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Lowlands Away (A2) [66-67] (60-63)

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Uploaded by on Jun 30, 2008

For additional and more current info on this and other chanties, please visit my blog:
http://shantiesfromthesevenseas.blogspot.com/
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Hugill writes about this slow capstan/windlass chantey, "It appears to me to be the only shanty in which Sailor John allowed 'sob-stuff', indicating, of course, a positive shore ancestry."
The idea is that chanteys are rarely sentimental in this way; they are usually optimistic, even when griping, not dwelling on maudlin themes. This "dead lover" theme sounds more typical of an inland song from the British Isles.

Also found in:
LA Smith 1888, Doerflinger 1951

See the whole "Shanties from the Seven Seas" project, here:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=58B55DD66F22060C

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  • I love your version of this wonderful chantey! Beautiful

  • @Teka9131128

    Thank you so much. It is one of my favorite chanties and I find myself singing it when I'm just around by myself.

    I was having some problems being in tune here, but I improved a bit later, I think, in this video:

    /watch?v=9-M5AoXAZco

  • beatiful!

  • Thanks, it is one of my favourite shanty tunes.

  • "And then awoke to hear the cry:

    'Rouse out the watch, oh, watch ahoy!'"

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  • Great tune

  • Nice lighting. What a woeful song. Powerful

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