Wellerman Community Project | The Longest Johns | 6500 Singers!

Buy tickets to our upcoming livestreamed gig here! It's gonna be awesome!

Performed with over 6500 members of The Longest Johns community!

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There once was a ship that put to sea,
And the name of that ship was the Billy o' Tea
The winds blew hard, her bow dipped down,
Blow, me bully boys, blow!

Chorus (after each verse):
(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.

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.

{Chorus}

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.

{Chorus}

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

{Chorus}

For forty days or even more,
the line went slack then tight once more,
All boats were lost, there were only four
and still that whale did go.

{Chorus}

As far as I've heard, the fight's still on,
The line's not cut, and the whale's not gone!
The Wellerman makes his regular call
to encourage the captain, crew and all!

{Chorus x2 til Finish}

#wellerman #community #worldrecord?

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The Longest Johns

[thelongestjohns]

We’ll be doing our next community project when we reach 1mil subs on YT! Help us get there by liking, subscribing, commenting, ringing bells, shouting from rooftops, handing out leaflets, arranging tea leaves and interpretive dancing!

[AlexManMe]

Can we take some time to give a huge shout out to the editor, 6000 videos isn’t easy

[paulmoscatt]

For the person who edited this, may your CPU rest in peace.

[purplehaze]

I feel like Wellerman was _made_ to be sung by like, a LOT of people at once.

[QuetzalcoatlAndKukulkan]

I like how there's not just people singing. I seen people dancing. I seen puppets, VR avatars, even a lizard and octopus. I seen deaf people, a mermaid, amputees. Such a awesome video filled with awesome people.

[FirstLast-cgnk]

This. This is what the internet was made for. You cannot convince me otherwise.

[potatosama]

imagine hearing this in the vast ocean. you look at the horizon as a silhouette gets bigger and clearer and eventually you realize its a massive ship carrying 6500 sailors

[darklink-ihhc]

Can we all agree for a moment that the sea shanty community is probably one of if not the most wholesome communities out there

[ashleyrose.]

This is what the internet should be, people coming together to create and collaborate to make awesome content, memories, and a wholesome place to escape to

[typenamehere]

Can we appreciate the one guy who decided to go sing in a walrus suit on a boat

[loudassknifeprime]

Could you imagine, being a merchant sailing your way back home with a ship full of spices and rum and whatnot, and you hear a chorus of 6500 voices singing a pirate shanty.

[laartje]

The fact that you let a person join in singing in sign language just made my day. Disability representation is so important, and people with disabilities get often excluded from things like this, not because we can't join and do the thing, but because able-bodied people think we can't do the thing and write us off before even giving it a thought. So thank you for including everyone!

[microusb]

There's something just beautiful of a large group of people singing. Its like for one moment we're all one. No differences, were all equals in every aspect.

[spamhere]

Props to whoever has that deep, rich bass. You freaking built the basement for that whole song.

[undonezodia]

The Longest Johns: So we have this new community project idea-
Editor: *oh god not again*

[parkerc]

There's something so symbolic about thousands of people with different personalities, talents, races, styles, etc. coming together to complete a single task, I love it.

[kota]

did y’all see the man dressed as a pirate, sitting on a throne? that was so cool!

[avengelazrael]

There's like one dude with a *seriously* deep voice that you can hear the whole video. Over 6 thousand people and you can clearly hear him. So cool.

[FakeGamerGirlOfficial]

Literally crying for the editing software that had to put this together.

[infinikki]

The fact that this sounds like MAYBE 100 people is a true mark of excellence on the part of this choir. To be 6500 strong and sound like less than 100 is about as close to perfection in terms of choir unity as it gets. Well done!! 👏👏👏👏