The Old Moke Pickin' on the Banjo [340] (255)

[beastriker]

pretty lively performance, dude!

[beastriker]

hey! you just fuckin rock!!!!!! thanks so much!)

[AllardFumerton69]

Rip the audio from this track at soundnabber doht cohm.

[flyboy2447b]

well done ! Do you happen to have the words to the poem "80 years old and somewhat by stan hugel." Please keep up the good work.

[hultonclint]

@flyboy2447b I'm 80 years old and somewhat And to God I give the praise That they made a sailor of me In them good ol' clipper days Then men loved ships like women And going to sea was more than signing on as a deckhand, a-scrubbin' the cabin floor a-chipping rust from iron, and painting and chipping again In the days of clipper sailing The seas was the place of men You could sea our great ships running white tower clouded, tier on tier ...cont.

[hultonclint]

... You could hear their trampling thunder As they leaned to, racing near And it was, "Hey ho!" and "Ho, me lads" "And we are outward bound" And we sang full many a shanty As we walked the capstan round Aye, we sang full many a shanty With a droll through wind and wet To the music of 5 oceans That rings in memory yet Go fire your dirty frasers And watch your pistons run We had the wind to serve us The living winds made sons ...

[hultonclint]

And we didnt need propellers

To kick a mess about

We'd haul away with shanties

As we let the great sails out

Aye, I'm 80 yrs old and somewhat

And to God I give the praise

That they made a sailor of me

In them good ol' clipper days

[philipsmovies]

A very catchy song. Thanks Ranzo.

[hultonclint]

I sang this in a club in Liverpool and I think people were a little confused, ha

[ShadowDucky]

Oh, this is my favorite sea chantey. I love the minor key, and you sing it well.

[hultonclint]

I love it, too. Thanks for the nice comment.

Whereabouts are you from? (somewhere in the U.S., I'd guess). I think this chantey is a bit more known in some areas than others, so i'm just curious.

[ShadowDucky]

Actually, Idaho.

But my father was in the Navy and I absolutely love sea chanteys, whaling songs, and folk songs. My favorite sea chantey groups are Wickford Express and Forebitter.

If you don't mind my asking, do you have a book of these or something? I've been looking for a big book for a while, as I'm learning to play the accordion. Do you have any recommendations?

[hultonclint]

That sounds about right! Forebitter and that scene tend to do this more, so... Hey, I hope you've also checked out Don Sineti's version (that this is response to). He's from that same scene.

As for a book....all my chantey videos correspond to pages in Stan Hugill's SHANTIES FROM THE SEVEN SEAS. It is the biggest chantey collection, "essential," so get it if you don't have it already! :)

[mrtheox]

awesome, love it.

[hultonclint]

Thanks, you're very kind

[joelwhitson]

Your gettin' better at these my friend.