The Longest Johns 'Wellerman' (Sea Shanty) Official Lyrics & Meaning | Verified

The Longest Johns‘ “Wellerman” is one of many renditions of the sea shanty that has gone viral, racking up more than 21 million streams on Spotify alone. The British folk group originally released the song in 2018, but it found new life on TikTok when sea shanties from the 1800s unexpectedly became a craze on the app. For the uninitiated, sea shanties are a type of folk song that were often sung by fishermen while doing back-breaking work aboard their ships.

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[_pnda]

As much as I love Wellerman, I think their best work is still Bones In The Ocean. If you love The Longest Johns sound, I highly recommend giving Bones In The Ocean a listen. I also recommend Oak & Ash & Thorn.

[DukeDanger]

I run a pirate themed bar and restaurant in Nova Scotia. When you guys sang the song for the first time in a video. I taught it to my staff and now every friday it seems we start our night shift shanty singing with this song.

[lilboombox]

Can’t lie it goes crazy. Certified hood classic.

[RedDuke]

1:50 oh no. It's not "blow me, bully boys". It's "blow, me bully boys". The importance of commas...

[licknelon]

Glad to see the Longest Johns get the recognition they deserve.

[claireallen]

It's about time that these guys got the recognition they deserve

[Hoshino-A]

Literally sang this in choir today for middle schoolers

[katem]

YESSSS GUYS!! bringing Genius to Bristol. we love to see it xx

[SpaceAtomz]

My favorite would either be Old maui or Spanish ladies, but santiana and wellerman is fantastic too

[TheZombehJesus]

don’t gimme the aux unless u vibing to this

[SizzlePR]

*”Soon may the Wellerman come to bring us sugar and tea and rum”*

🐐🔥

[spencergates]

The Longest Johns finally getting the recognition they deserve sadly through tiktok but so be it

[iljastekelenburg]

Genius finally getting the bangers innit

[amon]

2:00 it's official, the Wellerman song is OURS 🇳🇿🇳🇿

[bluewalnutt]

FUCK This is sick. LONG LIVE THE LONGEST JOHNS

[jennyneon]

We definitely didn't expect this to happen.

[DAJPRGreene]

“Shared on iFunny”

JD what have you done

[icebrrrg_]

So proud of these guys, been a subscriber to them when they first uploaded the Sea of Thieves singing

[amano-]

i knew those guys would famous af one day, and that day has come

[BiggusNickus]

1:51 that comma placement gives that line a.. different meaning, lol.