My Jolly Sailor Bold (The Pirates of the Caribbean: on Stranger Tides) ~ Arianna 

Hello everyone, a lot of people have been asking me if there are more songs like this one and the answer is yes! There are a lot of beautiful Folk songs, but here is a list with some of my favourites for those who are interested: 1. Black is the Colour of my True Love's Hair 2. Over the Sea to Skye (Skye Boat Song) 3. The Gartan Mother's Lullaby 4. Amhrán na Farraige 5. The Unquiet Grave 6. Ailein Duinn 7. The Parting Glass 8. She Moved Through the Fair 9. Down by the Sally Gardens 10. Scarborough Fair 11. Fear a Bhata 12. Spanish Ladies 13. Loch Lomond 14. House Carpenter 15. The Maid of Culmore 16. Boys of Bedlam 17. How the Tide Rushes in

hearing this makes me understand the myths about sirens luring sailors to their deaths

I was always told sirens were born from violent watery deaths, and mermaids from gentle deaths. I think a broken heart can count as violent. edit: for the people telling me im wrong, thats the story i grew up with and was taught, others may be different, but in my family thats how its taught.

this song makes me think of a woman who's husband was a sailor and on one of his expiditions she became sick and eventually died alone the last thing she saw and heard was the ocean that her husband loved more than her and so she was reborn as a siren luring sailors like her husband who left there homes and likely families behind in favor of the sea. eventualy she runs into her husband again and reveals her self and drowns him making it so he and the ocean he loved more than her were always together and making the face of the woman he loved but abandoned the last thing he ever saw.

Fun fact! Greek sirens were actually birdlike and not fishlike! They had wings, and bird feet! The sirens as we know them today come from an Anglo-Latin catalogue from the 7th century that describes them having fish tails instead, which is where we get our modern interpretation of mermaids/sirens!

7 year old me: why would sailors get tricked all the time Me now: I would jump overboard on my own free will ngl

Good thing you're not a real siren because I've no doubt I'd be in Davy Jones' locker right now, magnificent ❤️

LYRICS: Upon one summer's morning I carelessly did stray Down by the Walls of Whapping where I met a sailor gay Conversing with a young lass who seemed to be in pain, saying 'William when you go i fear you never return again' His hair ti does in ringlets hang his eyes as black as sloes, may happiness attend him wherever he may go From Tower Hill to Blackwall i will wander weap and moan, all for my Jolly Sailor bold until he does return My father is a merchant the truth i will now tell and in great London City in opulence doth well Hid fortune does exceed 300,00 pounds in gold and he frowns upon his daughter because she loves a sailor bold Come all you pretty fair maids, whoever you may be if you love a Jolly Sailor bold that ploughs the raging sea While up aloft in storm or gale To me his absence mourn, and firmly pray arrive the day he home will safe return My name it is Maria, a merchant's daughter fair, and i have left my parents and three thousand pounds a year My heart is pierced by Cupid, i disdain all glittering gold, there is nothing that can console me, but my Jolly Sailor Bold.

This is what i imagine: A female, young, standing in the main hall of a castle (the hall being empty whilst corridors and other rooms are occupied) she starts singing this, her voice rings out powerful and bold in the still air. Her voice can be heard from all about the castle, everyone who hears it stops, their feet almost seemingly weighed to the floor, they look everywhere for the voice their hearts becoming heavy. Then when the infamous part comes (my heart was pierced by cupid i disdain all glittering gold..) she begins to walk into the corridors full of people (still singing) with everyone glued to the spot she walks past her voice even more powerful in the stillness. Her footsteps and her voice the only sounds. She gains on the endof the corridor and slowely her voice and body fade until shes completely gone the endof her song hanging lightly on the air. Its kinda cheesy but thats one of the many things i can imagine.... edit: i didnt expect to get this many likes, thanks though :)

As someone who loves sea shanties, I'm just glad movies like PotC and games like Sea of Thieves can reach more people and spread appreciation of these delightful songs.

There's something extremely luring about this song. It's no coincidence that there's men in the comment section completely hypnotised by the melody. Old folktale lyrics regarding lost love, accentuated with a soft female vocal would catch anyone's attention. But there's an undercurrent of danger submerged beneath its soft lullaby that serves to intrigue the psyche of the male mind. There's a subtle aura of cunning, deception, apprehension and deceit, discreetly hidden beneath the velvety veil of a hauntingly beautiful feminine vocal. There's an amalgamation between feelings of gentleness, nurture and trust, with feminine sensuality and sultry seductiveness, but also contrasting with more insidious undertones. Basically, if you love a man and you want to lure him in, just sing this to him and watch him become obsessed with you.

This either sounds like a siren/mermaid luring sailors to their death. Or my preference being the sea or other mermaids singing. Inviting scorned or aching women into the waves and to become a mermaid or siren. To enacted revenge if they died at sea. Or to simply easy their heart ache and pain.

You've no idea how many years I've waited for a cover of this song that is so beautiful, yet holds a hidden danger within the voice. Absolutely haunting. After nearly nine years...The siren has arrived.

Some are here because of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.

I know in the first few lines that “gay” technically means “happy”, but that didn’t stop me from wheezing........................ ok I’ll shut up now. Edit: I’m very sorry if this comment personally offends anyone here!!! I don’t mean for it to be anything more than a joke!!! Tho I guess it is just not a very good one. I try to be mature most of the time, but sometimes I just act childish and this is a result of that. I know it’s not a very funny joke and it is pretty childish and immature, and I’m very sorry! Have a great day/night peeps!!!

I can honestly envision a heartbroken mermaid sitting on a rock, singing to herself at night. While a nearby sailor secretly listens and fell in love with the voice.

Recently, my heart was deeply broken by a soldier. We started as a good friend, until he met his old love again, when we were hanging out together. The girl's friend told me how they have a long history. What can I do if I am only a part of that history. My heart was shattered to pieces when I saw those hands, that I just held the day before, holding someone else's hand. I was just left by the street, picked up by a stranger. Sometimes, I still feel like crying out loud from the top of my lung but I know I should not. This song makes me feel calmer and stronger at the same time. It just reminds me of those mermaids, being calm, and only attack when the right time comes.

How does this singer not have more followers?? Her voice is literally angelic!

Here is what I imagine, a daughter of a merchant meets a sailor one day and falls in love, the father doesn't approve so she runs off with the sailor, when they finally settle down and build a life on land the husband leaves her to go to sea for work. She starts to misses him and one day she walks down to the sea and sings this while she walks out in to the ocean until she drowns sing the song.

Do you guys know how hard to find these kinds of music?

That was beautiful! So haunting! And it really did have the feeling of being a mermaid under the water. You could feel the pressure of the icy water around you, and the distance that comes with being able to observe what happens above the water while still being under the surface. That's really hard to capture but this artist definitely succeed with flying colors! 👍

No doubt you are a Siren! I can't describe the rapture I feel every time I see a new upload of yours. Utterly captivating; your voice immobilizes the listener...I can't but give in!🌊🌹💫

According to greek myths and effigies, sirens were women with the body of a bird (which makes sense, since birds sing, fishes doesn't XD). But also, according to some discoveries, sirens were usually depicted in some objects like pots or gravestones, during burial rituals. Few believed sirens sang for the souls of the dead, guiding them through the Hades and making them forget their lives, so they could accept to move on the otherworld. Now, just imagine this... in the last days of your life, you're slowly losing energy, senses, will... you're dying, in the end. And in your last minutes, you start to hear this soft, soothing hum... it's distant, initially, but slowly fills your ears, gradually becoming all you can hear. Your sight doesn't work anymore and you can only see a vast plain of darkness, a black abyss. You see nothing... until you can spot her, swimming (or floating? You can't clearly understand) to you. She's the one who's singing for you, a creature you can't clearly see perfectly, but she's there, for you, singing hypnotically. Your soul slowly melts to her sight and voice, and the fear of the death disappear completely. Everything is fine, everything is okay. You can let her lead you to the other side.

Playing this in .75 speed is just... yes.

I heard this song on tiktok and the girl was singing this in a stairwell. It sent chills down my spine. This sounds so mesmerizing

Absolutely beautiful and mesmerizing.

2:53 and right there, chills went down my spine. I remember that scene from the movie, and what happened following those last lyrics... ... ...

I love that you're singing this like a lullaby. Most covers add a lot of reverb, but your version is juste so pure... I love it 🥺🥺

I don't know why I didn't pay this attention during the movie as many times as I have watched it, but this song my jolly sailor bold is so sad. I am watching Pirates of the Caribbean: on Stranger Tides now and I really paid attention to the song so much I had to Google it and get the name. Once I did I found this video and I read the words and it's just as I thought this song is sad and heart breaking with a whole lot of meaning to it, to the point that I have tears in my eyes and my heart is heavy for Maria. Thank you for opening my eyes to this song and the words, the extras that you added to this, the sounds of the ocean and the way it sounds like the mermaid is singing under water. You did this beautifully. 👍👍👍👍 thumbs up all the way.

As an inspiring author, this makes me want to make a love and horror story about a Siren and a Sailor!

I'm not sure how many people here believe in "reincarnation", however I'm going to throw myself on those that understand it. I've lived many lives, one of which was lived as a former merchant of the sea, (whom eventually turned "pirate" for a short time before being killed at sea). Long ago, "mermaids" and "sirens" were actually the same thing. The only difference being that "sirens" were more found on land, while "mermaids" were the "sirens" of the sea. Both were believed to use their voices/songs to lure men to their death. Also, while this song WAS made more modernly noticed by the world, through the "Pirates of The Caribbean" film, it is an actual song from that time period.

10 dislikes are from those mermaids because they are envy of your voice

This song and Davy Jones are my 2 favorite songs in the series

Best version so far

I found him we a maiden of the fairest hair, I cried my last tear and followed him to where... I found them in the moonlight, in loves embrace they swayed, it was then my heart had shattered so cold, and to think i almost gave him me soul.. I sang his song again, bringing him back to me close to the shore, with waves so high and where giant boulders be I stood atop the tallest, i could see him drawing near. Swim to me he tried but the waves of foam to high, dragging him deep down the water where my broken heart now lies

You should upload or stream this on Spotify or iTunes. I would totally buy this and listen to it all the time!

My name is Lorilei, and it means a mermaid whom sings to sailers and lures them to their death, my mom didn't know that when she named me, she just liked the Gilmore girls

the real siren 😭

"There ain't been much given to me in my breif miserable life, there's the truth in it, but by God, I'll have it said that Scrum had himself a kiss, FROM A PROPER MEREMAID!!"

This is very beautiful, I’ve always been attracted to the lure of mermaids and sirens since I was a child. What a beautiful song , I’m glad I found a different and equally great cover . I was only familiar with Erutan’s version.

I sing lullabies to the little children I babysit, one boy would not calm down unless I sang this song.

This is hauntingly beautiful

Ok if a mermaid was singing this, I know I would be screwed. This so beautiful I’d jump straight into the water.

Is it just me or does this fit Elizabeth Swan and Will Turner nearly perfectly, aside from the fact her name is Maria

So glad RU-vid recommended this last October when I was writing a spooky story scene. Lovely voice that you can't help be be lured towards it.

Ngl I clicked because my name's Arianna and now I'm obsessed with this because it's just...beautiful... I cannot even put it to words

I'm spellbound by your voice ^o^

For better or worse I could totally see this in a modern animated Disney movie. Your version just has that feel to it - it's one of the few things that managed to give me chills when I first saw this a while ago.

2:37 for the Pirates of the Caribbean (stranger tides ) ppls x

I absolutely love that you didn’t use any music. Just the ocean and your voice

I actually started to get entranced like I just want to listen to this forever

Bom trabalho, um abraço do Brasil.

This song recaped Elizabeth and Will Turner's relationship pretty well

'tis really tragic.. so she turned into a mermaid because of her endless love for a young sailor... haunting it is, mate..☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭

Beautiful.

This will sound weird but I just wanted to say thank you for giving me inspiration for lines for a poem assignment, I'm terrible at Wrighting poems also this an amazing cover

this song makes me feel... trapped. like i need to escape but i cant. it makes me shake and cry. this song is enchanting but there is just something abt it..

I found the best RU-vid rabbit hole to fall down. It's 2am, thanks insomnia.

I really like this tune. It really is king of the king :)))

I'm hypnotized 😍❤🖤

Your voice doesn't need music, your voice is your own music, beautiful song... ♥

Your voice... the background audio of the ocean waves.. it's beautiful!

Beautiful ! Thanks for this magical moment

I love this song every since I was young and I still love it it is very good song

Who wouldn't be lured if they hear this voice.amazing.im in love 😍😂

In a sentence, Outstanding, this sounds like a hauntingly beautiful rendition of an excellent folk song being sung by a being that's half angel and half demon. In a word, Perfect.

Gorgeous work as always!! Love your beautiful voice!

WOW YOU SING THIS SOOO WELL I'm very very impressed you should be a beautiful mermaid

IVE LISTENED TO THIS FOR LIKE THOUSAND TIMES, AND EVERY SINGLE TIMES I LISTEN TO THIS THE SONG CHANGES DIFFERENTLY THAN BEFORE I DONT KNOW WHY

lovely singing, hope to hear more songs & Keep up the great work. :)

William is definitely in Davy Jones locker

One of the better covers I've heard of this song 👀

Breathtaking

I've never heard the whole song that's really haunting I love it

What a beautiful voice you have ❤️

wow that was amazing - it sounded so haunting and full of emotion! well done i'm speechless!

MYSTERIOUS voice, i loved it💘

I could vision you leaning on a boat singing to a sailor holding his face, luring him to lean more into the ocean as you get deeper. You grab him swim gracefully with him and watch him struggle to breathe.

So relaxing

Sublime!!! Une voix envoûtante!!! 💙

I just love the bgm... Water lapping sound🧡

Beautiful 🎶😊🎶

I liked this video, two of my cats Flower and Nebula jump up on the desk and listened to the song. So safe to assume this is Cat approved. 10/10

I've heard several renditions of this song, but this might just be my favorite

very romantic,the mermaid whom sung it in the the movie is beautiful!. John Guinto

Beautiful song and voice. Thank you.

It's very relaxing and melodious

please never delete this

I’ve been listening to this non stop

pov: you sing about your life before your sacrifice of becoming a mermaid to save your true love the sailor

I now have goosebumps. This is a masterpiece. Bravo!

Beautiful 🌹🌊

Such a beautiful voice I literally had a tear run down my cheek

my ears have been blessed with your voice!! listening to this before going to sleep is calming

인어공주가 부르는거같아요!!!!! 너무 잘부르세요!!!!!!!!!!!˙Ⱉ˙ 목소리도 너무 이뻐요 ˃̵͈̑ᴗ˂̵͈̑

I wish this was on spotify

Tüylerim diken diken oldu yani çok beğendim keşke daha önce dinleseydim .

This song is so powerful that it gave me a flashback of when I was in a beach. I was around 7? And I saw this beautiful fish that would swim around me, making the water circle me. I think I saw something else but thats a bit blurry for me....

Just beautiful

Beautiful