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[Anonymous No.17329914]

When will they shut the fuck up about sea shanties...

[Anonymous No.17330069]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
FAREWELL AND ADIEU TO YOU, SPANISH LADIES
FAREWELL AND ADIEU TO YOU, LADIES OF SPAIN
FOR WE HAVE RECEIVED ORDERS
FOR TO SAIL TO OLD ENGLAND
BUT WE HOPE IN A SHORT TIME SEE YOU AGAIN!

[Anonymous No.17330218]

Sing it with me lads.

I DREAMED A DREAMMMM
THE OTHER NIGHTTTT

[Anonymous No.17330386]

I'LL SING YOU A SONG O' DA FISH O' DA SEA
WAY HEY BLOW THE MAN DOWN
COME ALL YE YOUNG SAILORMEN LISTEN TO ME
OH GIVE US SOME TIME TO BLOW THE MAN DOWN

[Anonymous No.17330419]

>>17329914
Landlubber begone, this is a seamen's board

[Anonymous No.17330428]

>>17329914
They won't, they've already started on how this was stolen from black culture

[Anonymous No.17330447]

LOOK AHEAD, LOOK A STERN, LOOK THE WEATHER IN THE LEE
BLOW HIGH! BLOW LOW! AND SO SAILED WE
I SEE A WRECK TO THE WINDWARD AND A LOFTY SHIP TO LEE
A SAILING DOWN ALL ON THE COASTS OF HIGH BARBARY

[Anonymous No.17330531]

https://youtu.be/Z4-ytFOS9TI

[Anonymous No.17331275]

THREAD THEME
>https://youtu.be/BJhF0L7pfo8

[Anonymous No.17331299]

>>17329914
Idk about sea shanties, but this is undoubtedly one of the greatest space ballads of all time https://youtu.be/-mO7vkdkJhg

[Anonymous No.17331315]

>>17329914
>Live in Newfoundland
>Get inundated with normals who love shanties because of tiktok
>Get inundated with sea shanties in real life because they're still a thing in NL

[Anonymous No.17331406]

>>17330419
lol seamen

[Anonymous No.17331418]

>>17330218
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANDDDSSSS

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANDS AAAAAAWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYY ME JOHNN

[Anonymous No.17331431]

When people stop craving strong community with shared experience and collaborative expression

[Anonymous No.17331452]

>DON'T BOTHER MY HEAD ABOUT CATCHING OF SEALS
>TO ME THERE'S MORE GLORY IN CATCHING OF EELS
>GIVE ME A TIGHT SHIP AND UNDER SNUG SAIL
>AND I ASK FOR NO MORE LONG SIDE THE SPERM WHALE
>IN THE INDIAN OCEAN
>OR PACIFIC OCEAN
>NO MATTER WHAT OCEAN
>PULL AHEAD YO HEAVE O!

>WHEN OUR ANCHOR'S A PEAK BOYS SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES
>YIELD A WARM DROP AT PARTING BREATHE A PRAYER FOR OUR LIVES
>WITH HEARTS FULL OF PROMISE THEY KISS OFF THE TEAR
>FROM THE EYE THAT GROWS RARELY DIM NEVER WITH FEAR
>THEN FOR THE OCEAN BOYS
>THE BILLOW'S COMMOTION BOYS
>THAT'S OUR DEVOTION BOYS
>PULL AHEAD YO HEAVE O!

>SOON WE HEAR THE GLAD CRY OF TOWN O THERE SHE BLOWS
>SLOW AS NIGHT MY BRAVE FELLOWS TO LEEWARD SHE GOES
>HARD UP SQUARE THE YARDS THEN STEADY LADS SO
>CRIES THE CAPTAIN MY MAIDEN LANCE SOON SHALL SHE KNOW
>NOW WE GET NEAR BOYS I THE IN WITH THE GEAR BOYS
>WING PULL SWING THE CRANES CLEAR BOYS
>ALL AHEAD YO HEAVE O!

>OUR BOATS IN THE WATER EACH MAN AT HIS OAR
>BENDS STRONG TO THE SEA WHILE HIS BARK BOUNDS BEFORE
>AS THE FISH OF ALL SIZES STILL FLOUNCING AND BLOWING
>WITH FLAKE AND BROAD FIN SCORN THE BEST OF HARD ROWING
>HANG TO THE OAR BOYS ANOTHER STROKE MORE BOYS
>NOW LINE THE OAR BOYS
>PULL AHEAD YO HEAVE O!

>THEN RISES LONG TOM WHO NEVER KNEW FEAR
>CRIES THE CAPTAIN NOW NAIL HER MY BOLD HARPOONER
>HE SPEEDS HOME HIS LANCE THEN EXCLAIMS I AM FAST
>WHILE BLOOD IN A TORRENT LEAPS HIGH AS THE MAST
>STARN STARN HURRY HURRY BOYS
>SHE'S GONE IN HER FLURRY BOYS
>SHE'II SOON BE IN GURRY BOYS
>I PULL AHEAD YO HEAVE O!

>THEN GIVE ME A WHALEMAN WHEREVER HE BE
>WHO FEARS NOT A FISH THAT CAN SWIM THE SALT SEA
>THEN GIVE ME A TIGHT SHIP AND UNDER SNUG SAIL
>AND LAST LAY ME SIDE OF THE NOBLE SPERM WHALE
>IN THE INDIAN OCEAN OR PACIFIC OCEAN
>NO MATTER WHAT OCEAN PULL A HEAD YO HEAVE O!

[Anonymous No.17331461]

>>17331418
I DREEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAMED MY LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVDRESSED ALL IN WHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITE

[Anonymous No.17331485]

>>17331299
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSR5TnNGKmo

[Anonymous No.17331490]

>>17331315
>Live in a whaling town in MA.
>literally row whaleboats as a hobby
> met David coffin at a festival during a singalong
>mfw normies screeching about the sea

[Anonymous No.17331539]

Oh! blow, my boys,
I long to hear you!
Blow, boys, blow!
Oh! blow, my boys,
I long to hear you!
Blow, my bully boys, blow.

O were you ever in Congo River?
O yes, I've been in the Congo River.

O Congo she's a mighty river,
Where fever makes the white man shiver.

O yonder comes the "Arrow" packet,
She fires a gun, don't you hear the racket?

O yonder comes a Creole lady,
I'm sure she's a nigger baby.

A Yankee ship comes down the river,
Her masts and yards they shine like silver.

And how d'ye known she's a Yankee clipper?
By the stars and bars that fly above her.

And who d'ye think's the skipper of her?
Why, "Holy Joe", the nigger lover.

And who d'ye think's the chief mate of her?
Why, Boss-Eyed Bill, the Bowery Runner.

And what d'ye think they've got for cargo?
Why "black sheep" that have run the embargo.

And what d'ye think they get for dinner?
Why, bullock's heart and donkey's liver.

O blow, my boys, and blow forever,
O blow me down to the Congo River.

[Anonymous No.17331555]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSfQoC_6Fpk

[Anonymous No.17331558]

I nebber see de like since I been born,
When a big buck nigger wid his sea boots on,
Says "Johnny come down to Hilo,
Poor old man!"

Chorus:
Oh! wake her, Oh! shake her,
Oh! wake dat girl wid de blue dress on!
When Johnny comes down to Hilo,
Poor old man.

I lub a little girl across de sea,
She's a Badian beauty, and she says to me,
"Oh! Johnny come down to Hilo,
Poor old man!"
Chorus:

O, was you ebber down in Mobile Bay,
Where dey screws cotton on a summer day?
When Johnny comes down to Hilo,
Poor old man.
Chorus:

Have you ebber seen de old PIantation boss
Wid de long tailed filly and de big black hoss?
When Johnny come down to Hilo,
Poor old man!
Chorus:

I nebber seen de like since I been born,
When a big buck nigger wid his sea boots on,
Says "Johnny come down to Hilo,
Poor old man!"
Chorus:

[Anonymous No.17331595]

[Anonymous No.17331628]

>>17331490
I love David Coffin. Was he nice?

[Anonymous No.17331632]

>>17329914
AND YOU DON'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAAAAND. A SHAME YOU SEEMED AN HONEST MAAAN

[Anonymous No.17331866]

>>17331628
Yup. Super cool dude. Tons of energy. Maybe it was the festival, but it was an infectious energy. And he was really good at getting the crowd into singing without feeling awkward. I wish I had that skill with people.

[Anonymous No.17332275]

AND WE'LL RANT AND WE'LL ROAR
LIKE TRUE BRITISH SAILORS
WE'LL RANT AND WE'LL ROAR
ALL ON THE SALT SEA
UNTIL WE STRIKE SOUNDINGS
IN THE CHANNEL OF OLD ENGLAND
FROM USHANT TO SCILLY IS THIRTY-FIVE LEAGUES