITES\_! - 01/06/2020
* Sea of Thieves Tall Tales Marathon for Charity : Part 2 (29 Jun 2020)
* All aboard the shant bus… I mean boat… I mean ship - 20/11/2020
* Jingle Drops Jingle Drops - 15/12/2020
* Let’s get piratical! Sea of Sings! - 8/01/2021

1. ↑ https://mainlynorfolk.info/louis.killen/songs/theleavingofliverpool.html
2. ↑ https://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/Doe104.html
3. ↑ https://youtu.be/PjFqYQBPh1U?t=3681
Hammer and the Anvil

"Hammer and the Anvil" is a  Longest Johns original, released as track 9 on Smoke + Oakum. It was written by Josh Bowker.

## Factoids

Josh has said the inspiration for the song came from talking with an actual blacksmith in chat on a livestream. He also said the Johns' finished version is "pretty much a different song" from what he had originally imagined, but he is nonetheless pleased with how it turned out.

For the sound of the hammer hits, the band took inspiration from *The Lord of the Rings* and *Avengers: Infinity War* to make a bigger, bassier sound than a real-life anvil would provide.

## Lyrics

Lyrics as listed in the album sleeve.

>
> I thought to make a horseshoe, and asked my hammer thus
>
> He said "I'll ask the anvil what you require of us"
>
> The hammer asked the anvil, and she at once agreed
>
> That they should meet together in the way that I decreed
>
>
>
> [Chorus]
>
> And it's - sparks are flying - passion strong
>
> I am the blacksmith singing the hammer and the anvil song
>
>
>
> I thought to make an anchor for taking on the main
>
> The hammer and the anvil relented once again
>
> So they sat there together as I prepared the cast
>
> They braced themselves for impact like a sailor on the mast
>
>
>
> [Chorus]
>
>
>
> I thought to make a broadsword for fighting on the field
>
> Much as I know the hammer is a nobler thing to wield
>
> For though us humble tradesfolk live a quiet life
>
> The gods of war come to the door of the hammer and his wife
>
>
>
> [Chorus]
>
>
>
> They asked me for a statue, of the general who died
>
> A sword raised in his iron fist, and a warhorse sat astride
>
> And though I knew they'd try me for what I did decide
>
> I stuck a hammer in his fist and an anvil by his side
>
>
>
> [Chorus]
>
>
>
> Now all you merry blacksmiths, a warning take by me
>
> Stick to your country horseshoes and your anchors for the sea
>
> When the gods of war come calling, promising you gold
>
> They'll take your hammer, take your anvil, take your very soul
>
>
>
> [Chorus] x2
>
>
>
>

## Recordings

#### Streaming/Purchase

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

#### YouTube Videos

* Music Video
* Smoke + Oakum version

#### Gig Videos

* Exeter Phoenix (26 Apr 2022)
* O2 Academy, Bristol (05 May 2022) - official live video
* The Studio at the Factory - Dallas, TX (23 Nov 2022)
* Jimmy's - Liverpool (9 Dec 2022)
* Kraków, Poland (26 Feb 2023)
* Cursus Festival 2023
* Colours of Ostrava (19 July 2023)

#### Full Band Streams

* Ex-Stream Sports (15 Feb 2022)
* Stream America (15 Mar 2022)
* Exstream Close-up (31 May 2022)
* In Space No One Can Hear You Stream (19 Oct 2022)
* Hark the Herald Angels Stream (21 Dec 2022)
* Davestream Beleaver (30 May 2023)
* JINGLE JAM DAY 8! The Longest Johns Live Jingle Jam Concert (8 Dec 2023)

1. ↑ https://youtu.be/9AiMEnDs9Lg?t=4611
2. ↑ https://youtu.be/9AiMEnDs9Lg?t=4611
Cold Winds

"Cold Winds" is a song written by midwestern maritime musician and sailor Tom Kastle. The song appears to have been written sometime in the 1980s and was covered by fellow folk musician Lee Murdock in 1991, but Kastle doesn't appear to have recorded his own version until the 1999 album *Me for the Inland Lakes*, released as a duo with his bandmate Chris. Another version was included on Kastle's solo 2010 album *Tommy's Gone to Hilo*.

## Factoids

**Dog** here means to fasten down an object with an item known as a "dog". There are various kinds of dog; one common type is a large iron staple that can be hammered on and later easily pried off.

## Lyrics

>
> {Chorus}
>
> Cold winds blow across the harbor
>
> Cold winds on the inland sea
>
> Same winds that called our fathers
>
> Cold winds are calling me
>
>
>
> Ice forms on deck and whiskers
>
> Light a fire and stay below
>
> Shut up tight, the winds are whispers
>
> Pass the bottle, it's time to go
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
>
>
> Rise up, rise up and dog the hatches
>
> Though your hands are cracked and sore
>
> Check the lines on your way inland
>
> Time to get a job ashore
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
>
>
> Sun and spray and full moon autumns
>
> Wood and water, frost and snow
>
> Early snows mean early winters
>
> Taste each season as it grows
>
>
>
> {Chorus 2x}
>
>
>
>

## Recordings

#### Full Band Streams

* Nightmare on Elm Stream (27 Oct 2021)
* Streamship Troopers (15 Mar 2023)
* Streamboat Willie (17 Jan 2024)

1. ↑ https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=8054#652628
Padstow Farewell

Also known as "The Farewell Shanty" or "Padstowe Shanty", this song was first recorded by Johnny Collins on his 1973 album *The Traveller's Rest*. The song's origin is disputed, with some sources crediting it to Mervyn Vincent, others to Alan Molyneaux. Vincent himself once commented during a live performance, "It’s my song in as much as I found it in a book. And I couldn’t read the music, so I got some bugger [Alan Molyneux] to tell me the tune. And I was hoping that one day they’d put it on a record 'cause it’s 'ansome!" On the Collins album, the song is credited as "traditional". The book Vincent mentions, if it exists, has not yet come to light.

## Lyrics

>
> It is time to go now
>
> Haul away your anchor
>
> Haul away your anchor
>
> 'tis our sailing time.
>
>
>
> Get some sail upon her
>
> Haul away your halyards
>
> Haul away your halyards
>
> 'tis our sailing time.
>
>
>
> Get her on course now
>
> Haul away your foresheets
>
> Haul away your foresheets
>
> 'tis our sailing time.
>
>
>
> Waves are surging under
>
> Haul away down channel
>
> Haul away down channel
>
> on the evening tide.
>
>
>
> When you're sailing's over
>
> Haul away for heaven
>
> Haul away, oh heaven
>
> God be by your side.
>
>
>
> It is time to go now
>
> Haul away your anchor
>
> Haul away your anchor
>
> 'tis our sailing time.
>
>
>
>

## Recordings

#### YouTube Videos

* All Shanties from AC4 Black Flag Supercut / Playlist

#### Full Band Streams

* The Longest Johns Impromptu Singing Stream! (17 Nov 2018)

#### Chill Streams

* JD and Andy Chilltime - 03/02/2020 Stream Full VOD

#### Gaming Streams

* The Longest Johns Play Sea of Thieves but the servers die and we sing anyway (20 Mar 2018)
Corncrake

Originally written by fellow Bristolian Ian "Nobby" Dye of the Harry Browns of Bristol, the Corncrake pays homage to a General Steam Navigation of London vessel which frequently brought brandy, port, and wines to the city docks of Bristol in the 1960s.

### Factoids

The Corncrake, or landrail, is a bird of the "rail" family whose sound is reportedly so loud and monotone that it is compared to "two cheese-graters rubbed together." Despite their name they do not, in fact, nest in corn fields.

## Lyrics

These lyrics are based on the version performed by the Longest Johns in their Youtube video, the nearest source to the original lyrics (a transcription shared with a mudcatter by Ian himself) can be found here.

>
> The summer sky, the setting sun
>
> The Corncrake steams on the Bristol run
>
> Brandy for the waiter's tray
>
> The sailors, they have earned their pay
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
> O'er the sea to Bristol Town
>
> Loaded down the brandy-o
>
> O'er the sea to Bristol Town
>
> Loaded down the brandy-o, the brandy-o
>
>
>
> Rolling in the deep green lay
>
> Towards the hills of the Redcliffe Bay
>
> The Corncrake steams on her way
>
> Through the moonlit night 'til the break of day
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
>
>
> Then the captain I heard tell
>
> "That's the sound of the King's Road Bell"
>
> Down the reach to the Harbourside
>
> Safe and sound from the Severn Tide
>
>
>
> {Chorus}
>
>
>
> We then made fast both fore and aft
>
> For the Corncrake, she's a pleasant craft
>
> Now ashore to have some fun
>
> Drinking from a bottle of rum
>
>
>
> {Chorus in a round 'til finish}
>
>
>
>

## Recordings

#### Gig Videos

* Kings Square Gloucester Shanty Festival, 27 May 2017)
* In the Crimson Moon - Chow Time & Bristol Town

#### Full Band Streams

* The Longest Johns and Friends, April. w/Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith (30 Apr 2019)
* The Longest Johns Early Octobermas (2 Oct 2019)
* The Longest Johns In Quarantine (after failed intro + love to @El Pony Pisador )
* Boulevard of Broken Streams (17 Feb 2021)
* Be Stream And Not Heard (6 Oct 2021)
* Blue Stream of Death! (29 Jun 2022)
* In Space No One Can Hear You Stream (19 Oct 2022)
* Ghost in the Mastream (30 Aug 2023)
* Big Announcment Stream (22 Nov 2023)
* It Was Christmas Stream Babe (20 Dec 2023)
* Streamboat Willie (17 Jan 2024)

#### Gaming Streams

* Sea of Adventure with BehavingBeardly - 27/11/2020 (17 Jan 2021)