Big Ship Sails - Kate Rusby

[angelnot7]

I'm my mums ally ally oh baby:) 30/9/95:D

[HopeWithPandora]

So sweet : )

[doobidoo123]

that's TODAY! :D 30/9/11

or 9/30/11 if you're american i suppose

[Alxalifate]

I have not sung that properly nor heard it since 1979 at Nursery when!

[spannerotoole]

She has a very sweet voice. And divine guitar playing.

[janed2344]

Growing up in the Midlands during the 50s we used to sing this standing in a line with 2 kids forming an arch which everyone would pass thru. At the end of the song when everyone had had a go we'd form a circle with hands held across our bodies and sing "Now we're on the battle ship the battle ship the battle ship. Now we're on the battle ship, shoot, bang, and pull away. Which battle was fought on 30 September, I wonder?

[TenDuotrigintillion]

3 people are grown up

[bonol888]

We sang this song at my primary school in the 1960-70's. I always took it to mean the Manchester ship canal. I joined the merchant navy in 1977 and we had many a drunken night singing this lovely ryme on stormy nights in the north atlantic ocean on our way to canada. If anyone knows the original origins of this song please post.

[Triplet76]

Just utterely gorgeous...... :) :)

[SlothCalledSid]

I remember this from being tiny! And you're right: Kate does do it justice, like everything else (:

[unclegus]

What is the Ally Ally oh?

[sandinmyears1]

@unclegus The Illy Ally Ooh is the Atlantic Ocean.

[Triplet76]

This is just so Gorgeous!!... So inoccent and warm.. 

[xchloexjoannax]

this was one of my favourite nursery rhymes xxxxxxx

[Marhalut]

The ending had to be the greatest... xD

"Sorry, that wasn't very professional there"

^_^ They were amazing live.

Kate's so pretty. :3

[ahimsa666]

Fantastic! :)

[paulb01]

This just made me teary!! My grandparents used to sing it to me when I was very little .... nice memories.

[dazzajlee]

Warm comfort, Motherly squeezes and the smell of baking with children and lots of flour. Our Kate. x

[AustraliaFare09]

Thank You for Posting this!

I love it and have to wait for it to kick in on my media player 2 minutes after My Young Man fades out.

[melonawoo]

Every sailor knows to expect the equinoctal gales - it would never, never, do.

[SassyBloo]

"Ally Ally O'" is melodic slang contraction for the phrase "All the Oceans...".

It was "call" for English sailing ships across the oceans to return home to their families safe and soon before the winter time.

Derived from Old English verse:

"From all across the oceans

Sail fast and true to be with us."

[cadyfloss227]

My late Grandmother use to sing this to me, she died 11 months ago.

[shazam15]

This is incredibly adorable.

[gilibrasil]

I've listened this song when I started to learn the english language.

Very nice.

[misskittyroxsursoxs]

thats soo sweet that child was very lucky to sing wiv her kate the best singer in the world!!! i would love to meet her !!XxX

[PhoebeandZara]

Just lovely.

[smoof20]

I remember my mam singing this to me as a kid!

Wonderful...Thank you

[Emilybness]

I love my Dad .

I love my Mum .

I love myself .

I love Sam .

[fezboy22]

sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

[cjwaywell]

Fantastic

[rogthedodger]

It's a traditional children's song from the Northwest UK.

The ally-ally-o is the Manchester Ship Canal hence 'big ship'

[Clarice007]

Yeh. Actually, it's the atlantic ocean. Hence why "the big ship sank to the bottom of the sea", and not to the bottom of the manchester ship canal...

[rogthedodger]

No, you're wrong - the ally-ally-o IS the MSC.

The fact the ship sinks in the ocean does not mean ally-ally-o is the ocean. That's false logic.

Check the web - you'll see most sites agree with me

[Darryl1980]

I remember my mum and grandma singing this when i was little - its enough to make me cry that!

[jlindsey1972]

Kate's voice just makes my knees go weak. I do believe that if I ever met her I'd be a quivering mess! Like a giggly little girl that can't speak! LOL Well, a giggly little boy anyway. ;-)

[Pippa964]

"Wicked man!" ;)

I love this video, thanks x

[welderman444]

thankyou thats bugged me for years

[welderman444]

this song was used in a black and white film in the sixtes,a british film cant remember what it was.does anyone know? as children me, my brothers and sisters would play a game singing this song.

[Clarice007]

I don't remember the film, but I do remember singing this in primary school in the seventies. Does anyone remember the other verses? The big ship sank to the bottom of the sea, etc?

[jacktheledge]

The captain said it woulddnever never do

[2JessBlue3]

A Taste of Honey?

[Triplet76]

@2JessBlue3

Yes! There is a version sang in that film... Wonderfull!!

[Hattie345543]

My Birthday's On The Last Day Of September :)

[miggy221]

this tune is banging man.niceness!

[Neville20006]

My mum sang this to me when i was a tiddler...thank you for bringing it back xx

[Rusby08]

That's quite alright

I believe Kate & co. do it justice =)

[Neville20006]

oh yes...it's beautiful, and as sweetly simple as it should be...

[xoxsk8erchikxox]

oh my goodness!

this is WICKEDDDD!

hahahahah. love itt!

:D

Rusby family are just legendary to be honest :]

♥

[Rusby08]

Thankyoumuch =D

[diverdraeger]

Love it!

[Rusby08]

Thanks =-D