Cornish Sea Shanties

[kalach]

It's the Fisherman's Friends singing. They're from Port Isaac and sing every Friday evening in summer.

[TheMarrification]

The culture and strong Cornish heritage I was taught growing up seems rare back in the old country now. My family were part of the mass migration out of Kernow to look for work and a better life at the very end of the 19th century; my gran was born a year later, her and my mum had children later in life, so alot of the very old authentic Cornish ways and culture has been preserved to this day. We could teach quite a few how to be Cornish again. Kick out the second home owners from up country

[3tangle3]

@TheMarrification the welsh are barely hang on so dont know whats going on down there.....we always think of cornwall as being cymru (wales) if it lost its language

[TheMarrification]

@3tangle3 Thats pretty spot on actually, lol. It's a sad thing but the attitude of teh Cornish sometimes lets them down. They can be very blunt and obtinately defiant without any regard for authority, tehy just treat everyone them same and expect the same curtesy which I think is fantastic, very integral people; but, throughout hisory that blunt defiance hasn't been met with the capacity in arms and size to stand up for themselves...

[TheMarrification]

@3tangle3 like in the prayer book rebellion in 1549 when 11% of the population of Cornwall were slaughtered, and their complete whole hearted backing of the king in the civil war. Up until the end of the 17th century they were very much regarded as a sepreate people completely and if it had all gone differently they might be in the same position as Wales by now. The big thing is if they had also translated teh Bible and common prayer book into Cornish by the 1540's that would've been a big help

[3tangle3]

@TheMarrification Totally agree, I have cornish relatives, I hope the cultural variety of this world can survive....not liking the grey conformist consumerist grey blob that society is threatening to become :/ with no community or family links

[cornubian]

@TheMarrification - Don't worry boys we will get it all back. Just wait and see.

[Squats200]

I bet half of these people singing are bloody northerners anyway!

[dunkus42]

funny thing...this is a tom lewis tune...he lives in canada

[StuartOld]

No, it's 'cornish pasties; Cornish ice-cream(which kinda looks a yellowish in colour--but I swear that it's th'best vanilla ice-cream in the world, bar-none); and of course--everyone try the "Clotted-cream" it's wicked and too die for..you'd think that you've died and ended up in Cornwall somewhere.

[3tangle3]

@StuartOld pasties are called oggies in cornwall originally i thought..

[myrddinwilt49]

@3tangle3...Well Tangle according to me Grand-mother She called 'em "Pasties" she used to make 'em for me an' me Grand-father when I was a kid..never heard of 'em being called "Oggies" b4. And her pasties were huge as compared to the one's that I have seen 4 sale on the TV shows. No carrots;peas; Just onion;swede; potatoe(from what I remember). And of course the meat. Throw in de oven for a couple of hours nd yer good 2 go. YUM-YUM. Yeah it's 2 bad about the carpet-baggers pushin' out the locals

[3tangle3]

@myrddinwilt49 pasties are correct, but if from my research those families who only lost the cornish tongue in the 1600s or 1700s still call them oggies (esp in west kernow)

[Violaelf]

Don't haul on the rope, don't climb up the mast,

If you see a sailing-ship it might be your last,

Get your 'civvies ready for another run-ashore,

A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor any more!

[fezboy22]

It's great to see those traditions still being upheald. Thanks for uploading

[Briselance]

Where are the singers ? I can't see them.

Anyway, it isn't important, as long as we can hear them, right ?

[Muddledbrain]

Oh my god!!!  Cornwell is my next destination!!!! I loooove the old culture and traditional feel... the songs are beautifully traditional, its awesome!!!

[3tangle3]

@Muddledbrain you do realise this is just a show,,,,,,the real cornish mainly cling on inland where the house prices are affordable.....the coast has become so english

[myrddinwilt49]

@3tangle3 Your point is probably why the old 'Cornish' dialect has become all but extinct. But given the time these new carpet-baggers will be replaced, eventually, by a new more aggressive property/landgrabber. It's all 'bout what-comes-around-goes-around; I guess. The old Cornish Culture is dying out. Cornwall is slowly becoming something else. It's like what me Mum and me Uncle have often said of the present Cornwall. That I wouldn't to-day recognise it. As it used to be a land of enchantment

[3tangle3]

@myrddinwilt49 sad times, keep the good memories and songs going ;)

[3tangle3]

@myrddinwilt49 the biggest bullies win, we have to be more agressive...problem with many welsh and cornish is they are too soft and nice......which is a utopia to me but you have borders unfortunately

[malx1975]

Enjoy these things for these are the old ways, you won't seem them again....

[vidviewer100]

mmmm.....Cornish pasties and yellow ice cream.....thanks

[myrddinwilt49]

@vidviewer100 Well the yellow colour is, I think, cuz, of the richness of the cornish-cream that exists in the ice-cream. But have you ever tried the combination of a scone; with some-sort of a jam..with a big dollop of that cornish clotted cream smeared on top?? I tell ya it's just plain wicked. Try that with yer cornish pasty & yer cornish ice-cream cone..Oh and don't forget one of those cadbury flake sticks stoved down into the cone. HAHAHAHAHA Yeah you'll be laughin' alright!!!!!

[stinkerdood1e]

cornwall-home of the famous cornhole.

[scubapod]

I have always wondered what this song was called - thankyou for putting this on - the last time I heard this I was in the Andrew listening to Shep woolleys version

Thankyou

[cap60552]

The song is the Last Shanty, written by Tom Lewis.

[deffinatelybodmin]

Yeah it must be this song is on their CD. It's "A sailor ain't a sailor"

[olimandolin]

I'm guessing that that's Fishermen's Friends singing? Great group of shanty singers

[DrCrabfingers]

That was great! Thanks for uploading it.

[videocornwall]

Port Isaac is so beautiful excellent bit of singing

[captainsharkey]

Nice video, really good to see something Cornish left

[A33J]

Brill I was there listening too.. the same as almost every year. Well done guys :)

[Rubygeode]

If anyone cares, the song is "the last shanty" by Tom Lewis.

[joeribs]

Nice wave by your dad btw lol

[joeribs]

Wow, that was, amazing, I wish I was one of those singing guys, they have right nice voices... mmm