Wellerman Official Music Video by The Longest Johns | Between Wind and Water (2018)

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The official music video for our classic track, Wellerman! Originally released in 2018, we've been wanting to film a video for this for over a year!! Filmed on the beautiful Moonfleet ship in Portland by a fantastic crew and team from Bristol.

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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 #official #thelongestjohns

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The Longest Johns

[thelongestjohns]

Don’t forget to check back next week for the live stream on Weds and the release of the over 6000 singer strong Community Project on Friday!

[WaterNinjaProductions]

[Count Dooku voice] I've been looking forward to this

[Pixlriffs]

Nobody had the heart to tell JD that a D20 isn't legal in regulation Snakes & Ladders.
Fantastic video lads! What a fun shoot this must've been.
And personally I'm imagining Anna singing her part just off-camera 😉

[ECcR]

Let's admit it, we all wanna go on a journey with the boys and a ship like that.

[TheHoundTheFox]

The lads that made sea shanties cool before Tik Tok, setting the bar even higher with this level of production quality. We are not worthy! 😍🐋⚓️

[sebastienbusque]

I wonder if they'll have more entries than they did with 'Leave her Johnny'.

[eigilholm]

Omg the "Sugar and tea and rum" crates are real life recreations from Sea of Thieves, that's amazing!

[Arthur._Morgan]

I was at their concert yesterday, near where I live, and whilst it was my only my first proper concert, I was surprised with how hospitable they were! Somehow, I've always found it so hard to digest the fact that popular bands like these consist of actual, funny and interesting people!

[lakojake]

It's the first Wellerman video I've seen to have not just a boat, but also sugar, tea and rum. Very good job, men!

[annieisok]

When you can write off renting a whole ship on your taxes, that’s the real piracy XD

[Xograch]

This might be the calmest music video I've seen on youtube

[MilitaryHistoryVisualized]

Pretty sure the Merchant Alliance pays well for those crates.

[theotheraforster]

Holy crap. I just discovered The Longest Johns. I can't function when they sing. My body just seizes up when they all kick in together.

[Ithenna]

The fact that they are singing this rough n' tough sea shanty while the guys in the background are just casually playing shoots and ladders is absolutely hilarious 🤣

[alexkaruhn]

Now I'm just waiting for a "Mobby Duck" video with one of those ship sized rubber ducks

[angelserenade]

Jack Sparrow: Why is the rum always gone?


Longest Johns: Soon may the wellerman come...

[Inok]

Привет из России! От Русского моряка, отличная песня, всегда её слушаю. Мы моряки знаем, что нет плохих национальностей а есть плохие люди! Всех люблю! Всем удачи! От всей души из России! ❤

[JQModels]

You guys have always been years ahead. I'm still here regardless of trends. I hope you get what you deserve! I've been with you since 2016. You guys set the standard for sea shanties in my opinion!

[cameronliterally]

I was privately hoping there'd be a full crew singing along with them.

[existingnick]

i love how the sugar and tea looks like the sea of theives crates