First heard this on AC Black Flag, I worked as an electrician at the time and any task we had to all 4 of us to work together I'd belt out old sea shanties to keep us in rhythm. By the end of the month we all sang and knew every word. Now there are 3 crews out there working electrical singing sea shanties.
I also first heard in on Black Flag, my favorite game of the AC series. My favorite shanty was the Row Boys Row one. We would sing those all day long. Shanties are back due to Covid, I heard, to deal with stress!
..served in the german navy, guess what we were forced to do after hours in bootcamp 🙂 Beer in hand, the whole platoon sat in the basement and learned the shanties :) Never had i felt such a strong loyalty to a superior again i was just a spark (morse & teletype/radio comms - when i was discharged , the job of "radio officer" was dead.., and there went my civil shipboard career down to neptun, they call it progress that there is no more quick interaction in cases of emergency.... unless youre in VHF range)
For those of you coming here because of AC Black Flag, you need to check out Stan's other stuff because he was amazing, sadly he's no longer with us, but his son, Nathan Rogers still is and sings many of his songs. Sounds just like his pap.
Garnet (his brother and "partner in crime" as he describes him on Home in Halifax) also still plays. Generally small coffee shops and such, but worth seeing if you like Stan. Nathan has some big shoes to fill as both a musician and a human being. If you can find the documentary "One Warm Line" it's well worth watching.
+Porter Daniels AC Black Flag got me into sea shanties, and down the road I discovered about Stan Rogers. I had no idea he did this song until just recently, it was quite a surprise.
This song is a live recording done in Chicago at a benefit concert for the folk magazine, come for to sing held at holsteins tavern, it is filled with warmth and enthusiasm stan's audiences and fellow performers felt for him. Stan is obviously having a great time! He is joined on stage for this finale piece by all the performers at the benefit.
Love this! But I fell asleep with my headphones on and had a dream that a bunch of people were visiting me and someone started singing this song and then we all joined in on the chorus in beautiful harmony. Nice dream.
I don't know if anyone has posted this yet, but if you came here and you're new to Stan Rogers, you need to look up a documentary called One Warm Line. It's amazing. My distant Canadian heritage always sheds a tear when I watch it.
If Stan was still here with us I would hope he would do a show with Nathan and garnet that would be epic! But check out Nathan rogers singing northwest passage! Badass RIP Stan
If you came here from AC4, then it's twice as important to listen to Stan's badass privateer song: "Barrett's Privateers" Sung by Canadian Folk Music Legend Stan Rogers (One Warm Line, Documentary)
It features another incredible based out of Newfoundland called Ryan's Fancy. They also have a long catalog of originals and traditional music that if you like this you'll also like them.
I’m probably one of the few my age who heard the Stan Rogers version of this song and not the AC Black Flag one. Stan Rogers was a great musical storyteller. Checkout his other work.
I thought I heard the old man say, "Leave her, Johnny, leave her, It's a long, hard pull to the next payday And it's time for us to leave her". Chorus: Leave her, Johnny, leave her! Oh, leave her, Johnny, leave her, For the voyage is done and the winds don't blow, And it's time for us to leave her! Oh, the winds were foul and the work was hard, Leave her, Johnny, leave her! From the Liverpool dock to the London yard And it's time for us to leave her. Chorus: Leave her, Johnny, leave her He'd blow you down with a spike and a curse, And it's time for us to leave her. Chorus: It was rotten meat and moldy bread, Leave her, Johnny, leave her! You'd eat it or you'd starve to death, And it's time for us to leave her. Chorus: Well it's time for us to say goodbye, Leave her, Johnny, leave her, For now those pumps are all pumped dry, And it's time for us to leave her. Chorus:
You know, I used to check the list on the right for other versions of songs I listened to to see if I could find a better version. I long ago quit checking the list on any songs that Stan Rogers sang. Just no point in it.
I saw Stan perform years ago here in Seattle. Great performance. I was touched that he called home to his wife at the break on a pay phone. I got the sense he was not only a great singer/songwriter, but a good man. That was born out by his efforts to rescue people off that fiery plane where he ended up losing his own life in the process. Does anyone know where and when this photo was taken? It looks quite a bit like the shoreline at Alki Beach in West Seattle. Perhaps it was taken when he was performing here?
@@johnhall1001 it was traditionally sung when they arrived in port, as a goodbye to the ship. Listen to the lyrics, they are all about the ship. johnny was a common name for sailors which is why a lot of songs use it
@bitterballoffrogs But Nathan isn't his father, and he has his own path to take. If he started doing music in the same style as Stan, he'd forever be compared to his father, and what are the chances people would accept Nathan as a substitute for Stan? Enjoy the music Stan left us, and appreciate Nathan in his own right.
@Xeno426 Your right of course, but I still feel this young man could be a inspriation to the working people of the world I know how much pride Stans music instilled in me as a working man... Why won't the son continue in the working class tradition of the father ? Guess the obvious answer is that the Dude is not working class........
