Jolly Rogers, A Drop of Nelson's Blood

So we'll roll the old chariot along
An' we'll roll the old chariot along.
So we'll roll the old chariot along
An' we'll all hang on behind!

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[SI3CGinMON]

The Kansas City Renaissance Festival has plenty of other opportunities to educate. The majority of people come to a RenFest to be entertained. The Jolly Rogers never CLAIMED to be in ANY WAY historically accurate. They're not, and that's part of their fun and charm. They blend the historical with the modern and funny.

[SI3CGinMON]

It's a Renaissance festival. If they were all about historical accuracy, no one would come. The Rogers sing the song because it's a sea chantey and a crowd pleaser--and crowd pleasing is what they're all about.

[misterbigtown]

check out Mad Sea Dog's version.... x



[jalind1]

@mandabunny1 Thank you for your relevant comment. Most fairs or festivals will have, to varying degrees, a historical area clearly marked as such where historical accuracy and reenactment are mandated by the rules. Artifacts, dress, behavior and speech are all expected to portray the period and genre as accurately as is reasonably possible. One of the things about such events is that proper artifacts, dress, behavior and speech varied considerably by time, region, culture, ethnicity and nation.

[misterbigtown]

Check out the Mad Sea Dog version at The Waterman's Arms

[mandabunny1]

Look, Kansas City is more of a fun/profit making faire than a historical one. Not to say we don't have eductional aspects (living history tours, torture museum, etc.) but Kansas City is pretty lax with its 'historical accuray' rules. We're allowed to use cotton clothing, electrical devices (hidden from the public's view), and sell products that have no relevance to the Renaissance at all. If you want an 'accurate' faire, try California. In the meantime, give the Rogers a break. They're good.

[johnrorange]

Yet another version of the West Country favourite "We are Nearing Plymouth Sound", although the speed they sing it at makes it pretty much impossible to put the usual harmonies in the chorus!

Still, a rollicking good performance of a fun song

John

Plymouth, UK

[anubisibunanubis]

I think it is a really bit to fast

but i come from the netherlands

[StatenIslandFolkie]

Well in my mind the goal of Renaissance fairs should be to educate and not to perpetuate myths, but that's an entirely different discussion.

The real point is that this song has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with the Renaissance. "Freebird" is a crowd-pleaser too -- it would make exactly as much sense for them to cover that as it would be to sing this rendition of "Roll The Old Chariot."