Sea Shanties in Moby Dick (1956)

This film is a great work of art and a stunning tribute to Melville as well as to all XIXth century sailors; probably the boldest men ever living on the face of the earth and sea.

what is XIX? i know roman numerals but i dont know like higher than 10...

Nineteen

oh i c 10 plus 10-1.

V=5
Right !
And here's the rest;
I=1
X=10
L=50
C=100
D=500
M=1000
Learned that 43 (XLlll) yrs ago.

One of the best scenes in the film. Agree that the brief shot of Pip under the flag is transcendant. Young America indeed.

"Around the world.......round the world......round the world!"

yes bert lloyd leading the song dressed up to the nines as some pirate type!- bert was in early life a whaler so knew a thing or too about shanties and what it must have felt like leaving for a whaling trip!!!

I feel a bit pathetic right now... I stumbled across the vid, and I already knew Go Down, You Blood Red Roses AND Heave Away me Johnny [in fact, it's one of my favorites].

Great! and this is where your legend about "whale blood" comes from. Around this time, the song was popularized by this film, and on a couple albums liking it to a whaling theme. But in reality, there were no "blood red" roses! The work-up of "heave away" is also fanciful here....but no need for me to sound negative; they are great and much loved songs