Your husband earned respect for his combat service, but you earned it by loving him and standing by his side. I was there and I know what he may have endured, and I know it couldn't have been easy for you. So thank you both.
They had a kind of willful originality in amongst their stuff. I've never heard other things so full of their heart felt music since them far off days. They belong in amongst today, as well as in hundreds of years ago. Which means they are legends. And are groovy.
An article in The Aberdeen Journal dated March 12, 1812 relates the story of The Diamond which sailed for the Davis Straits in 1812. The Diamond was lost in the winter of 1830 when 25 whaling ships were caught in ice in Melville Bay. Other references give the date of her loss as 1819. For a full discussion, see the link below.
I love this and teach it almost every year to my 50 year old singing group, Sing Thing (currently on zoom). I love the Corries, I also love the version done by the Watersons and yes, Judy Collings was a heck of ballad singer back in the olden days and she sings it really well. From Oakland CA 2023
I Listen to this and think about sailing when it was written. A hundred guys all working together under the most brutal law that existed at the time, eating weavilly ship's biscuit and drinking partially spoiled water, going months at a time without seeing land. Each man depended on the other to do their job, and they all faced the danger of storms and enemy action together. A slight misstep or misunderstanding from a man in the t'gallants could doom the entire crew to a horrible death. People say that guys in 'nam or WW2 were badasses. Maybe. My vote goes towards sailing men of war.
I agree with every word, for seamen of every kind. So _why_ did some men seem to be addicted to the life of a sailor. We are still drawn to the sea regardless of the hardships and danger. Me, I don't like to be on any body of water where I can't see the bottom. But I love the songs so much...I can't help wondering if I was a sailor in another life.
Morag MacGregor In times of great strife we make lifelong bonds with the people we suffer alongside. Camaraderie is not to be underestimated.. also those fearsome times let you know you were alive.
"For the rose will grow on Greenland's ice before we change our mind" Love that line. For some reason the trio of rose, Greenland and ice just make it 👌
Bonnie Ship the Diamond / Lyrics The Diamond is a ship, my lads For the Davis Strait we're bound The quay it is all garnished With bonnie lasses 'round Captain Thompson gives the order To sail the ocean wide Where the sun it never sets, my lads Nor darkness dims the sky For it's cheer up my lads Let your hearts never fail For the bonnie ship the Diamond Goes a-hunting for the whale Along the quay at Peterhead The lasses stand aroon Wi' their shawls all pulled around them And the saut tears runnin' doon Don't you weep, my bonnie wee lass Though you be left behind For the rose will grow on Greenland's ice Before we change our mind For it's cheer up my lads Let your hearts never fail For the bonnie ship the Diamond Goes a-hunting for the whale Here's a health to the Resolution Likewise the Eliza Swan Three cheers for the Battler of Montrose And the Diamond, ship of fame We wear the trousers o' the white The jackets o' the blue When we get back to Peterhead We'll hae sweethearts enou' For it's cheer up my lads Let your hearts never fail For the bonnie ship the Diamond Goes a-hunting for the whale It will be bright both day and night When the Greenland lads come hame Our ship full up with oil, my lads And money to our name We'll make the cradles for to rock And the blankets for to tear And every lass in Peterhead sing "Hushabye, my dear" For it's cheer up my lads Let your hearts never fail For the bonnie ship the Diamond Goes a-hunting for the whale For it's cheer up my lads Let your hearts never fail For the bonnie ship the Diamond Goes a-hunting for the whale
En mi opinión the Corries, habiendo aparecido en el inicio del folk moderno, realizaron unas interpretaciones que las versiones posteriores de las mismas piezas, por otros intérprete, no igualaron: Las suya son perfectas en su lograda sencillez, en la claridad y sonoridad de las voces, en el acoplamiento de los instrumentos y en las grabaciones en vivo the Corries tienen naturalidad, carecen de afectación, están del todo compenetrados y creen y disfrutan de lo que hacen.
Hola. Me gusta leer sus commentarios. Ya tengo Corries grabaciones desde 30 anos. Y los escucho cada vez como sea la primera dia. Son veritablamente perfectos. Hablan de la cazca de las baleinas. Una crueldad increible. Estoy trabajando sobre el tema como escritor. Y tengo 50 + canciones similares y historias de todo esto. Si quire, contacta me. Mi nombre. Pues @gmx.de Saludos de Frankfurt Cordialmente Wilfried Schuler
@@sethbennett617 Try looking it up, I didn't, but 100 is way wrong: "ranging from sixteen up to at least 36 on the largest ships" These ships are not that large, and yes it is labor intensive, but you don't hire on more than you will need.
What do the Irish & french folk share in common ??? A slightly contemptuous feeling for a lot of Brits, nothing though that I always keep an opened mind... Whatever the case, love Irish folk music, especially Sea Shanties. Can anybody let me know the approximate date this particular tune was written & may recommend me other songs belonging to that category??? Thank you all in advance... XoXo from Paris to be going back to Sydney, Land Of Oz.
The song has absolutely nothing to do with Ireland. It is a song from the Scottish NorthEast (Peterhead, referred to in the song, is a little ways northeast of Aberdeen, and was the centre of the British whaling industry). It is based on a tragic event in the early 19th century, and may have been written sometime afterwards. It is a traditional song, in the public domain.
Millie Leach It's true that I've heard "fishing" whenever older folks sing this unaccompanied, and it sounds fine, but I've always preferred to use hunting. It's more accurate, and I think it sounds more epic :)
This has become a favorite whalin' song. You cannot beat The Corries. They bring the best songs to the table.
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Your husband earned respect for his combat service, but you earned it by loving him and standing by his side. I was there and I know what he may have endured, and I know it couldn't have been easy for you. So thank you both.
They had a kind of willful originality in amongst their stuff. I've never heard other things so full of their heart felt music since them far off days. They belong in amongst today, as well as in hundreds of years ago. Which means they are legends. And are groovy.
Absolutely great song, love the combination of the Scottish accents and active beat that the banjo adds to the storytelling atmosphere.
An article in The Aberdeen Journal dated March 12, 1812 relates the story of The Diamond which sailed for the Davis Straits in 1812. The Diamond was lost in the winter of 1830 when 25 whaling ships were caught in ice in Melville Bay. Other references give the date of her loss as 1819. For a full discussion, see the link below.
I listened to this in school and it was stuck in my head all day
Same
I love this and teach it almost every year to my 50 year old singing group, Sing Thing (currently on zoom). I love the Corries, I also love the version done by the Watersons and yes, Judy Collings was a heck of ballad singer back in the olden days and she sings it really well. From Oakland CA 2023
I miss them so very, very much.
I sang this at school today. We added the drunken sailor and oh cinnamon into a harmony at the ed
aint yall inventive!
I Listen to this and think about sailing when it was written.
A hundred guys all working together under the most brutal law that existed at the time, eating weavilly ship's biscuit and drinking partially spoiled water, going months at a time without seeing land. Each man depended on the other to do their job, and they all faced the danger of storms and enemy action together. A slight misstep or misunderstanding from a man in the t'gallants could doom the entire crew to a horrible death.
People say that guys in 'nam or WW2 were badasses. Maybe. My vote goes towards sailing men of war.
I agree with every word, for seamen of every kind. So _why_ did some men seem to be addicted to the life of a sailor. We are still drawn to the sea regardless of the hardships and danger.
Me, I don't like to be on any body of water where I can't see the bottom. But I love the songs so much...I can't help wondering if I was a sailor in another life.
Morag MacGregor In times of great strife we make lifelong bonds with the people we suffer alongside. Camaraderie is not to be underestimated.. also those fearsome times let you know you were alive.
Well said, Mr O.
Morag MacGregor I imagine for some people there was no other life they knew. They couldn’t do any other job.
@@moragmacgregor6792 if you can see the bottom you're in more danger. Because your boat can ground.
"For the rose will grow on Greenland's ice before we change our mind"
Love that line. For some reason the trio of rose, Greenland and ice just make it 👌
I don't know what makes this a good song but I love listening to it, it sounds so good definitely a two man song.
Precisely covered!
Greetings from Hellas!
I a filipino now like scottish music too
I sang this in Angeles, Pampanga yesterday.
Bonnie Ship the Diamond
/
Lyrics
The Diamond is a ship, my lads
For the Davis Strait we're bound
The quay it is all garnished
With bonnie lasses 'round
Captain Thompson gives the order
To sail the ocean wide
Where the sun it never sets, my lads
Nor darkness dims the sky
For it's cheer up my lads
Let your hearts never fail
For the bonnie ship the Diamond
Goes a-hunting for the whale
Along the quay at Peterhead
The lasses stand aroon
Wi' their shawls all pulled around them
And the saut tears runnin' doon
Don't you weep, my bonnie wee lass
Though you be left behind
For the rose will grow on Greenland's ice
Before we change our mind
For it's cheer up my lads
Let your hearts never fail
For the bonnie ship the Diamond
Goes a-hunting for the whale
Here's a health to the Resolution
Likewise the Eliza Swan
Three cheers for the Battler of Montrose
And the Diamond, ship of fame
We wear the trousers o' the white
The jackets o' the blue
When we get back to Peterhead
We'll hae sweethearts enou'
For it's cheer up my lads
Let your hearts never fail
For the bonnie ship the Diamond
Goes a-hunting for the whale
It will be bright both day and night
When the Greenland lads come hame
Our ship full up with oil, my lads
And money to our name
We'll make the cradles for to rock
And the blankets for to tear
And every lass in Peterhead sing
"Hushabye, my dear"
For it's cheer up my lads
Let your hearts never fail
For the bonnie ship the Diamond
Goes a-hunting for the whale
For it's cheer up my lads
Let your hearts never fail
For the bonnie ship the Diamond
Goes a-hunting for the whale
Thank you for this song and thank you youtube
En mi opinión the Corries, habiendo aparecido en el inicio del folk moderno, realizaron unas interpretaciones que las versiones posteriores de las mismas piezas, por otros intérprete, no igualaron: Las suya son perfectas en su lograda sencillez, en la claridad y sonoridad de las voces, en el acoplamiento de los instrumentos y en las grabaciones en vivo the Corries tienen naturalidad, carecen de afectación, están del todo compenetrados y creen y disfrutan de lo que hacen.
Hola. Me gusta leer sus commentarios. Ya tengo Corries grabaciones desde 30 anos. Y los escucho cada vez como sea la primera dia. Son veritablamente perfectos. Hablan de la cazca de las baleinas. Una crueldad
increible. Estoy trabajando sobre el tema como escritor. Y tengo 50 + canciones similares y historias de todo esto. Si quire, contacta me. Mi nombre. Pues @gmx.de
Saludos de Frankfurt
Cordialmente Wilfried Schuler
Exactamento.
A gem of a song sung by 2 of the finest Scottish folk singers. I have a version of this song by Bob Dylan
If you are watching this in 2021 This BEATS the wellerman by a LONGSHOT
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As another folk singer and guitarist I approve of this comment.
You should upload a video of your singin sometime I’d love to hear
First time I've heard this one! Many thanks, Linda!
Simply perfect!!!
Greetings from Hellas!
I don't know how long it's been since i first heard this, though I know it was atleast ten years ago. And I love this song.
Great "banjo" playing ! First heard Judy Collins's great version without banjo (added for " Bullgine Run " on her N°3 LP). Excellent !
Great thanks !
I have always loved this one--thanks
FOR ITS CHEER UP MY LAAADDDS 🎉
thats . someone sent this for me to do. its wonderful.
That is a tasty little outro
They new how to end a tune. A part of their technical genius that goes under the radar.
Sausage roll and spaghetti hoops, Come On!
Fantastic
Awesome 👍
Nice one
The first version I heard was David Coffin's and that remains my favorite.
SEMPER PARATUS !!! WE SHALL ALWAYS BE TRUE !!! C.H.
So cheer up me lads, let your hearts never fail:
The ranger boat that I fish on, fixin to hunt whale.
banger
A hundred? Try looking it up. Only warships have crews of that size to man the guns and fight ship to ship. Mostly for the cannon.
its a whaling ship. to hunt the largest animals in the world you need manpower. not just to catch it but also to strip the blubber.
@@sethbennett617 Try looking it up, I didn't, but 100 is way wrong: "ranging from sixteen up to at least 36 on the largest ships" These ships are not that large, and yes it is labor intensive, but you don't hire on more than you will need.
I can see the Whalers singing this while working on deck
I've got the same thing going on here! Uffda!
Absolutely love this, does anyone know how the banjo was tuned?
a.l lloyds version is pretty good too
Tab?
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That Beiber is nothing compared to these Real musical artist's!
isnt that the song that inspired Gillighan's island ?!
poissonCHA1 lol... no
poissonCHA1 the song does have some similarities to the Gilligan Island theme song
does have a ditty there for a minute
It's for the bonnie ship the Dimonds
a whale is a mammal
The sailors didn't know that.
What do the Irish & french folk share in common ??? A slightly contemptuous feeling for a lot of Brits, nothing though that I always keep an opened mind... Whatever the case, love Irish folk music, especially Sea Shanties. Can anybody let me know the approximate date this particular tune was written & may recommend me other songs belonging to that category??? Thank you all in advance... XoXo from Paris to be going back to Sydney, Land Of Oz.
The song has absolutely nothing to do with Ireland. It is a song from the Scottish NorthEast (Peterhead, referred to in the song, is a little ways northeast of Aberdeen, and was the centre of the British whaling industry). It is based on a tragic event in the early 19th century, and may have been written sometime afterwards. It is a traditional song, in the public domain.
jackrf66 A few people in hurry to stick their feet in their mouths here. Very funny.
+Blake No harm, no foul. Doesn't hurt to reinforce the facts.
Gisèle Léa LEIBOVITCH this is Scottish btw
The instruments in the pictures are more interesting than the song
ITS A-FISHING FOR THE WHALE NOT HUNNTING FOR THE WHALE
Millie Leach It can be either, and "hunting" is more accurate.
Millie Leach It's true that I've heard "fishing" whenever older folks sing this unaccompanied, and it sounds fine, but I've always preferred to use hunting. It's more accurate, and I think it sounds more epic :)
a whale is not a fish
Also, if you're using a fishing pole to catch a whale, you're doing it wrong.
Millie Leach I've heard it both ways. It all depends on your shantyman.
Excellent!
Still fuckin excellent!