I remember playing this game with my very sickly grandfather, He used to sing songs with his buds like those, When he heard Lowlands he sung to me for the first time.... I’ll never forget that voice. So good, Low, But sad at the same time. Rip old man.
You should not fear the weather, not fear the sea, you Will remenber the fallen they Will think of you, Hes Bones in the ocean forever Will be pd; im sure he's proud of you
Last year my wife got pregnant. I really like “Leave Her Johhny”, so I used to sing for my son when he was in the womb. Actually, I changed the song to “Leave Her Tommy”, cause his name is Tomás (portuguese version for Thomas). He was born 2 months ago. Sometimes he is crying a lot, so I sing “Leave Her Tommy” and the boy calms down 😊 EDIT: yesterday (february 18th) we celebrated Tommy’s first birthday, and the party theme was… pirate! The boy was so happy and cute dressed like a little pirate 😊😍
When Black Flag came out I spent SOOOOOOO much time just sailing my Brig towards nowhere just to hear the sea shanties. Been listening to sea shanties ever since.
my first 32hrs in the game is only 15% completion of storyline with a near max ship from just sailing to nowhere and end up just sea battle my way all the way to near max level ship!
Same. I don’t know whose idea it was to put them in the game but they made a wise decision. I love all the AC games but the shanties are probably my favorite part of any of them. Once I found out i could collect the shanties all over the map and add new songs it became my number 1 priority in the game. Sometimes I would just circle enemy ships instead if attacking them so i could hear the rest of the song. Video games have some of the coolest things in them. We’ve come along way from pong 😁
Fun fact, when I was in the US Navy from 2008 till 2012, my aircraft carrier pulled into San Diego like twenty times. One night on base, I was with a couple of sailors and marines at the smoke pit when all of the sudden we sang Lowlands together. People from the base just started walking over. It was magical. When Assassins Creed came out on Switch, I immediately picked it up. Now I sing Lowlands on the toilet.
@@unclekrush I won't lie, it's purely personal preference, but i never like when Lowlands come on. It's mostly just....I guess the feel of the song? Idk.
I joined the Navy and heard our BMC singing a shanty and joined in for the ending. The smile and shock I brought on his face. He asked where I learned it from and told him it's from black flag. He was happy that the songs still find a way to new sailors hearts.
Adorable story! You probably made his entire week. He will likely remember this for the rest of life, when someone joined in on something so dear to his heart. Do you remember which song it was?
On the top left: the captain of the ship, on the lower right: the crazy pirate who gives energy to the shanties, finally on the lower left: the inseparable duo of the skinny young pirate and the old veteran who knows all the shanties
one of my most favorite if not my body favorite game ever, indeed this is where i got my love for shanty's as a small one, I'm so happy this is happening
Drunkin sailor was the first sea shanty I ever learned to sing when I was about 7 or so. It is one of my favorite tunes that will never ever leave my brain.
I always liked Lowlands Away the best. The loneliness of a person at sea away from family for months, years, and no way to find out if they are happy and safe
These songs are almost ancestral. I'm mid 30s and my grandmother used to sing me some of these songs when I was a small child, and surely her mom did for her; they just don't die
shanties weren't really a thing during the golden age of piracy and were actually active during the 1800s, but they're so awesome, the devs kept them in because rule of cool
I rememeber when I was running a pirate-themed Dungeons & Dragons game, and this was the background soundtrack for sea travel. At one point, a character lost a bestfriend to the royal fleet, having been captured in a raid. They raided the fortress he was on, but they couldn't get to him before his execution (a la, One Piece). They destroyed the fort, killed all the sailors inside, and as the Players sailed away, the fort a burning behind them, something happens. The players are silent, grim-faced, and the crew works quietly and diligently, trying to put as much water between them and the burning fort. The air tastes of ash, cinders, and sorrow. "Lads," says the Captain, one of the Players, "There be a foul mood in the air. Give it a song." "Aye, cap'n," the First Mate speak barely above the wind, "what'll it be?" The answer was obvious. A lost friend deserves only one song. "Low lands." "Aye, cap'n." First Mate Dobs turns to the deck, meeting more than a dozen side-eyes and just as many mirthless grins. "Ya' heard 'im boys, let's hear it!" the session ends with Low Lands Away fading into the wind. A crew one man less, and all the worse for it.
This..... this literally is just perfectly executed, I couldn't imagine a situation in a pirate themed D&D session to go any better than that. Even the way that you wrote this out just reads like a great novel. Well done my friend. Part of the ship, part of the crew. Even with only one man missing, it feels like the ship is empty.
Favourite moments: dude on the right wearing a frothy white *dress* during one of the songs, then later he's in a *bubble bath* , dude on the left taking a swing from every bottle but the last during another song, the moments whenever a bottle would just appear out of nowhere, and the piece Randy Dandy-O was the best. You guys are legends.
For the longest, I was pretty well isolated in my love of shanties; then AC Black Flag came along and I thought they might catch on. Low and behold, it took 7 years but we made it to the year of the Sea Songs and this video felt so good to sing along to. I am happy!
Between AC:BF and legit singing with randoms in SoT...it's been a decent run for us. Suck it Ninjas. Yeah. That's right. I ain't forgot that little stand-off!
@@CapoElChivo I've had a thing for Shanties, and older Scottish and Irish tavern songs. The Poxy Boggards, Alestorm, The Dread Crew of Oddword, The Dreadnaughts, Gaelic Storm, The Longest Johns, Blaggards, The Whiskey Bards.....
Absolutely beautiful! Do you guys and gals know who sings what voice in this version? JD is lead, Andy tenor, Sam baritone, so is it Robbie doing the bass on the chorus? (if so, I didn't know he could sing that low, impressive!)
I can imagine the hangover would be pure hell if he actually drang a mouthful out of each one. Thankfully, some looked empty with the full ones only getting a sip.
Me: still trying to forget the words of the wellerman The Internet: I have 32 minutes of shanties you can hum for all 2021, interested? Me:yeah OK then
I really wanna know what that the dress was about, lost bet or was it just for the hell of it, I’d like to think it was for the hell of it, looked comfortable
Lowlands will always be my most beloved shanty, and I always tried to hear it in any of my voyages when I played AC4. The melancholy that one feels at sea, after having completed a mission or beaten many a navy can't be compared with anything.
Yeah, imagine not boarding a Man-o-War you wrecked, cuz some pirate Bois started off with Randy Dandy O Love even how they put it in the intro of AC Rouge, truly some memories of Xbox 360 days
yes that one was what I listened to the most in this game. Also Fish in the Sea. Both bring me back to my adventures as Kenway oh also "Lowlands". Forgot about that one until I heard it here. Very beautiful
I love these shanties. My brothers and I used to play the game when we were younger, and a few years ago, we were rowing a canoe in the Colorado mountains on a vacation, and we started singing the shanties (namely "Randy Dandy o" and "fish in the sea"). Once we did, our stride synced up to the beat of the shanties, and we zoomed across the lake at Mach 10. It was so fun! No wonder sailors sang shanties as they sailed the seas. It really brings the crew together
Years ago I had the privilege to attend a summer camp that taught sailing, their for one of the activities people could go at night to sing sea shanties with the sailing instructors, it was a dark night with a group of no more then 20 people sitting around the fire singing sea shanties, a truly magical. Side note my favorite sea shanty, Fiddler’s Green, is apparently still impossible to find on youtube and that song deserves some exposure
It's a very poplar song. Loadsa videos just type in "fiddlers green" in the search bar. This one is my favourite: czcams.com/video/OMPId8XjLMA/video.html
I had a similar experience like you at a Different camp. There was a Few sailing instructors there as well and they also did some shanties at Night with a Campfire. I was a Bit tired but I heard some music as I was gonna go to bed so I put on some clothes and walked out to see what it was. Of course there were some people at the campfire(15 of them)singing shanties and my friend was there and Noticed me. He invited me to sit down. I asked what was going on and He said “We’re singing Shanties that pirates would usually sing” They just finished up a shanty(I think it was Drunken Sailor) and they were asking us If we knew any shanties. Everyone thought about it but didn’t ask So I raised my hand and the counselor pointed at me saying “Yes Mister….” I replied “Viper.” He then said “Is there any shanties you know Viper?” I said “I have one that I know. It’s called Leave her Johnny. From AC Black Flag. Quite a Beautiful one of you sing it right. I’ll lead you guys if you want me to” so the counselors let me. I said “Well you gotta Simply Know 2 Lines where you all come in.” Which are 🎶Leave her Johnny Leave her🎶 and 🎶and it’s time for us to leave her🎶 and sometimes those lines repeat. So i will make this easy by displaying a Number on my finger between 1 & 2 on the part you guys come in. if I do 1: 🎶Leave her Johnny Leave Her🎶 and 2: 🎶and it’s Time for us to leave her🎶 so after they Got what im Gonna Do I asked them if they’re ready. I took a deep breath counselor said “When your ready Viper” I breathed in… 🎶I thought I heard The old man say🎶 then displayed 1 Finger and everyone Joined in. The next day Most of the people from the campfire Told me I made a Great performance. They nicknamed me “Maestro” since I conducted it and sang as well.
@@viperdmk1483 the camp i went too had a tradition of everyone who took sailing classes getting a nickname, and then at the end of session we would write our name on the main building, my nickname was frisbee
This gives me flashbacks of when I played sea of thieves with a bunch of my friends and we got ona Galleon with 15+ people and sang sea shanties around the islands and people would say how synchronized and good we sounded
Mary? Yeah it sucked when she died. Such good character development and revelation over the game. Back when female characters were powerful on their own, without it beeing tried to force it upon us. ( Cough cough, movie industry, cough ).
I played this game ages ago and now find it funny how I don’t know who “Mary” is at all. I don’t even remember a female character being in this game. Maybe it’s time to replay the game…
I was on Submarines for five years and we sang shanties while cleaning over a decade ago. I'm fairly certain this video got me obsessed with the game. I had played it in passing a few times, watched this, and 100% it 6 times since my last comment. Thank you.
Literally everyone: I discovered shanties from this game Me: Literally hears some guy singing them in a TF2 match like 6 years ago and decided they sounded pretty good. Been listening to them ever since
Me: Gets given a CD of "The Bilge Pumps Greatest Hits Vol. VIII" at like 12 years old (14 years ago) as a pirate-loving kid and loves shanties since but needs to listen to a significant amount more.
My great-grandfather was in the Royal Canadian Navy and he taught me a longer, different version of “The Dead Horse.” Apparently he and his fellow sailors would sing it to new crew members after they spent one month at sea. So I was excited to hear it in this game.
That stretch of Drunken Sailor, Leave Her Johnny, Lowlands, and Rio Grande. Always been my favorite while playing. These shanties and sailing def were the best part of the game. Would love a Black Flag 2 on the new consoles.👌😌
I remember on my first cruise I started to sing Padstow’s Farewell and before I knew it a group of guys joined in and then we switched to leave her Johnny and we attracted a bit of an audience best cruise ever
I couldn’t afford Sea Of Thieves, so I bought Valheim, built a longship with my friends, and we just travelled around the ocean singing sea shanties together. :)
Judging by the song that was on at that moment "Leave her, Johnny", I'd say he is a visualisation of the ship that the song is about. They tell the story of how it is time to leave the ship and go ashore. A rather sad song that sends chills down my spine.
@@Brigada91RealBriggy you have that backwards, they’ve been ashore for some time and its time for them to set sail again and there’s a wife getting left behind
Mine is, 5. Fish in the Sea 4. Leave her Johnny 3. All for Me Grog 2. William Taylor 1. Randy Dandy-O These are personal favorites and feel special to me ngl.
most are the same, actually (pretty sure they're even the exact same sound files), but the ones rogue added were damn nice, you're right. would be great but since it's no longer pirate/sailing focussed (plot wise I mean) I doubt it'd fit too well thematically... I'll be honest, if they're up for it in general I'd be happy to provide my 100% file of rogue so they have all shanties and can do whatever they like with whatever customisations for the background gameplay
I like to imagine how captain Kenway's crew rehearsed whenever Edward caught them a new shanty, because there was always only one sheet of each. "Yarr lads, gather 'round, ar mighty cap'tin be doin' some assassinin' and sich on the mainland, so wer have about 7 wench's tale's time to proper'y master this fresh shanty ar great cap'tin procured fer us. Y'and a 1 y'and a 2 y'and a 1 2 3 -"
Yello lads gather around your mighty captain be doing some assassination and such on the mainland sw we have about 7 more french tale time to properly maste this fresh shanty your great captain produced for us, I am tired imma stop (I tried to english it as much as I could)
@@Shade45- "Okay guys, gather around, our mighty captain is doing some assassinating on the mainland, so we have about 7 wench's tales time wort to properly master this fresh shanty our great captain got for us. And a 1 and a 2 and a 1 2 3-" A wench is a word by the way, it reffers to prostitutes more or less.
There’s smth indescribably beautiful about these songs and their voices Brings tears to my eyes, nostalgia is strong with this one Good days those were
Boys...I knew a few shanties growing up but this game is what really got me back into singin'. Now i get to hear my favourite band sing the soundtrack to my favourite game. Wish fulfilliment!
****Timestamps**** EDIT: They are in the description now. I was a couple of seconds too late. hmu if I forgot something 00:00 billy riley 01:16 the dead horse 02:25 drunken sailor 03:52 leave her, johnny 06:03 lowlands 08:58 the rio grande 11:00 'way me susiana 12:18 randy dandy-o 13:52 homeward bound 16:28 fish in the sea 17:57 the worst old ship 19:19 so early in the morning 20:47 hi-ho come roll me over 22:40 roll and go 23:39 whiskey johnny 24:59 paddy doyle's boots 25:56 running down to cuba 27:27 padstow's farewell 29:46 where am i to go m'johnnies 31:10 the coasts of high barbary 32:37 captain kidd 34:02 derby ram
I sing some of these at work loudly. It's Loud inside so few can hear but I must say.....I'm pretty good 10 years on. Roll me over and.leave her Johnny still give me goosbump.
*EDIT* This is now obsolete due to this video's description, go look there for the song list :) 0:00 Billy Reilly 1:16 Dead Horse 2:25 Drunken Sailor 8:58 Rio Grande 11:00 Way me Susiana 16:29 Fish in the Sea 17:57 The Worst Old Ship 19:19 Early in the Morning 20:47 H-Ho Come Roll me Over 22:41 Roll and Go 23:39 Whiskey Johnny 24:59 Paddy Doyles Boots 25:57 Running down to Cuba 27:27 Padstows Farewell 29:46 Where am I to go M'Johnnies 31:12 The coasts of High Barbary 32:28 Captain Kidd 34:03 Derby Ram Let me know if I missed any!
You know you love and have played to much when you can sing those songs by heart while sailing the sea's edit: Love how at "Leave her johnny" the one person had on a dress.
At timesi just loved to sail aimlessly around listening to the crew singing the shanties. I normally don't enjoy idling in a game but i never minded in AC4. I enjoyed sailing, the gorgeous views and "spending time with the crew".
We sang some more tame sea shanties when I was in Girl Scouts. I was shocked to realize I still remembered them when I played Black Flag. This is a nostalgia K.O.
My grandfather was in the Navy, and I asked him "Did you ever sing sailing shanties?" He looked at me and said "I am not that fucking old."
We gotta revive sea shanties, they are just so catchy
Sounds like a boring boat then
Lol
Lol😂
well that's unfortunate.
I remember playing this game with my very sickly grandfather, He used to sing songs with his buds like those, When he heard Lowlands he sung to me for the first time.... I’ll never forget that voice. So good, Low, But sad at the same time. Rip old man.
That's amazing
I'm glad you got that moment together. I can see it in my mind's eye.
Rest in Peace, Mr. Plays Senior.
That must've been a beautiful voice.
You should not fear the weather, not fear the sea, you Will remenber the fallen they Will think of you, Hes Bones in the ocean forever Will be
pd; im sure he's proud of you
You'll see him some day on Fiddler's Green.
2019: Gaming
2020: Pandemic
2021: Singing a shanty while taking a bubble bath
2022: Shanties with the boys while fighting on the war
@@the_Ikar 2023: singing shanties after nuclear fallout?
2022 Singing shanty's with the boys on the beach looking absolutely mad
Chad
2021: Singing a shanty while slouching on the couch donning a snowwhite satin-and-tulle dress.
Last year my wife got pregnant. I really like “Leave Her Johhny”, so I used to sing for my son when he was in the womb. Actually, I changed the song to “Leave Her Tommy”, cause his name is Tomás (portuguese version for Thomas). He was born 2 months ago. Sometimes he is crying a lot, so I sing “Leave Her Tommy” and the boy calms down 😊
EDIT: yesterday (february 18th) we celebrated Tommy’s first birthday, and the party theme was… pirate! The boy was so happy and cute dressed like a little pirate 😊😍
This is the most wholesome thing I've seen on CZcams ever
My baby loves shanties too!
He's gonna grow up to be a lad one day, congratulations on the baby as well!
I would've change it to "leave her tummy"
Soon this little guri will start singing "I thought I've heard the old man say..."
I don't think buccaneers and pirates would ever think their music would last this long
I mean it's not really just their music, but for and by any sailor on any type of ship.
Well it wasn’t just pirates and buccaneers singing these songs you know
@@doesnotexist305 sea fairers in general yes
@@HDreamer Ofc its their music wtf you smoking crack
@@elaminmochichi7767 most of these songs came after the pirates
"Leave her, Johnny" hits different.
Yeah, it's by far my favourite. The rest of the shanties are atmospheric and nice to listen to, but that one is genuinely beautiful.
agreed!
Lowlands is really nice too
@@heavycritic9554 randy dandy is just as good. IMO
Yes I love how one of them was wearing a wedding dress
When Black Flag came out I spent SOOOOOOO much time just sailing my Brig towards nowhere just to hear the sea shanties.
Been listening to sea shanties ever since.
Same here man. Same here
Only assassin's creed I nearly 100 percented
my first 32hrs in the game is only 15% completion of storyline with a near max ship from just sailing to nowhere and end up just sea battle my way all the way to near max level ship!
Same. I don’t know whose idea it was to put them in the game but they made a wise decision. I love all the AC games but the shanties are probably my favorite part of any of them. Once I found out i could collect the shanties all over the map and add new songs it became my number 1 priority in the game. Sometimes I would just circle enemy ships instead if attacking them so i could hear the rest of the song. Video games have some of the coolest things in them. We’ve come along way from pong 😁
Same here man, its my favourite assassins creed by far and the shanties made it soooo imersive.
Fun fact, when I was in the US Navy from 2008 till 2012, my aircraft carrier pulled into San Diego like twenty times. One night on base, I was with a couple of sailors and marines at the smoke pit when all of the sudden we sang Lowlands together. People from the base just started walking over. It was magical. When Assassins Creed came out on Switch, I immediately picked it up. Now I sing Lowlands on the toilet.
Semper Fi! I served from 1996 to 2006.
@@Tommy1977777 Alright Jarhead! Badass buddy! Fair winds and following seas to you brother!
@@unclekrush I won't lie, it's purely personal preference, but i never like when Lowlands come on. It's mostly just....I guess the feel of the song? Idk.
@@romdan7136 Some people just have no tolerance for sad songs.
@@lakecityransom Right. Again, I fully accept other people love it.
Games: Fast Travel exists.
Black Flag: Hold my Sea Shanties
100%
Hold my rum
i want to hold that sea shanties
Will have to play Black flag again then.
Only reason I never used fast travel
I joined the Navy and heard our BMC singing a shanty and joined in for the ending. The smile and shock I brought on his face. He asked where I learned it from and told him it's from black flag. He was happy that the songs still find a way to new sailors hearts.
The more things change the more they stay the same
Adorable story! You probably made his entire week. He will likely remember this for the rest of life, when someone joined in on something so dear to his heart.
Do you remember which song it was?
What shanty is it?
@@sonofsueraf probably the drunken sailor song! it was pretty popular during my bootcamp back in 2010
an extremely convincing argument to join the navy
Everyone's talking about "leave her Johnny" but I think "fish in the sea" is absolutely perfect.
It's extremely disney sounding to my ear
The best one in the entire playlist. I played the game years ago, but i still remember fish in the sea word for word.😁👍
Randy Dandy-O
Lowlands sound nostalgic to me for some reason
It probably became my favorite shanty
On the top left: the captain of the ship, on the lower right: the crazy pirate who gives energy to the shanties, finally on the lower left: the inseparable duo of the skinny young pirate and the old veteran who knows all the shanties
And at the end of the movie, the old bastard dies in a battle, causing the youngster to lose all hope, going alone and ready for a sequal
@@NotVeryNormal259 Ahahahah exactly, poor boy and poor veteran... 😂❤️
Pure fire shanties this, can guarantee like 90% of us know of shanties due to this game
I do. And i'm tired of pretending i don't
This game is when I first started to these songs. Been listening ever since, love it
Not only is this game a (near) masterpiece, it also has an incredible selection of shanties.
one of my most favorite if not my body favorite game ever, indeed this is where i got my love for shanty's as a small one, I'm so happy this is happening
It definitely did a lot to widen the appeal :)
Leave Her Johnny gives me a nostalgia for a life on the sea I've never lived
dont worry beecaus sailors like me lived out at sea and would have been nice to have shantys like this to sing to pass the time away
Same but its Randy Dandy O for me
Perhaps a past life :O
@@Dorkan77 interesting
you're not alone
Everyone's saying Leave Her Johnny is their favourite but Drunken Sailor brought back the most nostalgia for me :")
That's remind me about Krusty Krab XD
both are my favorites! I also love Padstow's Farewell
Mr. Krabs' signature jolly laugh is "Arrrg arg arg arg...."
Mr. Krabs is confirmed a Pirate.
way me suziana for me
Drunkin sailor was the first sea shanty I ever learned to sing when I was about 7 or so. It is one of my favorite tunes that will never ever leave my brain.
The fact you can hear the in-game version in the background is so perfect
AC4 launched my love for shanties, so this is for me both awesome and weirdly nostalgic! Thanks
Man, i play them in my car all the time, and i from Brazil, we don’t have those types of shanties heheh thanx too
They are so good
@@DadoseDanos tem esse aqui que adaptou a drunken sailor: watch?v=AmE1_ie_Aes
Exact seem even tho I didn't even play the game >u
Haha I'm quite the opposite. My love of shanties launched my newfound obsession with Black Flag.
Legendary Robbie changes location everytime.
He was on it
Main character energy
He was the wizard of the crew. Which is why the kraken didn't kill them in sea of theives
The wedding dress and the Bathtub.
@@Ikaram.128 I was thinking am I the only one who noticed the wedding dress
I always liked Lowlands Away the best. The loneliness of a person at sea away from family for months, years, and no way to find out if they are happy and safe
not enough love for lowlands.... such a beautiful shanty
I really liked and still do love running Down to cuba
They used that song for the piano puzzle in syndicate
My favorite as well....
It's strange that just a collection of centuries old songs can really open a window into a time far gone.
Just like the Animus, lol
These songs are almost ancestral. I'm mid 30s and my grandmother used to sing me some of these songs when I was a small child, and surely her mom did for her; they just don't die
shanties weren't really a thing during the golden age of piracy and were actually active during the 1800s, but they're so awesome, the devs kept them in because rule of cool
@@lonestar2078 that’s what I figured, I know that there are hundreds of misconceptions about seafaring pirates
I rememeber when I was running a pirate-themed Dungeons & Dragons game, and this was the background soundtrack for sea travel. At one point, a character lost a bestfriend to the royal fleet, having been captured in a raid. They raided the fortress he was on, but they couldn't get to him before his execution (a la, One Piece). They destroyed the fort, killed all the sailors inside, and as the Players sailed away, the fort a burning behind them, something happens.
The players are silent, grim-faced, and the crew works quietly and diligently, trying to put as much water between them and the burning fort. The air tastes of ash, cinders, and sorrow.
"Lads," says the Captain, one of the Players, "There be a foul mood in the air. Give it a song."
"Aye, cap'n," the First Mate speak barely above the wind, "what'll it be?"
The answer was obvious. A lost friend deserves only one song.
"Low lands."
"Aye, cap'n."
First Mate Dobs turns to the deck, meeting more than a dozen side-eyes and just as many mirthless grins.
"Ya' heard 'im boys, let's hear it!"
the session ends with Low Lands Away fading into the wind. A crew one man less, and all the worse for it.
Amazing!
Would've been hilarious if it was "WHISKEY IS THE LIFE OF MAAAAAAAN"
This..... this literally is just perfectly executed, I couldn't imagine a situation in a pirate themed D&D session to go any better than that. Even the way that you wrote this out just reads like a great novel. Well done my friend. Part of the ship, part of the crew. Even with only one man missing, it feels like the ship is empty.
@@Isonade_Celica Thanks, my players love of roleplaying made it possible.
@@scrimbles2973 I mean, its quite a valid statement
Leave her Johhny 🥺🥺
That was just too well done 😭😭👌🏽
Many thanks :)
@@thelongestjohns Will this song make it on a future album?
With the wedding dress...
@@justinjwolf loved it!
I feel like this is secret message/shanty to Jack sparrow aka Johnny Depp. I think it's not coincidence at all.
12:23 literal chills. Favorite shanty right there.
Favourite moments: dude on the right wearing a frothy white *dress* during one of the songs, then later he's in a *bubble bath* , dude on the left taking a swing from every bottle but the last during another song, the moments whenever a bottle would just appear out of nowhere, and the piece Randy Dandy-O was the best. You guys are legends.
For the longest, I was pretty well isolated in my love of shanties; then AC Black Flag came along and I thought they might catch on. Low and behold, it took 7 years but we made it to the year of the Sea Songs and this video felt so good to sing along to. I am happy!
Between AC:BF and legit singing with randoms in SoT...it's been a decent run for us. Suck it Ninjas. Yeah. That's right. I ain't forgot that little stand-off!
Wild how everyone was looking up shanties at the same time none of them were in my recommended
Ig there was just a wave of nostalgia during corona
@@CapoElChivo I've had a thing for Shanties, and older Scottish and Irish tavern songs.
The Poxy Boggards, Alestorm, The Dread Crew of Oddword, The Dreadnaughts, Gaelic Storm, The Longest Johns, Blaggards, The Whiskey Bards.....
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The harmonizing on "Leave Her Johnny" was off the charts!
Absolutely beautiful! Do you guys and gals know who sings what voice in this version? JD is lead, Andy tenor, Sam baritone, so is it Robbie doing the bass on the chorus? (if so, I didn't know he could sing that low, impressive!)
Dude in “So early in the morning”, the chap up on the left takes a swig from every bottle before he sings.
Absolute legend
I can imagine the hangover would be pure hell if he actually drang a mouthful out of each one. Thankfully, some looked empty with the full ones only getting a sip.
The sailor likes his bottle-o.
It's looped
@@csabalazar7932 na, you can see 'em stacked up on the windowsill beside 'im, it ain't looped
Randy Dandy-O just hits different, their harmonization is mesmerizing. Chills.
Me: still trying to forget the words of the wellerman
The Internet: I have 32 minutes of shanties you can hum for all 2021, interested?
Me:yeah OK then
your an amateur i hum them in my sleep every night.
That’s how I feel
ive been hummin these for the last 7 years
One does not simply *forget* the words of the wellerman
Yep.this is what i live for.
Robbie in that dress tho he rocked it no doubt
He's a treasure
Was that lost bet? Haha
Was that the bass? I had to skip through the whole video just to see what kind of shennanigans he'd pull for each song. XD
@@kohlrak the bass is JD, bottom left. Robbie is Hawaiian shirt and ushanka in the bottom right
I really wanna know what that the dress was about, lost bet or was it just for the hell of it, I’d like to think it was for the hell of it, looked comfortable
Lowlands will always be my most beloved shanty, and I always tried to hear it in any of my voyages when I played AC4. The melancholy that one feels at sea, after having completed a mission or beaten many a navy can't be compared with anything.
the shanties are the reason I go back and play this game every year.
When AC4 came out I remember hunting down every sea shanty. Couldn't have enough of them.
It's the most worthwhile collectibles in the entire series
The second id find one id be off to my ship to listen to it 😂
Randy Dandy O legit gives me flashbacks to playing this game when I was younger. Serious nostalgia. Thank you guys for doing this.
Yeah, imagine not boarding a Man-o-War you wrecked, cuz some pirate Bois started off with Randy Dandy O
Love even how they put it in the intro of AC Rouge, truly some memories of Xbox 360 days
Bully in the ally does it for me
yes that one was what I listened to the most in this game. Also Fish in the Sea. Both bring me back to my adventures as Kenway
oh also "Lowlands". Forgot about that one until I heard it here. Very beautiful
Same for me.
@@ConcordeError404 for real man so many Memories from this console
I love these shanties. My brothers and I used to play the game when we were younger, and a few years ago, we were rowing a canoe in the Colorado mountains on a vacation, and we started singing the shanties (namely "Randy Dandy o" and "fish in the sea"). Once we did, our stride synced up to the beat of the shanties, and we zoomed across the lake at Mach 10. It was so fun! No wonder sailors sang shanties as they sailed the seas. It really brings the crew together
Hearing this with the sound of waves crashing against your ship makes it so much more epic
I love how in "So early in the morning" he just keeps taking out new bottles xD
Got to be done
@@thelongestjohns That's the pirate's life 🍻
Just remember, if you drink alcohol before 10 AM, you are an alcoholic.
Except if it is Rum. In that case, you are a pirate!
@@Brigada91RealBriggy well it's always 10am somewhere in the world...
@@spacemaria_ well, at least once every hour it is.
Years ago I had the privilege to attend a summer camp that taught sailing, their for one of the activities people could go at night to sing sea shanties with the sailing instructors, it was a dark night with a group of no more then 20 people sitting around the fire singing sea shanties, a truly magical. Side note my favorite sea shanty, Fiddler’s Green, is apparently still impossible to find on youtube and that song deserves some exposure
It's a very poplar song. Loadsa videos just type in "fiddlers green" in the search bar. This one is my favourite:
czcams.com/video/OMPId8XjLMA/video.html
There's loads on Spotify
Barney McKenna had a rendition of that as a song, but never heard a shanty of that name.
I had a similar experience like you at a Different camp. There was a Few sailing instructors there as well and they also did some shanties at Night with a Campfire. I was a Bit tired but I heard some music as I was gonna go to bed so I put on some clothes and walked out to see what it was. Of course there were some people at the campfire(15 of them)singing shanties and my friend was there and Noticed me. He invited me to sit down. I asked what was going on and He said “We’re singing Shanties that pirates would usually sing” They just finished up a shanty(I think it was Drunken Sailor) and they were asking us If we knew any shanties. Everyone thought about it but didn’t ask So I raised my hand and the counselor pointed at me saying “Yes Mister….” I replied “Viper.” He then said “Is there any shanties you know Viper?” I said “I have one that I know. It’s called Leave her Johnny. From AC Black Flag. Quite a Beautiful one of you sing it right. I’ll lead you guys if you want me to” so the counselors let me. I said “Well you gotta Simply Know 2 Lines where you all come in.” Which are 🎶Leave her Johnny Leave her🎶 and 🎶and it’s time for us to leave her🎶 and sometimes those lines repeat. So i will make this easy by displaying a Number on my finger between 1 & 2 on the part you guys come in. if I do 1: 🎶Leave her Johnny Leave Her🎶 and 2: 🎶and it’s Time for us to leave her🎶 so after they Got what im Gonna Do I asked them if they’re ready. I took a deep breath counselor said “When your ready Viper” I breathed in… 🎶I thought I heard The old man say🎶 then displayed 1 Finger and everyone Joined in. The next day Most of the people from the campfire Told me I made a Great performance. They nicknamed me “Maestro” since I conducted it and sang as well.
@@viperdmk1483 the camp i went too had a tradition of everyone who took sailing classes getting a nickname, and then at the end of session we would write our name on the main building, my nickname was frisbee
This gives me flashbacks of when I played sea of thieves with a bunch of my friends and we got ona Galleon with 15+ people and sang sea shanties around the islands and people would say how synchronized and good we sounded
this is true i was there
this game will always have a place in my heart.
Admit it we all have that collections of shanties from AC 4 that we will sing along to and not attack a ship till we have finished the song
i will attack the ship while singing that song but i have a list that i wont go into harbor until
the song finishes
Indeed
"Low lands away" That song played when She died in the game and my crew sang as we sailed away. It was so sad :(
Mary? Yeah it sucked when she died. Such good character development and revelation over the game. Back when female characters were powerful on their own, without it beeing tried to force it upon us. ( Cough cough, movie industry, cough ).
@@RoxxSerm mary :'((((
"And then I knew my love was dead...Lowlands Away..."
Random crewman: "hEYYY!"
I know it's almost a decade old but I just started playing through it and ganna pretend I didn't read this :(
I played this game ages ago and now find it funny how I don’t know who “Mary” is at all. I don’t even remember a female character being in this game. Maybe it’s time to replay the game…
I do appreciate that AC is expanding peoples' knowledge of how amazing sea shanties are.
I was on Submarines for five years and we sang shanties while cleaning over a decade ago. I'm fairly certain this video got me obsessed with the game. I had played it in passing a few times, watched this, and 100% it 6 times since my last comment. Thank you.
i'm just really impressed that robbie can sing that well laying down like that
I’m impressed he fit his wife’s wedding dress 😂🤣
Lmfao
It's actually easier too sing from your stomach when your laying down like that.
Literally everyone: I discovered shanties from this game
Me: Literally hears some guy singing them in a TF2 match like 6 years ago and decided they sounded pretty good.
Been listening to them ever since
That guy probably learned them from AC4 lol
i remember some guy with an accordion coming to my primary school and singing a bunch
@@nickkohmuench2953 Nah he was singing old school songs that ya never hear like Hog Eyed Man or South Australia
@@benjaminwhitehead4050 south australia is the fucking best one
Me: Gets given a CD of "The Bilge Pumps Greatest Hits Vol. VIII" at like 12 years old (14 years ago) as a pirate-loving kid and loves shanties since but needs to listen to a significant amount more.
Lowlands, Leave Her Johnny and Padstow’s Farewell are just so good
My great-grandfather was in the Royal Canadian Navy and he taught me a longer, different version of “The Dead Horse.” Apparently he and his fellow sailors would sing it to new crew members after they spent one month at sea. So I was excited to hear it in this game.
Got to love it! I especially enjoy being able to hear the harmonies more, without the melody overpowering everything.
Always do our best
@@thelongestjohns it shows! Really, everything sounds fantastic!
I remember the day i found you guys. Me and a few friends miss ya in sea of thieves!
Still have the memories and the funs :)
@@pokkiheart They still stream Sea of Thieves regularly
@@Piratenbraut where? twitch? I need a link!
That stretch of Drunken Sailor, Leave Her Johnny, Lowlands, and Rio Grande. Always been my favorite while playing. These shanties and sailing def were the best part of the game. Would love a Black Flag 2 on the new consoles.👌😌
I remember on my first cruise I started to sing Padstow’s Farewell and before I knew it a group of guys joined in and then we switched to leave her Johnny and we attracted a bit of an audience best cruise ever
I couldn’t afford Sea Of Thieves, so I bought Valheim, built a longship with my friends, and we just travelled around the ocean singing sea shanties together. :)
This makes me so happy 🥲
Game Pass?
@@stormblade3408 pc only
@@canislupus7421 PC has a gamepass.
It’s on Xbox game pass for pc aswell
I don’t know why he’s in that wedding dress, but he’s pulling it off.
Never question brilliant madness
Judging by the song that was on at that moment "Leave her, Johnny", I'd say he is a visualisation of the ship that the song is about.
They tell the story of how it is time to leave the ship and go ashore.
A rather sad song that sends chills down my spine.
He better not or this will be taken off youtube
@@Brigada91RealBriggy ? But the “for the voyage is long, and the wind don’t blow” line, implies him leaving a wife or something.
@@Brigada91RealBriggy you have that backwards, they’ve been ashore for some time and its time for them to set sail again and there’s a wife getting left behind
Lowlands is one of my favorites, the intentional voice crack just adds so much
My top five favorite sea shanties from this game:
5. Randy Dandy-O
4. Leave Her Johnny
3. Captain Kidd
2. Drunken Sailor
1. Bully in the Alley
The fact that nobody mentioned stormalong john is shocking
Lowlands away is the best for me
Mine is,
5. Fish in the Sea
4. Leave her Johnny
3. All for Me Grog
2. William Taylor
1. Randy Dandy-O
These are personal favorites and feel special to me ngl.
Shanties from Assassin's Creed Rogue next?
There's an interesting distinction between the North Atlantic vs. the West Indies shanties
most are the same, actually (pretty sure they're even the exact same sound files), but the ones rogue added were damn nice, you're right. would be great but since it's no longer pirate/sailing focussed (plot wise I mean) I doubt it'd fit too well thematically...
I'll be honest, if they're up for it in general I'd be happy to provide my 100% file of rogue so they have all shanties and can do whatever they like with whatever customisations for the background gameplay
@@oyblech8671 theres a couple different ones like old maui
@@darthrevan- which is probably the best of the added ones
@@DarthVerde1611 agreed
@@DarthVerde1611 Paddy Lay Back is so great though.
Based Robbie in Bath and in wedding dress
He's a treasure
aw no fair
i want the dress
@@thelongestjohns Maybe the real treasure was the Robbies we found along the way?
The only in game radio station where there was no beat and all the songs were sung "live" by NPCs
black flag was the shit. I remember putting so much hours into it just for the shanties. ah the good ol days
"Low lands away" R.I.P. KIDD
She just goes to live on a farm up north right? Just got to the point where she let's you know she's a woman.
The fact that she tricked us that she was a bloke and is twice the devil her dad was
@@slash6798 William Kid was not her dad. She told everyone that she is his son. But she was the daughter of an innskeeper and the widow of a soldier.
I sat and sang along with every shanty, start to finish, whilst doing my work. Turned out to be very productive!
Good that means they were performing their duties XD
Jo men
I was expecting for “Leave her, Johnny” to be good , I got a sound so different from the original it is better that I have ever experienced
So glad you liked it
That rendition of Lowlands Away is one of the most beautiful versions I've heard
Sad i missed out on the weller man community song but ive been waiting for you guys to do this for forever which makes me feel better.
You're still part of it in spirit
@@thelongestjohns we all are
I missed the previous one (was it Leave her, Johnny?) but got in on the Wellerman. I'm sure there'll be more. (-:
I like to imagine how captain Kenway's crew rehearsed whenever Edward caught them a new shanty, because there was always only one sheet of each.
"Yarr lads, gather 'round, ar mighty cap'tin be doin' some assassinin' and sich on the mainland, so wer have about 7 wench's tale's time to proper'y master this fresh shanty ar great cap'tin procured fer us. Y'and a 1 y'and a 2 y'and a 1 2 3 -"
Underrated comment. Can’t wait till it gets 69 likes
Yello lads gather around your mighty captain be doing some assassination and such on the mainland sw we have about 7 more french tale time to properly maste this fresh shanty your great captain produced for us, I am tired imma stop
(I tried to english it as much as I could)
@@Shade45- it was already in English. Its called an accent. And if you dont know what a wench is then don't try to "English It" as you put it.
Boi just tryna help someone and I get this
@@Shade45- "Okay guys, gather around, our mighty captain is doing some assassinating on the mainland, so we have about 7 wench's tales time wort to properly master this fresh shanty our great captain got for us. And a 1 and a 2 and a 1 2 3-"
A wench is a word by the way, it reffers to prostitutes more or less.
Listening to this with a ship at sea ambience brings AC4 nostalgia.
Lowlands hit on a different level , if you think of Edward's love life
How long have I fantasized of the longest johns singing the whole ac4 playlist. Do you know how great it feels to have your dreams come true? 😩👌
I’m not disappointed but was hoping I’d hear my favorite Jonny broker 😭
Tomorrow I will go to choir meet, it will be first in several months. I miss it very much. Thanks boys for this beautiful "good night" 🤗❤️
That's wonderful! Hope you have a great time
I miss this game so much! Great job guys and amazing songs. The last Ubisoft Assassin's creed masterpiece for me
Honestly, this feels like a D&D group I swear. I fucking love this. Hopefully in the next Assassin's Creed you guys will write the songs
This has become my favorite CZcams video. As Edward Kenway would say: "well done, lads".
Or he would say, "Wow! Rum!"
Sean dagher + The longest johns is a surprisingly good combo for Randy Dandy O
We're planning a collab song soon too!
@@thelongestjohns YEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS
@@thelongestjohns Nice one!!!
@@thelongestjohns Do iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit
Still one of the best games I've played. Probably gonna buy a copy and play again just because of this lol
This entire game made me complete, especially the songs and overall feel of the game
This is perfect
The music
The replayability
The funny costume changes
The everything
Right???
God, you lads' rendition of Randy Dandy-O is just perfect laid alongside the Assassin's Creed edition!
We need a part 2 with the remaining songs as well. I'd love to hear "Good Morning Ladies All", and "Spanish Ladies" by you guys.
There’s smth indescribably beautiful about these songs and their voices
Brings tears to my eyes, nostalgia is strong with this one
Good days those were
beautiful songs. sad i know literally, three of them at most.
That's great! You get to enjoy discovering them all for the first time!
@@thelongestjohns exactly. wonderful stream!
One must be the drunken sailor I bet... that's one everyone knows lol
Can't wait for Drunken Sailor to come up!!!
It's in there
I was bursting with energy writing this before Drunken Sailor came up.
Boys...I knew a few shanties growing up but this game is what really got me back into singin'. Now i get to hear my favourite band sing the soundtrack to my favourite game. Wish fulfilliment!
There's a slight delay on Randy Dandy O that just makes it all the better
When lowlands came on I completely forgot this song existed but I remember every word once I heard it again.
****Timestamps****
EDIT: They are in the description now. I was a couple of seconds too late.
hmu if I forgot something
00:00 billy riley
01:16 the dead horse
02:25 drunken sailor
03:52 leave her, johnny
06:03 lowlands
08:58 the rio grande
11:00 'way me susiana
12:18 randy dandy-o
13:52 homeward bound
16:28 fish in the sea
17:57 the worst old ship
19:19 so early in the morning
20:47 hi-ho come roll me over
22:40 roll and go
23:39 whiskey johnny
24:59 paddy doyle's boots
25:56 running down to cuba
27:27 padstow's farewell
29:46 where am i to go m'johnnies
31:10 the coasts of high barbary
32:37 captain kidd
34:02 derby ram
no sally brown?
No William Taylor
@ThatGreenGuy_227 @Pro Tomahawker They never sang those
I'm gonna mark this comment 🗡️
I couldn't tell you how much of my playtime was just sailing around just so I could listen to the shanties, such a good game.
I sing some of these at work loudly. It's Loud inside so few can hear but I must say.....I'm pretty good 10 years on. Roll me over and.leave her Johnny still give me goosbump.
*EDIT* This is now obsolete due to this video's description, go look there for the song list :)
0:00 Billy Reilly
1:16 Dead Horse
2:25 Drunken Sailor
8:58 Rio Grande
11:00 Way me Susiana
16:29 Fish in the Sea
17:57 The Worst Old Ship
19:19 Early in the Morning
20:47 H-Ho Come Roll me Over
22:41 Roll and Go
23:39 Whiskey Johnny
24:59 Paddy Doyles Boots
25:57 Running down to Cuba
27:27 Padstows Farewell
29:46 Where am I to go M'Johnnies
31:12 The coasts of High Barbary
32:28 Captain Kidd
34:03 Derby Ram
Let me know if I missed any!
Lowlands?
@@cassihaswell4781 Aah maan they don't have the Randy-Dandy Oh one
12:18 Randy dandy-O
12:13 Randy-Dandy-O
Have a great day ppl in 7 years when this is gonna get recomended by the yt algorithm
"Leaver her Jonny" never gets off my head.
You know you love and have played to much when you can sing those songs by heart while sailing the sea's
edit: Love how at "Leave her johnny" the one person had on a dress.
I have these in a Spotify playlist
Love this game. Cant get enough of your music
Many thanks!
That captain kidd shanty gets me every time. Your englishmen sailors' accents give it a very 16th century vibe!
One does not simply listen to this without singing along. Fan from Scotland
AC4 was a great game and I refuse to let it die.
yes thats why i currently download it again just to have a nostalgic trip with my ship and my crew
Its going to get a remake!!!
@@alexanderr.c.6598will it be good is the deciding factor.
At timesi just loved to sail aimlessly around listening to the crew singing the shanties. I normally don't enjoy idling in a game but i never minded in AC4. I enjoyed sailing, the gorgeous views and "spending time with the crew".
We sang some more tame sea shanties when I was in Girl Scouts. I was shocked to realize I still remembered them when I played Black Flag. This is a nostalgia K.O.
Was having some awful anxiety and forgot my meds at home but listening to this at work really helped :)
Honestly the original voice in lowlands couldn't be outdone. Good job for leaving it in. Yall made it sound amazing though