Spanish Ladies

[1Pompeywhite]

Check out Chris Ricketts singing Spanish Ladies-brilliant

[RavenDestroyer]

argh 240 we meet again and this time i can't evade you

[johnnystulic42]

@RavenDestroyer The stuff of fisherman stories.

I kid ye not, maties! 'Twas 240p in size from head to toe! Pixels the size o' a grown man's fist!

[kiltboy101]

@johnnystulic42  rofl

[ukipwarrior]

must have been quite a sight to English lads phwoaaarrrr

[airplanegeorge]

or just take the sunfish out on the lake,

great rendition of a great tune

[badpdx]

I prefer the Robert Shaw version.

[BobaFett379251]

thumbs up if you first heard this in jaws from quint

[EvrythingIsSoCoolSo]

@BobaFett379251 Lol, I did :)

[BattleBornJackalope]

U.S. Navy signing in! Tradition, despite what our new Commanders wish from us, like the Deep blue, runs DEEP! HooRah Shipmates!! OEF/OIF Veterans USS John C. Stennis CVN-74 V2 Dept.

[SuperStudiosInc]

isnt this song also called haul away joe?



[mugato45]

I recieved a question as to why didn't I address my post to "women..or people." Quite simply because I wanted to talk to the Men of the Empire. In a culture where men are many times neutered by the politically correct gestapo, I felt it necessary to remind the men of their birthright to achieve and feel the wind at their back and spray in their face. There is a vast difference between genders; I salute those differences. Men uniquivically built Civilization..protest as you may. I stand firm.

J

[LowCry997]

Polish version is much better

[mqbssrh7]

@LowCry997 Link please?

[mugato45]

Lads,

It's been two years since I posted. Honestly, I was touched by all your sincere remarks regarding that the Empire is still alive in all of us. I would like to offer what I have recently learned. My father just passed away in October...a WWII Vet....a special ed teacher just like me. I'm married...love my wife....but, not in love with my wife (as most of you I suspect). Duty and honor to your family comes first. Also, make time to honor the truly magificent contributions of England.

J

[666jimmysmusicgirl]

@mugato45 Do you believe in true love?

[mugato45]

@666jimmysmusicgirl

I actually do believe in true love. I'm 47 and it happened to me when I was 28. I gave all of my inner poetry, devotion, passion and heart to a woman. The Earth looked so different being so happy in this particular way...everything seemed to stoke my love. However, my language of "I'll accept you.....and love you." was not the language that the woman was used to receiving. Unfortunately, she only knew abusive relationships which wasn't me. She left me for an abusive man.

[DukeofWellington91]

@mugato45 Unfortunately, England and Britannia is as much a part of the modern world as Hellenic Greece, the name still exists, but its people are not those whose forefathers fought at Agincourt, Waterloo and the Somme, neither in character nor descent.

[Willyocky]

@DukeofWellington91 I am

[320storm]

jaws

[JakartaMick]

There is a CD of the tunes from the 'Sharpe' series and there is a great version of this song on there. I can't say I know where the song originated from but it makes sense that its a British military song from the Peninsular war era.

[woollybully100]

robert shaw? as in the actor u played quint, red grant, and the sheriff of nottingham?!

[simpan278]

we go home lads one more time

[azurenscens]

Quint's version is so much better.

[davisx2002]

The sea looks into you much deeper than your eyes can pierce its waves. Just spend a week at sea and you will understand exactly what mugato45 is saying.

360 degrees of blue water and no thought of land is something everyone should expierience at least once.

[MrTrooper20]

@davisx2002 you said it brother,out in the great atlantic,two sails,creak of the mast sound of wave,pod of dolphins for company,you cant experience it once,"lost to the sea and never recovered"

[kkappelmeister]

Now, that's some men singing... :)

[simpan278]

then we go lads show the true colurs 

[pellegrina60]

It dates back to the Penninsular Campaign (Napoleonic Wars), when the British Navy used Spanish ports to bring in supplies for its troops. The enemy were the French, not the Spaniards (who generally speaking were pro-British).

The sailors (being sailors) did a lot of "fraternizing" with the local ladies, hence the regrets on being called back home to England!

[Baysailor84]

My god man tighten the luff of that jib!

[bigjimdon]

May i just add that Wilbur Smiths books are amazing. This song is mentioned in several books and I certainly felt the need to look it up! :-)

[Denver1928]

why is this called spanish ladies

[inesiv]

Well, the dating is not definitive but it can belong to the period in which Spain and Britain were still allies against France and British ships would often dock in Spanish harbours

Hope this will help!

[mintyvision]

its called spanish ladies because its about spanish ladies. listen to the bloody lyrics.

[solkatlol]

"Farewell and adieu to you ladies of Spain, for we've received orders for to sail for old England" ?

[lostdreamer50]

What is this???

[kalchgrubernorma]

Some of Wilbur Smith's books deal with this song and if you feel the need to find it,it is because the book has touched your heart. By watching the video and listening I think more than ever that the outhor made the stories real. Beautiful.

[jonlee29]

Really!,,, im not an avid reader mylelf either but when i start a good book i cant put it down,,, one of my favourite Authors is Harlan Coben.... il definatly check out Wilbur Smith,,, thank you again mate...

[mcswiggen]

where can i find this CD? Who is this?

[jonlee29]

Its called Spanish Lies, by The men of Robert Shaw Chorale.....

[LilyoftheVale]

I personally perfer this version...never liked Quint's version...

[R4VING]

ive been reading the wilbur smith books 'monsoon' and 'blue horizon', this song is mentioned so often, yet i'd never actually heard it.

ive just this minute finished reading 'blue horizon' so i thought id finally come and see what this song sounded like. x

[ryansmellsbad]

I was in a similar predicament,

i had read Monsoon and Blue Horizon a year ago, and just finished reading Monsoon again and so went online to finally hear the song mentioned throughout the books.

[noallapaytv]

lol me too

[jonlee29]

Are those books good?

[R4VING]

trully amazing! ive been reading for a good few years now, and it seems that everytime i re-read one, i discover new parts i'd previously missed. i dont think i could ever grow tired of these two books x

[jonlee29]

What kind of books are they? what are they about,,, Thank you for your reply ..

[R4VING]

thats a hard question to answer man : ) i can only describe them as "a genre of their own". the kind of book where the charecters start of as children, and end up as adults. but is written in such a perfect way that you never notice the subtle ageing untill the end of the book.

now im not really a big fan of reading, but theres something wilbur smith does, that no-one else can come anywhere near too. hes the only person whos work i really enjoy reading.

a bit of a legend if you ask me : )

x

[off2mianus]

I prefer it when Robert Shaw (Quint) sung it in Jaws even though we only hear part of it. Everytime I hear somebody singing this in person, they always stop the song where Robert Shaw (Quint) did when the shark was smashing the crap out of the side of the Orca. It proves they only heard the song from Jaws. I admit, I first heard it from Jaws. I have the full version of the song by Max Bygraves but his singing voice is shit. He sounds worse than a runny fart.

[thelightisahead]

I only noticed it in Jaws after I'd heard it elsewhere (I think my dad did it with a choir, I used to hear him playing it on the piano a lot at one point). Quint's is better, but I think that's because the melody seems to be very different here! It's got a similar kinda shape but different in detail and seems to be in more of a minor mode, rather than the more jolly but wistful major version Quint and everyone else knows! Gotta busk this tune I think (not the one on this vid hehe)

[AbnormalxAlex]

Omg.

its only good when quint sings it in jaws!

[mugato45]

Lads,

Most us live a life a quiet desperation...as our so-called "modern and advanced" society has neglected to provide true men with means to fully express themselves. Therefore, I challenge all good men to take up adventure, discovery and invention...where ever they can find it. Put a stamp on this world...be your own Master and Commander. There still is an Empire....and it lies within.

---John

[maggot666now]

thanks man! well said!

xXx

[Autofac]

Where is this from?

[barnywal]

Ye Olde England.

[Autofac]

Aghh I still want to know where this quote is from.

[LilyoftheVale]

The original tune is from England, but this arrangement is done by the Robert Shaw Chorale.

[TheMidnightTrain]

great words

[atruenut]

@mugato45 and women!

[Wolfgasm0414]

@mugato45 well said chap...

[MrGezamo]

@mugato45 Inspiring words m8 :)

[LittleMissMichigan]

@mugato45 How about calling on all people, not just men.

[peekopeeko]

@mugato45 It's sad that in today's world if most be tried this they would be marching to their deaths. I don't see how we can evolve properly as a species sitting behind computers 8 hours a day.

[mig25pd]

@mugato45 Well said.

[flamingcartman312]

@mugato45 Thank you sir. Thank you so much. I have discovered my true self thru your challenge.

[Soldat80]

This ong is a message from long gone lads. They worked and sung their heart out. Honor that men. Theit the fundament of our present, A time of wealthness... Hnonors to you, guys.

[Rikki0]

I believe this is being sung by " The Robert Shaw Chorale ".

[McMehh]

And you believed correctly.

[MikeProductions08]

Correct. I used to have the CD...

[kingofkards91]

That was wonderful. This sounds more like a true shanty, most shanties nowadays are sun by clean shaven choirs when they were really written for sailors and drunkards.

[minztee23]

kingofkards91, I agree. type "Männer mit Bärten" into the search function and you will find a similar German song. even a bit more "unshaven". The text is about whale-hunters with beards (title literally: men with beards).

[McMehh]

This is actually a chorale. This arrangement is a pure choir with alot of musical theory and technique behind it. A shanty is more rythmic and coarse. Sailors yes, drunkards not so much.

[heartstringz]

Life at sea is pretty awesome but you have to be the right kind of person - it is not an easy life. You have to be prepared to rough it, have next to no privacy, share a room with tons of other people, get up at all hours of the night in all weather, keep 24 hour watches, get seasick etc.

[cantina]

Is life at sea as amazing as it seems? lolz

[UTD111]

Thanks! - enjoyed that!!