Here's A Health to the Company, from Cures What Ails Ya by The Longest Johns
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 มิ.ย. 2020
- From the new album Cures What Ails Ya
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this song has been stuck in my head for the past week
Lmao I came here to listen to the full song from your animatic-
Lmao same
Arrantxaa bro you read my mind
Hi Wolfy, you make cool stuff, that’s all
I can imagine 🤣
Does it sound to anyone else like this guy is drinking alone, just remembering people he'll never see again?
Yup, got the same feeling
Think thats the feeling most ppl got
well now im thinking of all my years of minecraft, never seeing many people again...
I kinda got the feel of a dude who had lost his entire family, had finally found new a new group of people that were like a family to him, and was cherishing what he had while he had it, in fear they'd die too.
Here's a health to the company
Playing this with my friends on our last day of HS. One ships off to the air force, two are going to the same college, one is moving out somewhere and the last one grew distant. And me? Well that's why I'm going to play this. I have no money nor the intelligence for college or travel so I guess I'll wait for them to return when I grow old. For one last glass.
Hey man never give up on this. Shit may seem hard now, and you may think you wont be able to do anything. There is a saying in my family "You already have the no, so try to find the yes". Look for opportunities and take them when they show up and dont give up on reaching your goals. You don't _need_ to go to college or the army to be sucessful, so dont think you're gonna be bound to the same place forever. Idk who you are or anything about your situation, but i dont like seeing people look at their future in such a grim way. Cheers mate, hope life goes well for you!
I'm having the same thing happen, most are leaving for college, some are joining the police force or staying home to work, while I'm leaving for the Marines, and probably won't come back
@@matthewblair1894 Well... I don't know you from Adam but... Myself AND SO MANY OTHERS, I am sure, will be praying for you to return to your friends and loved ones.
Life is too precious to cut short. But more precious are those who still willingly take that very real risk in order for the majority of us to live in blissful ignorance towards many things, never fully even able to grasp the things military people go through.
Now, that is the sort of sacrifice many of us would get behind!
Much respect and light to you and everyone out there fighting or going to fight etc..
And yeah. Stay safe when and where at all possible. 👍🙏👍
Nonsense, the smartest people think they're dumb as a brick. It may be hard, it may not be fun, but it's what you have to do and I am damn near certain you can soldier through college. God bless America, God bless the Enclave.
i bet you have the capability of any man or woman to make it in this world just follow your heart and the money will follow. and if nothing is working join the military they have any job you can think of and will be a great leap into what you want to do with your life how i found what i wanted to do for the rest of my life. good luck and dont think bad of your self that only makes it harder to make it
This song never ceases to give me chills. There's something about the concept of "we're never going to live this moment again so we might as well make it a good one" that pulls at my heart in all the best ways and feels sad but wholesome.
Lost my best friend permanently, and never knew that it was our last night out together. Kept singing this song before I lost him, and now that he is gone, this song hits differently every time it plays.
You might also like Halestorm's "Here's to Us" then.
this song comes from a poem recited/sang by irish/celtic immigrants before they were due to depart, it's just... magical.
"Cures what ails ya"
For me its the "Here's a health to the company..." part. The combination of instruments and singing is just really really great!
Is it just me or does this song sound perfect for a final session of a D&D campaign, as all the characters sit around a tavern table for perhaps the last time?
Big yes.
here you go, my dude, knock it out of the park
Kind friends and companions, come join me in rhyme
Come lift up your voices in chorus with mine
Come lift up your voices, all grief to refrain
For we may or might never all meet here again
Here's a health to the company and one to the bard
Let us bet and play fairly, time to shuffle the cards
Let's drink and be merry, all grief to refrain
For we may or might never all meet here again
Here's a health to the cutlass that I love so well
For her strength and her damage sure none can excel
We have fought many battles, with our lives on the line
When beheading my enemies, t'was her time to shine
So here's a health to the company and one to the monk
Let us drink and let's join him, as he's constantly drunk
Let's drink and be merry, all grief to refrain
For we may or might never all meet here again
The rogue is off stealing, and he's not coming back
The paladin's off chasing, to give him a whack
The wizard's off reading, his knowledge to grow
I'm what's left of the party, a murderhobo
I was thinking LARP but I agree :)
Anything would have been better but this would have been great
I used to sing this near the end of revels back when i did medieval reenactment. Only took a few times before everyone would sing it together, toast, and give hugs at each revel we held.
Some of those people have since left this world. "Though i may or might never all meet them again", this song is a wonderful memory of times spent with them.
Owen Phyfe ,who passed away in 2012, was a sweet man as well as amarvelous Ren Faire musician, always ended his set with this song - here's a health to you Owen, and thank you Long.Johns
I was actually just about to comment talking about him... practically grew up on the Michigan Renaissance fairgrounds. Owain's music was a regular constant for the first fifteen years of my life or so, enough that I have this song in particular memorized word for word. This version just brought back so many good memories, actually brought a tear to my eye first I heard it - Longest Johns really hit it out of the park this time.
Thanks guys for the amazing reminder of the good old days. I really needed it as of late.
I never skip the ads for these Boys.
Much appreciated!!
@Michael Jarrett it’s already broken
@@thelongestjohns always. The d20 was a perfect choice I am planning to use it as well in my 3.5 campaign.
Yes it still exists.
Wait you guys are getting ads?
Mostly because I'm busy cleaning while listening
random DnD post:
me being the Bard of the party, i'm fully planning to do this one at the end of the very last session, if we manage to survive
There's sea shanties, and then there's a song you could apply to pretty much any armed force pre 1900s.
Not just pre - I think it pretty much applies to whenever.
It applies to every brotherhood ever formed by humanity.
@@stuarttempleton43 I've lost 21 friends with whom I deployed in 2006, most of them in the last 3 years. This song hits really close to home for me.
@@RivetHead999 thank you for your service
We haven't changed. This song still works today.
There’s tears in my eyes, gents. One of my very favorite songs and you knocked it out of the park.
The Lads usually do knock it out of the park. Love these guys.
Yes they do
Cheers mates. Beautiful shanty
My friends and I all had a party since we finished school last year. We all like your songs and while we sat around a fire, we sang this song. Especially the line "we may or might never. All meet here again". Thank you
That's just awesome.
I wish i knew about this song when i graduated high school otherwise we probably would have done the same thing. Amazing idea man and i hope you guys had a good timd
Me to we had a private project grad and we also sung ashes
I wish I could get my boys to do this
Have you ever met there again
🏴☠️ [The Lyrics] 🏴☠️
Kind Friend and Companions, Come join me in rhyme,
Come lift up your voices, In chorus with mine,
Come lift up your voices, all grief to refrain,
For we may or might never, all meet here again
Here's a health to the company and one to my lass,
Let us drink and be merry, all out of one glass,
Let us drink and be merry, all grief to refrain
For we may or might never, all meet here again
Here's a health to the dear lass, that I love so well,
For her style and her beauty, sure none can excel,
There's a smile on her countenance, as she sits on my knee,
There's no man in this wide world, as happy as me,
Here's a health to the company, and one to my lass
Let us drink and be merry, all out of one glass,
Let us drink and be merry, all grief to refrain
For we may or might never, all meet here again,
Our ship lies at anchor, she's ready to dock,
I wish her safe landing, without any shock,
If ever I should meet you, by land or by sea,
I will always remember, your kindness to me,
Here's a health to the company and one to my lass,
Let us drink and be merry, all out of one glass,
Let us drink and be merry, all grief to refrain
For we may or might never, all meet here again
Here's a health to the company and one to my lass,
Let us drink and be merry, all out of one glass,
Let us drink and be merry, all grief to refrain
For we may or might never, all meet here again
:)
It is GRIEF not grievance.
ppl like you dont get enough credit thx
Thank you.
Ty
In 1946, one year after WW2 ended, a sailor is sitting alone at a table with three empty seats. As he's drinking he begins to sing but as he sings, he sees the shapes of his friends sitting at the table with him & the begin joining in with him. He continues remembering the times they had fun at the bar by singing, drinking, and getting into the occasional bar fight. He flashes back to when he & his friends all enlisted in the Navy after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
The memories keep flashing forward, from each of them graduating basic training, to being sent to fight the Japanese in the South Pacific. As the memories keep going, he sees how each of his friends lose their lives in the battle of Midway. One is shot down by a Japanese pilot, another is bombed at a machine gun turret, the final one sacrifices himself to save some fellow sailors (including the narrator) who were wounded.
As he continues remembering how he lost his friends, their shapes begin to fade in the order of which they died; the song gets more and more quiet & lonely as it goes on to the point where only one voice is heard. When the sailor finishes, he begins to cry as he looks at a photo of himself & his friends before they were shipped off. He then wipes his tears and walks out of the bar with a look of determination & vows to live his life the best he can, in the memory of his fallen comrades.
You ever play ac4?
@@williamweir2309 yes, that was one of the main inspirations for this story. Plus the ending is SO bittersweet, I always tear up when I watch it.
My effing heart :'[
Write a shanty.
You have the story.
Never forget those who gave their lives so we could live free
I played this song at my graduation. I got weird looks because classic style shantie. But it made my close friends happy.
I strongly recommend you to learn this song and recite it by mind. Singing it is way more powerful.
That being said I'm glad your friends liked it!
It's too powerful of a song to dislike
Oh dude hell yeah
I was thinking about doing that
Glad to hear it was good with your friends!
To hell with the people who gave you weird looks. You're allowed to like whatever music you like.
Shanties are amazing songs. I think shanties are the best type of song to tell stories, as it's so easy to understand the lyrics, and they usually have an easy rhythm to follow.
I’m tempted to do this now
To me this song is a favored tribute to all the friends I've made, lost, & found. Some ripped away not of their own circumstance, some faults of my own and theirs.
But above all else memories both good & bad, looking off towards an uncertain future.
Always better to make today good when you don't know what will happen tomorrow
Here's a health to you all in this year 2020. For we may never meet again, upon the Digital Seas.
o7
o7 cheers to that
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[Verse 1]
Kind Friends and Companions, Come join me in rhyme,
Come lift up your voices, In chorus with mine,
Come lift up your voices, all grief to refrain,
For we may or might never, all meet here again
[Chorus]
Here's a health to the company and one to my lass,
Let us drink and be merry, all out of one glass,
Let us drink and be merry, all grief to refrain
For we may or might never, all meet here again
[Verse 2]
Here's a health to the dear lass, that I love so well,
For her style and her beauty, sure none can excel,
There's a smile on her countenance, as she sits on my knee,
There's no man in this wide world, as happy as me,
[Chorus]
Here's a health to the company, and one to my lass
Let us drink and be merry, all out of one glass,
Let us drink and be merry, all grief to refrain
For we may or might never, all meet here again,
[Verse 3]
Our ship lies at anchor, she's ready to dock,
I wish her safe landing, without any shock,
If ever I should meet you, by land or by sea,
I will always remember, your kindness to me,
[Chorus]
Here's a health to the company and one to my lass,
Let us drink and be merry, all out of one glass,
Let us drink and be merry, all grief to refrain
For we may or might never, all meet here again
[Chorus]
Here's a health to the company and one to my lass,
Let us drink and be merry, all out of one glass,
Let us drink and be merry, all grief to refrain
For we may or might never, all meet here again
Verse 3 is actually the Chorus.
@@georgeofhamilton Nice catch!
@@pertnado3109 Thanks, and thanks for the well-formatted lyrics.
Thank you for posting the lyrics!
This made me mourne my friends who are ALL still alive
I'm growing older, and now wondering at the why and whether of it all. I served in two wars and in three branches of my nation's service. I have lived every line of this tune and a hundred others. I missed the years that should have belonged to my son and wife. In their absence the men and women to whom i pledged my life were everything. Now, in the solitude of this room, i would have them all know what they meant to me in those days, and always.
Subconsciously I think I hear more and more voices each chorus, similar to the Leave her Johnny song.
I am just grateful that there are people who dig out, arrange and preserve this kind of masterpieces.
I see many comments regarding the history of this song. Many said comments are operating on the premise that this is primarily a sea shantie. In reality, it was (as a few mentioned) a song of immigration, of which there are many Celtic tunes. Others include Paddy’s green shamrock shore, etc etc. Interestingly, in a musical sense, it was a pivotal moment in American musical history. Irish immigrants (particularly in the south) brought us banjo, fiddle, mandolin, and the beginnings of bluegrass and country music.
It's enough to make a grown man cry
and that’s okay
Their voices blend so smoothly together. It truly is like listening to an entire crew of men... tell me I'm wrong.
We sing this at the end of every day of Ren Faire. It's a tradition that has been there since the start of it all. We love it when the visitors join in on it. This song was also sung at my wedding so it has so much meaning to me and my husband.
This would be perfect for any emotional show ending
Or a ending song for like assasins creed black flag or pirates of the Caribbean
@@theclover3 Funny you say that, given that it was actually the song sung at the end of Black Flag.
@@Gguyrules ik
@@Gguyrules that was Parting Glass
@@Gguyrules Although it would have fit well, it was the parting glass, sung by Anne Bonny.
Forget night clubs. Forget shots. Forget calling an Uber home. If we aren't drinking around a table and singing this I ain't even drinking.
Its been years but I can still see Edward Kenway look at the table of all his dead friends in Assassin creed black flag
Me: Having to leave uni so early and so suddenly, without a chance to say a proper goodbye to the friends I made over the last 3 years, was sad, but it’s been 7 months now and I’m really-
This song: *plays*
Me, tears running down my face:...fine
I can relate to that, but remain hopeful, dear lass, you can still get in touch with them, you can still call them to hang out, and as long as they are alive and well, you may never know when you may bump into them. The only absolute farewell is on our deathbed. Every other "Goodbye." means "Until next time, whenever that may be."
@@ShadowStrikerTheLoneWolf 💕💕💕
We changed the words and order, and my madrigal group at school has made it a traditional song for quite some time now
perfect song to end a D&D campaign on
came here from wolfythewitch's animatic of phil and techno's pirate au and absolutely stayed for this masterpiece of a song
Me too
Sameee
This thing hits home..... I really got a thing for friendship songs, especially this one and especially that it is a sea shanty. Great job guys
Wish the next album will feature parting glass.
If you haven't already seen it, there's a version of it done over lockdown on the channel ^^
@@bentim7732 i agree. Also I can’t listen to any version of ‘And the band played waltzing Matilda’ apart from Liam Clancy’s. The man could deliver a ballad like no one else.
This song holds a special place in my heart because this is the last song I sung with my friends before one of them committed suicide, and that was the last time I saw them in person.
I am so sorry for your loss. I’m glad that you can have fond memories of the person but it’s definitely one of the worst ways to lose someone.
This can just as easily be a pub full of young hopefuls, about to set sail in the morning….
As it could be the lone retired veteran, drinking alone. Remembering his fallen crewmates.
“All out of one glass.”
You can’t drink alone, when your brothers are with you in spirit. One for all of us, lads. One for all of us.
I grew up around Ren Faires. And at the end of Pub Sing to close out the day, You'd always hear Health to the Company.
A wonderful and amazing man by the name of Owen Phyfe (god i hope i spelled that right) had an extra verse all his own.
"My footsteps may falter, my wind it might fail
My course may be challenged by November's Gale
If fortune should prove you to be friend or be foe
You will always be with me, wherever i go."
He is loved and missed by many.
This song: "Let us drink and be merry, all out of one glass!"
Covid 19: "You teasing me, naughty naughty, hehe."
I get the feeling covid wouldn't stand a chance against whatever was in their glass!😆
@@steelpenny1134 if bandages heal the booboos on the outside, then liquor heals the booboos on the insdie.
alc flushes out the bad stuff and smokes literally tars your lung. just saying.
Now I need 2 glasses
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Shit gets awesome here.
For the one man who has disliked this I do believe you did so because this made you remember sadness in your life and I stand beside you
Back when I cooked for 200 Renn faire volunteers, this was always the ending song. We would all be exhausted. We would sing a parting glass and this. We all had a drink in hand and we were all in tears. This was always a Sunday night. Monday morning, we diehards would be back starting tear down and planning for next year.
Aye,I feel this just might be one of my favourite renditions of this Song. I can really see a group of People sitting at the deck of a ship together,singing this under the clear night Sky with a few Bottles of Rum.
I'm so glad wolfythewitch introduced me to this song
Happy new year to everyone reading!!
If you made it to 2023 I want you to know I'm so endlessly proud. I know the world has been painful recently, but hey. You made it. And that's all you need.
Enjoy your evening or morning, and be sure to keep yourself warm and safe.
Thanks friend. All the same to you.
The same to you, in 2024, friend.
I lost my brother two days ago. I’m going to play this song and our friends and I will sing it together for him.
Listening to this with my cat next to me and she started purring really loud, so I sang the second verse to her and she purred even louder. This song is now Lulu approved
Played this in my car while leaving high-school for the last time, needless to say, a few tears were shed. A couple for the friends I'll never see again, and some for the compatriots that died over that accursed four years.
This reminds me of the time when me and a couple of friends went on a trup in Sea of Theavrs to finish the entire Ashen update in one night. We did that and I havent spoken to any of them sence. I miss them.
This is so damn sad
i was raised on larps and ren fairs. since i was a small child, at the Tennessee Ren Fair, it was always a tradition to gather together at the big pub at the end of each day and sing this song together. the lyrics of this one are a bit different than the one i remember as a child. but its a song ill always remember in my heart. as an adult who still does larp, its become a crowd favorite in my kingdom's bardics. hearing and singing it reminds me of so many precious memories. i hope to teach this song to my future children as well.
This one I proclaim your Magnum Opus guys. Amazing job!
This song makes me think of a crew or a group of people each from a different crew who became friends due to some reason (idk) and singing and drinking together. And when it says ‘all from one glass’, I imagine them passing a single mug around to whoever has a new toast to propose. Please tell me I’m not the only one with this specific image
I imagine a dimmly lit tavern where the people are getting ready for a big hunt or event that could lead to their deaths, but still unmoved of the risk.
Purchased this album through The Longest Johns' bandcamp specifically for this song, to play at my dad's wake. He never got to hear it, but I swear I can hear him singing it. It shook my soul.
I've so much nostalgia for this song, but I've only listened to it for the first time about a month ago. The nostalgia isn't for a month ago either, it's a deeper meaning to me, that I don't know I can explain. Beautiful song, TLJ, keep em comin
Folk music touches a nerve deep within most people. For me, It reminds of family, friends and rivals. It brings up the good and the bad and puts emotion and melody to those memories.
this is the song i would imagine if spanish ladies was sung more gentle and more emotions
I LOVE IT!!!!! such a great ending of the shanties
I just finished my first year as an actor at the Texas ren fair. And a full warehouse of friends and family sing this song at the end of every year and I can’t get those magic moments out of my head
I'm glad you didn't end this album with "Moby Duck" or "Got No Beard," hah hah.
Reminds me when i had an entire red dead gang and we would sit in a bar for the last time without relizing it
what happend?
My husband and I play D&D and this song alone has inspired me to play a Bard again.
Tomorrow is my last D&D session. A navy based campaign through and through, I'm gonna play this as a send off to the wonderful time me and the others had. My character, who survived it all, will go on to either a.) Be a mercenary for hire, or b.) Establish a dock, all depending on if we keep our proud vessel. Regards from the Dawnbreakers, and good fortune on your future endeavors
How'd it go?
We kept the ship, but my character (and the rest) decided it'd be best to set up an outpost, so now I became the shipwright for the crew
One of the very best renditions of this song that I've ever heard.
I like how these shanties get us right in the feels. Damn, they manage to make me happy and sad both at the same time.
putting together a quartet of this for me and my band friends, we're all in our senior year of high school, and for all we know we may or may never all meet here again.
This song will always have a place in my heart. (A bit of context). My secondary school life was absolutely crap. Having to feel bad for being English, being made fun of for my ticks with the rest of my year was people doing those same twitches back to me. My history teacher was a bit racist towards white people. Every class was like that for me. Except for one class, my music class, it was the best class during my GCSE's, it had my favourite teacher and the kindest students in the year as well. And throughout the year, I was allowed to put on a song for the class to listen to. And a few months before the end of the year, I emailed this song to my music teacher to be played on the final day. And when that day came, and then when she played this song, I became so close to Properly crying. But when the line 'I will always remember, your kindness to me' was sang, I could not hold it in any longer and just cried. Because this was the only class that was kind to me. Obviously their is more to it, but I am not good at making very long comments. But from what I said. This is why this is my favourite song. Of All Time. Thank you for making this song. Cheers from the East End :)
ever cried just from how good a song is
i hadnt until now
This feels like a song for your final play session on Sea of Thieves, after the crew has hit Pirate Legend.
(Then again, who's gonna quit after hitting PL?)
Sang this as part of my maid of honor speech at my sister's wedding (changed some lyrics to fit the occasion better)
Thanks for introducing me to this beautiful song and so many others as well
This style of music, especially from this band, gives me so much comfort that I can't even begin to describe. Such a masterpiece, well done boys 💙
A song that makes me feel a longing I didn't know I had.
The more of you lads I hear, the more I love. Turning me to the sound of soul, whose beat meets that of the sea's crash. Thank you Johns thank you.
Covid be like
"Here's a health to the company and one to my lass,
Let us drink and be merry, all out of one glass,"
“There comes a time in each mans life when he has to say goodbye to the ones he loves__ and go home”
Sign in the special forces bar, kontum Vietnam
This is another song that has some good memories attached. There was a musical group that would play this after hours on the final weekend of the MI Renaissance Festival when we'd all gather to say our goodbyes for the year. So bittersweet, but the perfect song for the occasion. Thanks for doing it justice.
playing this at my wedding as everyone gets settled for dinner
Need a guitar tutorial for this as well
I need a concertina tutorial
i think theres tabs & chords on ultimate guitar based on the version from assassins creed black flag, but it's a folk festival and ren faire staple so you can probably find the basics on a few different sites
Probably one of the best (if not the best) renditions of this song I've ever heard.
This son got be through my college art essays. I hate writing academically have since I learned that was a think I had to do. But this song carried me through on repeat
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The final verse always sounds bitter from good times taken away. Like you try to have a merry moment, but you can't because you know it's the last one you get. Gives me shivers everytime
bones!Techno my beloved.
Don't ignore bones!Crumb :p
This song hits me at a interesting time
We just got news due to budget cuts that our choir will be losing a teacher. Here’s to you Ms. Francis who makes the choir what it is
I did not expect 0:45 and it knocked me back in my chair as my brain convulsed in enjoyment.
I havent known about you guys for long, but in the time ive had learning all about sea shanties, this is my all time favorite song. I will have this on loop in my final moments shortly, thank you Longest Johns for providing so much happiness and warmth unto this cold cold world. Truly a masterpiece...
Are you ok?
@@chaoticstupidwarlock8635 im alive
@@chaoticstupidwarlock8635 honestly i almost attempted that night but im doing much better now lol. Healthy relationship, schools not too bad, was hospitalized for 2 months cuz of other stuff but im pretty well now. Still dont have many friends
@@jefferyvangeli9836 Thank goodness. I'm glad you're still here. I was really worried for a second.
@@jefferyvangeli9836 And I'm glad things are going better for you! Life doesn't stay bad permanently, though it can feel like it. You don't necessarily need lots of friends to be happy, just a few good ones.
At a point in my life this song is exactly what I needed, cheers!
I plan to have this song sung at my funeral, hopefully decades from now.
Y’know I’ve been listening to these guys for YEARS now, and every time they come out w/ something new it’s just an absolute banger
In the future I know I will look back to this moment and think man it was so nice to just sit there and listen to songs like this.
While I listen to this song, I think of all my shipmates that I served with during my time in the Navy. While I may never meet them again, they'll always be in my thoughts. Here's one to you guys.
thanks for your service
@@ChillGamerLad Thank you for your support.
I've had this on loop the past week now... This morning i found out one of my friends i last heard from over a decade ago had passed yesterday. Here's a health to the company.
I'm so sorry for your loss, I hope your and their family is recovering ❤
I first heard your version of this song the day after Paddy Moloney died last week. Came across a video of their rendition of this song and throughout the video there were less and less of the members. It was really sad. Absolutely love your rendition of such an amazing song.
A friend of mine I've known since we were kids committed suicide a few days ago. He was always a nerd for renaissance faires as i am so I'm dedicating this song to him. Rip my dude we'll never meet here again 💔
My best friend will soon be leaving to study in another country and I can't help but think about what it'll be like to sit in a pub saying goodbyes. This song captures it for me
So worth watching through the 3.50 ad. Hope you guys get the ad revenue from all the times I've watched and will watch your fantastic songs.
See my boyfriend would sing this to me and he was so good at it and when we left me I cried,till this day I sing parts of it and cry bc he was such a sweetheart and he had to leave for a reason....
Hearing this at the closing ceremony each night at the renfaire was truly special.
The list of the friend's that I've lost never ends.
I will use this for my wedding.
Perfect graduation song for a group of close friends
Remember the lads, through good or bad. Remember them
I don't know if you guys read all the comments as they come in, but I wanted to let you know that I'll be getting my groomsmen to play and sing this song with me at my wedding. We will have all the people we care about most around us, and I can't imagine a better song for us all to sing together. Thank you The Longest Johns. Your music has embodied so many of the most beautiful parts of my life and relationship lately that it would be a farce to not let you know. Cheers guys. Love from across the pond.
recently a very lovley friend of mine moved to another country and the easiest way from her new place to my city is by ferry,
i remember when i said goodbye to her on that chilly day where she boarded the ferry onto new lands, and out of my life:
i had the last line of this song in my head
"our ship lies at anchor, she's ready to dock. i wish her safe landing, without any shock!
if ever i shall meet you, by land or by sea
i will always remember your kindness to me"
here's a health to the company, you amazing human ❤
When I first heard this song, I loved it - and the melody struck such a familiar chord with me. I love folk & traditional music, so I figured it was just vaguely reminiscent of a similar tune. It finally hit me - it's a variant of the same melody as "Maid of Culmore", the Irish emigrant ballad. They have such different feelings I'd missed it at first!
My birthday was on June the 20th, thanks for the present lads. I just found it.