Spanish Ladies - The Longest Johns

The Longest Johns performing their adaptation of Spanish Ladies. Recorded on "The Island" in St Ives, where a small crowd quickly gathered as we were having a sing-song.

[imonherewaytomuch]

Farewell and adieu, to you Spanish ladies
Farewell and adieu, to you ladies of Spain
For we received orders
For to sail for Old England
But we hope, very soon, we shall see you again
We'll rant and we'll roar like true British sailors
We'll rant and we'll roar along the salt seas
Until we strike soundings in the channel of Old England
From Ushant to Scilly is 35 leagues
We hove our ship to, with the wind at Southwest boys
We hove our ship to, our soundings to see
We rounded and sounded got 45 fathoms
We squared our main yard and up channel steered we
We'll rant and we'll roar like true British sailors
We'll rant and we'll roar along the salt seas
Until we strike soundings in the channel of Old England
From Ushant to Scilly is 35 leagues
The next land we made was called "The Deadman"
Next ram heads off Plymouth, off Portland and Wight
We sailed by Beachy, by Fairlee and Dungeness
'Till we came abreast of the south foreland light
We'll rant and we'll roar like true British sailors
We'll rant and we'll roar along the salt seas
Until we strike soundings in the channel of Old England
From Ushant to Scilly is 35 leagues
Then the signal was made for the grand fleet to anchor
All in the Downs that night for to lie
Then it's stand by your stoppers, steer clear your shank-painters
Haul up your clew garnets, let tacks and sheet fly
We'll rant and we'll roar like true British sailors
We'll rant and we'll roar along the salt seas
Until we strike soundings in the channel of Old England
From Ushant to Scilly is 35 leagues
So let every man toss off a full bumper
And let every man drink off a full glass
We'll drink and be merry and drown melancholy
Singing, here's a good health to each true-hearted lass
We'll rant and we'll roar like true British sailors
We'll rant and we'll roar along the salt seas
Until we strike soundings in the channel of Old England
From Ushant to Scilly is 35 leagues

[roryschussler]

Bonus question on geography test: What is the distance from Ushant to Scilly?

"Oh shit, I've got this!"

[DarkonPrimeZD]

It's nice to find a group that sings shanties without going into a punk song.

[landon]

I'm a proud American and always have been but today I'm going to rant and roar like a true British sailor

[quefluxwinger]

This video is now 4 years old from a week ago, my how time flies!






WE'LL RANT AND WE'LL ROA-

[JimmWasHere]

To those who are dumb like me, a league is 3 miles, not a form of currency.
Referring to the line "From Ushant to Scilly is thirty-five leagues"

[DreadlockSoldier]

My husband and I were in Dublin in November. We saw you on BBC in our hotel. Made 2 new American fans! Keep up the great work. Cheers <3

[BrickAcurra]

We’ll rant and we’ll roar like true British sailors 🇬🇧
This makes me miss my days at sea 😢

[psychoticslender]

lyrics: Farewell and adieu unto you Spanish ladies
Farewell and adieu to you ladies of Spain
For it's we've received orders for to sail for old England
But we hope very soon we shall see you again
We'll rant and we'll roar like true British sailors
We'll rant and we'll roar across the salt seas
Until we strike soundings in the Channel of Old England
From Ushant to Scilly is thirty-five leagues

We hove our ship to with the wind at sou'west, boys
We hove our ship to, our soundings to see
So we rounded and sounded; got forty-five fathoms
We squared our main yard and up channel steered we

Now the first land we made it is called the Deadman
Next Ram Head off Plymouth, off Portland the Wight
We sailed by Beachy, by Fairlee and Dungeness
Till we came abreast of the South Foreland Light

Then the signal was made for the grand fleet to anchor
All in the Downs that night for to lie
Then it's stand by your stoppers, see clear your shank-painters,
Haul all your clew garnets, let tacks and sheets fly

Now let every man toss off a full bumper
And let every man drink off a full glass
And we'll drink and be merry and drown melancholy
Singing, here's a good health to each true-hearted lass

[Recker_yt]

Here's a story
Recently i've found out im part Irish. Now every time I see a flat cap, I yell, "FLAT CAP"
I came back to this video and saw the flat cap, then remembered why i love this youtube channel and why i love shanties

[kevinfred]

A snatch of this song was used in The movie Jaws, sung by Quint, the fisherman. But he sang, we've received orders for to sail back to Boston. A folk song like this often has more than one version.

[LewisJohn]

I love this song I remember an old boy who used to be a sailor that used to sing this in my old mans pub I miss that old lad I hope hes resting well

[avenarawnsley]

You guys were amazing on the TV tonight! South west pride! Well done.

[thomasfaucher]

This is the song that got me hooked. I remember looking to see how "the Drunken Sailor" song went. Little did I know what I was missing out on. Now, 2 yrs later, I am planning a trip to Ferndale MI to watch these boys live.

[InfernalSpawnODOOM]

Dat major chord at the end, doe.

No, but really. I love you dudes. Keep it up.

[ProfesoraNut]

Back again! 💛 An oldie but a goodie. 🤩🥳

[splergemellon]

Its so hard to just find some good shanties, just dumped all 3 albums on Spotify into a playlist to listen props to u guys

[asson]

Marvelous, spectacular, lovely; nautical and a grand entry in the long and storied lineage of ballads of any kind. Bravo! Really glad to see, following you along remotely, you merry lot keep at your wonderful work!

[physical_insanity]

I have a suggestion: could you guys sing We All Lift Together? You know, the song from Warframe. I feel like you guys would put a nice spin on it.

[Dreetjuhh]

One of the oldest sea shanty's from around 1625...great performance