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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.
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Like with "Wellerman", two versions were released: a folk-pop version and a dance-pop remix by Digital Farm Animals. [22] Evans released his third single, "Ring Ding (A Scotsman's Story)", on 8 October 2021. [23] In April 2022, Evans helped publicise the Doctor Who story "Legend of the Sea Devils" with an adaptation of "Wellerman". [24]
On 27 December 2020, Scottish musician and TikTok user Nathan Evans uploaded a video of himself singing the sea shanty 'Soon May the Wellerman Come', which quickly went viral. Others sang their own version, or added their own contribution to the video from Evans.
The original line up consisted of Josh Bowker, Andy Yates, Jonathan Darley and Dave Robinson. About a week later, they posted their first video on YouTube, singing "Haul Away Joe." The band recorded their first EP, Bones in the Ocean in 2013, which was wholly original music. It was released on 27 May 2013. [10]
"Northwest Passage" is one of the best-known songs by Canadian musician Stan Rogers.The original recording from the 1981 album of the same name is an a cappella song, featuring Rogers alone singing the verses, with Garnet Rogers, David Alan Eadie and Chris Crilly harmonizing with him in the chorus.
The "Oktoberklub", a folk-band from the GDR covered the song with unrelated lyrics under the title Da sind wir aber immer noch ("We're still here"), a pro-communist fight-song. In 2012, German band Santiano , named after Aufray's song, released another cover under the same title and with the same tune as the starting track of their first album.
It's a damn tough life full of toil and strife We whalermen undergo. And we don't give a damn when the day is done/gale has stopped How hard the winds did blow. 'cause we're homeward bound from the Arctic ground/tis a grand ol' sound With a good ship, taut and free And we won't give a damn when we drink our rum With the girls of Old Maui. (Chorus)