Four Hours, from Cures What Ails Ya by The Longest Johns

From the new album Cures What Ails Ya

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The Longest Johns

[lee_mc]

I heard these guys sing this when I joined a game in Sea of Thieves! Was unreal!

[willisknightsworth]

You have no idea how many times I have accidentally sung "my strength will callous and my hands will grow", instead of "my hands will callous and my strength will grow".

[Bitter_Beauty_Music]

"Four hours, workin' on the swell, four hours, sloggin' in the rain..."
Oh, a happy working song!
"Four hours, wrap me in the shroud and four hours, lay me in the ground"
Well, that escalated quickly.

[pertnado]

[Verse 1]
Come me boys and heave with me
Let's get off this curs-ed sea
Let's be home to lovers and wives
And leave behind these four hour lives

[Chorus]
(Four Hours) Workin' on the swell
(Four Hours) Sloggin' in the rain
(Four Hours) Workin' to the bell
Then (Four Hours) 'til it starts again

[Verse 2]
Come me boys and heave with me
The wind's my friend and my enemy
It carries me home but it must be tamed
Everything lost or everything gained

[Chorus]
(Four Hours) Workin' on the swell
(Four Hours) Sloggin' in the rain
(Four Hours) Workin' to the bell
Then (Four Hours) 'til it starts again

[Verse 3]
Come me boys and heave with me
got scabrous hands and bloody knees
But when the bell tolls, I'll go below
My hands will callous and my strength will grow

[Chorus]
(Four Hours) Workin' on the swell
(Four Hours) Sloggin' in the rain
(Four Hours) Workin' to the bell
Then (Four Hours) 'til it starts again

[Verse 4]
Come me boys and heave away
Soaked and heavy heaving under the spray
Will I ever shed this salt on my brow?
Better the dust from under my plow

[Chorus]
(Four Hours) Workin' on the swell
(Four Hours) Sloggin' in the rain
(Four Hours) Workin' to the bell
Then (Four Hours) 'til it starts again

[Verse 5]
When I'm back in Bristol town
I'll buy my love a silken gown
We'll lie in each others arms and rest
Until that bell sounds in my chest

[Chorus]
(Four Hours) Workin' on the swell
(Four Hours) Sloggin' in the rain
(Four Hours) Workin' to the bell
Then (Four Hours) 'til it starts again

[Chorus]
(Four Hours) Haulin on the sheets
(Four Hours) Keeping our feet
(Four Hours) Wrap me in the shroud
Then (Four Hours) Lay me in the ground

[grief]

Someone needs to make a 4 hour version of this song

[Curlew]

This reminds me so much of my dad. He races boats for sport and the crew always does four hours on and four hours off during the long distance ocean races.

[nathanwhitfield]

If only it was the 4th in the album...

[andrenaveed]

Shoutout to whichever one of you sings the fantastic low part I can feel in my chest through my headphones, gives me chills

[justinmeredith]

Hope you guys don't care, but I sing your shanties while sailing the Sea of Thieves in game chat, everyone loves the songs. Keep it up guys!!

[lilithmotherofmonsters]

As someone who's actually lived the sailor life for a few years, this is my favourite of you guys. I was commercial fishing, so there wasn't much time on the 4 hour schedule, but it's familiar to me

[theotherfanboy]

This is my favorite song on the album. I have a soft spot for these kinds of labor songs. Pair this with the song Toil by Flatfoot 56 for a similar take but from an industrial standpoint.

[fishnut]

imagine being the person who accidentally clicked the dislike button

[tbsupratom]

Perfect for sea of Thieves because that’s probably the average time you spend before you sell if you don’t get sunk, aren’t super stacking, and get a decent amount of loot on a full galley.

[StokersShanties]

I wish I found these guys when I was still a sailor. Now I listen while write and work on construction sites

[ernezmillendez]

the title is clickbait wth it says four hours but its only 2:31 long

[MrArcher]

Steven Colbert had done a piece on the year of the Shanty.
Been surfin your channel for an hours now.
Has lifted my heart, on worries gone by
And given light to lies of past and sorrows
And hope to future truths to come.
God bless ye bunch of scalawags

[Felitaur]

A normal watch was four hours. The dog watches were two hours each.

Because they were cur-tailed.

[ninjarn]

Incredible work! I am so glad you guys are still churning out incredible music. My studying playlist appreciates it

[boundedscythe]

Maybe my maths of but 4 hours of working on the swell and 4 hours of slogging in the rain and 4 hours working to the bell and 4 hours until it starts again doesn't equal 24 hours but 16 and with another 4 hours working on the sheets 4 hours keeping our feet and 4 hours wrap me in the shroud and 4 hours lay me in the ground that equals 32 hours..

[tazthedevil]

Been listening this song for 4 hours. No I have to wait 4 more hours to listen it again. I hate waiting