Farewell Shanty: traditional song + slideshow
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Uploaded by ianpage99 on Sep 30, 2010
The title suggests it's a sea shanty but it's not a working song at all. I find it a rather sweet song of maritime parting. The last verse might be melancholic or uplifting depending on your world view!
Accompaniment played on a vintage Wheatstone 'Pinhole' Aeola concertina.
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this is a really beautiful video. I have favourited it.
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This is known as the Padstow Leaving Shanty in Cornwall (UK) but cannot confirm if the origins lie there.
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I always thought the songs meaning had many colors. The main of which was the giving of a fallen sailor back unto the sea.
I'm not having much luck tracing the origins of the song. If you find any history on it, please send me a message. :)
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Great Song and Singing!! Very fitting Video too..
You Did a Fantastic Job!!!
God Bless
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Thank you. Your comment is much appreciated.
ianpage99 1 month ago
Thank you KernowWella, I didn't know that. Interestingly, Googling "Padstow leaving shanty" returns just a single result (or will until Google indexes these comments of course!)
ianpage99 4 months ago
The best source I have for the song is this discussion thread at Mudcat (threadid=18455)
ianpage99 1 year ago