There once was a ship lyrics

Previous Next " " " The Wellerman" is a popular Sea shanty. The song is believed to have been written in New Zealand around 1860–1870. While its authorship is unknown, it may have been written by a teenage sailor or shore whaler and may have served as a "cutting-in shanty" that whalers would sing as they slaughtered a whale. The song was released as a ReWiggled album, with the lyrics unaltered and including vocals by Contents • 1 Lyrics • 2 Song Credits • 3 Trivia • 4 Gallery • 5 Video Lyrics [ ] There once was a ship that put to sea The name of the ship was the Billy o' Tea The winds blew hard, her bow dipped down Blow, me bully boys, blow (Huh!) She had not been two weeks from shore When down on her a right whale bore The captain called all hands and swore He'd take that whale in tow (Huh!) Soon may the Wellerman come To bring us sugar and tea and rum One day, when the tonguing is done We'll take our leave and go Soon may the Wellerman come To bring us sugar and tea and rum One day, when the tonguing is done We'll take our leave and go Before the boat had hit the water The whale's tail came up and caught her All hands to the side, harpooned and fought her When she dived down below (Huh!) No line was cut, no whale was freed An' the captain's mind was not on greed But he belonged to the Whaleman's creed She took that ship in tow (Huh!) Soon may the Wellerman come To bring us sugar and tea and rum One day, when the tonguing is done We'll take our leave and go Soon may the W...

Among the songs made popular in recent years by the videos on TikTok, there is a rather particular one, which smells of bygone times already from the first time you listen to it. It is called Wellerman (Sea Shanty) and has become a trend on TikTok precisely by the hand of the Scottish singer Nathan Evans, who released it in 2021. The song, however, is not an original composition and has a very particular story, that we will see in this article. The official video of the song is the one you find below. Nathan Evans’ passion is for Sea Shanties. Wellerman falls into this trend: originally it is a New Zealand sea ballad that dates back to the second half of the 19th century and tells of the difficulties of sailors embarked for whaling. The lyrics and the meaning of the song Under a particularly captivating rhythm, Wellerman‘s lyrics tell the legends that revolve around the ships that hunted whales, the underpaid sailors and the companies that hired the crew for those undertakings. The word Wellerman comes from the Weller brothers, who had the largest whaling company in New Zealand in the nineteenth century. Wellerman is therefore one of the leaders of the company, who in the chorus of the song comes to give sugar, tea and rum. Not because he was generous and gave gifts to sailors, but for a much sadder reason: sailors at the time were so underpaid that they often weren’t even paid money, but received goods like that, which ended up being their entire pay. Soon may the Wellerm...