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"Soon May the Wellerman Come", also known as "Wellerman" or "The Wellerman", is a folk song in ballad style [2] first published in New Zealand in the 1970s. The "wellermen" were supply ships owned by the Weller brothers , three merchant traders in the 1800s who were amongst the earliest European settlers of the Otago region of New Zealand.
In January 2021, Evans signed a three-single recording contract with Polydor Records, releasing his official version of "Wellerman" on 22 January 2021. [3] A dance remix of the song created with producers 220 Kid and duo Billen Ted was released simultaneously. [19] His growing music career led him to quit his job as a postal worker. [17]
Ruins of the pillared hall at Kumrahar site at Pataliputra The Pataliputra capital, discovered at the Bulandi Bagh site. 4th-3rd c. BCE Mauryan remains of a wooden palissade at Bulandi Bagh site. During the reign of Emperor Ashoka in the 3rd century BCE, it was one of the world's largest cities, with a population of about 150,000–400,000. [27]
The trend sparked a huge interest in sea shanties (despite Wellerman not actually being a sea shanty) with millions of people discovering The Longest Johns' recording of Wellerman, originally released on their 2018 album Between Wind and Water. [24] The song has been streamed on Spotify over 58 million times (as of 11 March 2023). [25]
Bulandi Bagh is an area within the archaeological site of Pataliputra, located north of the railway station in the modern city of Patna.It is mainly known for the discovery of the monumental Pataliputra capital, which was unearthed in 1895 by L.A. Waddell.
[1] [2] In 2021, they were one of the remixers of "Wellerman", a sea shanty originally recorded by the British singer Nathan Evans. The Official Chart Company gave the remixers a chart credit alongside the singer (as Nathan Evans x 220 Kid x Billen Ted) with the remix of the song topping the UK Singles Chart in March 2021. It also charted in ...
In the 1860-1870 period a folksong (writer unknown) titled Soon May the Wellerman Come was coined. The song’s lyrics highlight the way that many whaling stations relied upon the ‘wellermen’ as from 1833 ships used by the Wellers travelled the coast from their Ōtākou base to sell provisions to other whaling operations."
Kankarbagh is well connected to the main areas of Patna by mini buses. Auto-rickshaws and cycle rickshaws are available most of the time. Rajendra Nagar Terminal, one of the city's important railway stations, and Patna's busiest railway station, Patna Junction, are less than a kilometer away from Kankarbagh.