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Fifteen Men (Bottle of Rum) - Original Version

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Uploaded by on Jun 6, 2008

The most realistic and accurate version of this all-time pirate tune. Forget POTC.

The song is subtitled, so you can sing it in your nights at sea!

This is from the Roger Wagner Chorale recording of Sea Chantys. Capitol record number P3462 of 1959. Harve Presnell is the soloist. Thanks to IUFTR for the info and sorry for my big mistake.

As you will know, the song is based on the lyrics by R.L. Stevenson's Treasure Island, one of the greatest novels ever written. I think this version captures its essence, and because of it I say it's the most realistic and accurate version (for me).

Stevenson is one of my favourite writers. From The Master of Ballantrae and The Wrecker, his horror literature as The Body Snatcher or Markheim, to his travel books as The Silverado Squatters. I have ALL his works published in Spain! ;)

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  • Please stop messaging me about placing links or ads in my videos. Some users and Youtube itself have done it but as long as I can this one and all my videos will still ad-free. Thanks!

  • can somebody explain what means " yawing hole" ? thanks for your time

  • @234xy I think it's 'yawning', like 'cavernous' or simply 'deep' (I'm Spaniard, sorry).

  • This version is sung by the Robert Shaw Chorale I think.

  • @PG19011975 That's what I said in the first video description, but @IUFTR helped to make it clear.

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  • Yo! Ho! Ho! and the bottle of rum!!!

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  • 10 fathoms deep on the road to hell...

  • @WARBRINGER711 its from the book Treasure Island :)

  • Gangplank would be proud. ^^

  • @Yabier11 hey can you possibly tell me where you got this song? i cant find it anywhere....

  • yawning hole: When a man yawns, he opens his mouth as much as he cannot do it in real life. A yawning hole means a deep and wide hole, like a yawning mouth.

  • @shivityshank i trying to , also.

  • It is possible to find some relationship between tavern songs and pirate songs? I´m trying to imagine the songs that Almirante Brown´s croud could sing at the XIX century...

  • This is just the opposite of Disney´s pirate songs

  • A yawing Hole in someones head would be a deep wound. Like taking a pistol blast to the face. That sort of wound.

  • Sounds kinda like Patrick Stewart singing with'em.

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