Icy Acres | The Longest Johns feat.

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This week on Lockdown Edition, we team up with the incredible songwriter and vocalist, Katie Sky! This song, Icy Acres, is a beautiful tale of hardship and the joy of returning home. Written by Colin Wilkie.
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[@ProfesoraNut]

Every time I listen I'm struck at how lovely Katie's voice is. Truly a joy to listen to. And such a treat to hear her and Robbie sing together. 💕

[@markvandergragt5444]

I love that isolation hasn't stopped you guys from making new music.

[@thelongestjohns]

No chance of that stopping us :) Thanks for the support

[@thecrabmaestro564]

Lyrics: Fare thee well, ye icy acres Fare thee well, ye whaling grounds Fare thee well, ye banks of Greenland Weary whalers homeward bound Homeward breezes bend the blossom Where the oak and the apples grow God forgot the green in Greenland Made the flowers from ice and snow Fare thee well, ye icy acres Fare thee well, ye whaling grounds Fare thee well, ye banks of Greenland Weary whalers homeward bound Home where grasses lace the meadows By the waters running free And the rivers sweetly flowing Turn towards the open sea Fare thee well, ye icy acres Fare thee well, ye whaling grounds Fare thee well, ye banks of Greenland Weary whalers homeward bound Six long months we've been a-hunting Through a hell of frozen flame Now like sails, our hearts are billowing As we turn for home again (x2) Fare thee well, ye icy acres Fare thee well, ye whaling grounds Fare thee well, ye banks of Greenland Weary whalers homeward bound

[@kathleensnow9836]

All good tidings to you and your new sweet child!

[@adamharris2325]

The perfect song to go to sleep too, I know how I'm sleeping the rest of lockdown.

[@thelongestjohns]

That sounds wonderful, hope you sleep well as a result

[@Pogonotrophist]

MATIES FOR KATIE

[@thelongestjohns]

Ha, love it :)

[@joshuabelfield7592]

You all never cease to impress me with your sheer talent to harmonize and sing an amazing song! You all and Katie Sky did such an amazing job of making this song express the feelings of leaving and coming back to home in Greenland! Great job again, and I'm glad you all are blessing us with music even when we are still stuck at home!

[@lokin4215]

i like these guys

[@thelongestjohns]

We like you too :)

[@therealcbumstead]

Never caught a premiere before! OH MY DAYS well done lads and lasses!

[@thelongestjohns]

Yay, thank you so much! Glad you liked it

[@Velyamar-zy7sq]

This is so stunningly beautiful! I've been a fan of Katie's voice ever since she appeared on one of your earlier streams and sang Northwest Passage with you, and I would absolutely love to see more collaborations like this 💙 Thank you so much for brightening up my evening after a long day at work with this video!

[@thelongestjohns]

It's our pleasure, and thank you so much for the love and support!

[@dune_strider3055]

Do you remember which stream? I would like to hear this.

[@Velyamar-zy7sq]

@@dune_strider3055 It was the stream with Sam Brookes. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJjEcqd-gt2hb9U

[@dune_strider3055]

@@Velyamar-zy7sq. Thanks. I wonder why I didn’t get a notification? I didn’t see this until now.

[@dogstar5556]

I must have listened to this at least 20 times today, can't get enough of this one

[@geolan9640]

First time I'll get to catch a premiere. Looking forward to it!

[@thelongestjohns]

Hooray! Welcome :)

[@Pennywise-nx4jz]

This has slowly become one of my favorite songs

[@hazenmorse7051]

Absolutely fantastic lady and gents! I love seeing collaborations you all come up with. Can't wait to see how Leave Her Johnny is going to turn out with everyone

[@That1CrappyGuy]

Those harmonies though! Lovely rendition

[@thelongestjohns]

Hooray! Thank you

[@NatalieHolmes]

😍

[@grahamedarley5106]

An Adequate Katie Sky😄 & Johns😄, lovely

[@thelongestjohns]

Yay, thank you! :)

[@Nix2913]

This song is amazing! And the harmonies are so good!

[@thelongestjohns]

Yay, thank you!!

[@wizardman149]

Most Adequate! Well done!

[@thelongestjohns]

We did it! Thanks Wizard Man

[@josh___something]

Couldn't comment because livestream was running when this was premeiering! Have this engagement you ADEQUATE lads! (Now to repeat this about 100 more times)

[@J_SCH]

Can't wait to hear this on a stream as well, with all the Johns and friends safe and out of quarantine

[@nessakate9311]

3 times now and my ears are in heaven💜

[@darkix7749]

Very lovely use guys have a great shanty here

[@creativefranzi6177]

This is stunning, I will play it on repeat forever.

[@thelongestjohns]

That's wonderful to hear, thank you

[@sou_agua]

My two year old requests this song and Mingulay every night I have him ("Icy Acres" and "Heave Ho Song! Heave ho song, please"). Beauty goes a long way to sustaining hearts, and thank you all for creating and sharing. You help a little one find his way to sweet rest on his way to Dream.

[@Denley1526]

That is so lovely that your little one loves those Longest Johns songs. JD's (bass singer) baby loves him singing & playing guitar to him too :)

[@sou_agua]

@@Denley1526 When "Leave Her Johnny" came out, we had to watch it over and over until he figured out the words he wanted to be able to sing. He just turned three and his Nana and Papa got him a ukulele and keyboard for his birthday. He knows all the band member's names now and wants every instrument he sees them playing. I am okay with this :)

[@Denley1526]

@@sou_agua Don't forget the mandolin, double bass & harmonium - all added in the last couple of years, not forgetting Andy's banjo & Dave's set of tin whistles!! Sounds like you have a future very talented musician there!! We have photos of JD at the piano from around age 2 & he had a first size guitar when he was very young too. They are never too young to start :)

[@Bob43547]

Absolutely phenomenal. I had goosebumps through the whole song. Very Veryyy Adequate!!!

[@thelongestjohns]

Our goal has been accomplished :D

[@ninjacell2999]

Ooh nice

[@thelongestjohns]

w00p

[@declanbigger4049]

Absolutely marvelous! The duet on the third verse was a nice touch as well.

[@thelongestjohns]

Many thanks! Do rather love this song

[@rsjcoman9230]

Johns you've done it again! Greetings from Larry's Privateers (:

[@thelongestjohns]

Thanks Sofia! Love to Larry and co ;)

[@peterludwig237]

Amazing as always guys (and gal) great work

[@davidwhite4915]

That was lovely guys well done Katie xxx

[@thelongestjohns]

Thank you so much :)

[@MarieahM]

This is superb. Her voice blends perfectly with you dudes.' Who wrote the song? How about Longest Johns and Friends for your next album? This could go straight on.

[@JQModels]

I can't wait for the new album! This is perfect.

[@jeffdillon8816]

Definitely earned a place among my favorite songs from you. Thank you for bringing me back home to the ocean and the chill of the North Atlantic.

[@dankit2548]

Fantastic as always fellas

[@thelongestjohns]

It's our pleasure, thank you for being here!

[@voidsoul5359]

Another amazing video! Dont let this lockdown keep you from doing what you love!

[@davidfisher5140]

You guys are awesome, but adding Miss Katy somehow, WOW!!!!!! That is absolutely incredible.

[@shoshonequinn2776]

Really relaxing! But one of my favorites is still Cruel Wars!

[@Pogonotrophist]

Hell yeah I'm gunna post another comment after watching this for the fourth time. IT'S SO GOOD. THIS IS WHAT GOOD IS.

[@brogflea6380]

such a beautiful melody

[@sharpiesharpe1980]

Was hoping u guys would do this song, one of my favourites! 👍

[@generalkiwimydudes9765]

This is just what the doctor prescribed me for my insomnia, really good work lads and lass

[@ilikeapplepie2013]

💕💕💕💕💕💕

[@thelongestjohns]

💕

[@NekonataVirino]

I always sing this a little bit faster but this is a lovely version

[@tonalddrump255]

I'm actually addicted to JD's bass lmao

[@char_chan1]

love it! keep up the great work

[@josephina24]

This song puts the turmoil in my soul at ease

[@hardcorefishermanofhull7438]

What great voices what a great song stay safe stay strong

[@centralcityboomersrp3045]

This was so beautiful. Literally brought tears to my eyes. Thank you so much and keep up the great work everyone.

[@TheSoundOfDistantThunder]

This is the loveliest thing I've seen and heard all day!

[@thelongestjohns]

That's great to hear! I'll admit, I've listened to it a few extra times already just because I really love it too

[@TheSoundOfDistantThunder]

@@thelongestjohns very much a mood. I' keep coming back to it.

[@jarrythskeen8336]

Very nice

[@iron_side5674]

That was BEAUTIFUL!

[@thecrabmaestro564]

only joined halfway through, but I already love it

[@thelongestjohns]

Thanks so much buddy, glad you enjoyed. Hopefully worth another listen all the way through

[@thecrabmaestro564]

@@thelongestjohns Definitely worth it!

[@Problemproto]

Beautiful

[@thelongestjohns]

Many thanks :)

[@avinoam0land]

I just love this so much!!

[@nicksullivan8782]

Damn this was absolutely brilliant. Would love to see more of this team up!

[@arielfaith9380]

Legit just listened to this 5 times in a row. so so so good.

[@xilesmma1699]

This is amazing

[@thelongestjohns]

Thanks so much!

[@robotninja1037]

I'm getting some serious Wild Mountain Thyme vibes from this song...

[@redeploy9072]

Love you guys hope your doing well

[@thelongestjohns]

Thanks a lot mate, we're definitely trying to make the most of everything :)

[@miticivisivi]

3:40 damn

[@pwatda5712]

ah yes

[@thelongestjohns]

Indeed!

[@MaddestAndrey]

Красавцы!

[@thelongestjohns]

You're too kind :) Thank you!

[@MaddestAndrey]

@@thelongestjohns I’ve been listening to your songs for several years. success!

[@johntobin2819]

Such nice tight harmony.

[@canyonduck2022]

Yall should do sands of serkonos from dishonored 2 (or any of the duet songs form that game tbh)

[@AOZMONSTER]

I've been listening to this at least once a day since you've released it. I'm just stunned. I'm love singing but often can't figure out where I fit in. I believe that my range is somewhere between the bass and baritone (I can't quite comfortably hit the two lowest notes in this piece), so I was hoping that you all could do something that demonstrates the different vocal ranges. Or if you've already done this, could you please reference it? Thanks so much!

[@kylelindberg7771]

beaut.

[@Denley1526]

Beautiful song & fantastic harmonies. Did Dave write it?

[@thelongestjohns]

Traditional song, we've sung it lots with Loc'tup together at festivals in the past

[@collapsinghrungdisaster6315]

@@thelongestjohns At the risk of being "that guy at the back of the folk club" (sorry), it's not actually a trad number. It was written in 1972 by a chap called Colin Wilkie (who apparently lives and performs mostly in Germany nowadays). There's a mudcat thread about it here: mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=13966

[@thelongestjohns]

That's great!! Couldn't find much info about origins when I looked up before, but thank you. Updated the video description now :)

[@convex242]

💙💛👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 💛💙

[@Bagpipe13]

how do you guys do that multi screen thing, i should like to know.

[@someidiotonline9005]

not first!

[@thelongestjohns]

Indeed

[@someidiotonline9005]

@@thelongestjohns Bravo on this by the way! Wish i could buy your album but gotta focus on the essientals rn lol

[@tylerhamby94]

This is a question that's bothered me for a minute now. Who sings the bass parts on your pieces?

[@tylerhamby94]

Also I love your work; thank you guys so much!!

[@dankit2548]

It's JD - the guy in the bottom left for most of the video. He has an incredible range.

[@thelongestjohns]

Ewok's correct, and also thank you very much :)

[@GustacBode4171]

How are they doing this with the .25 second delay of video calls/discord/and almost every site

[@bigmans5899]

RandomHistory if I had to guess they would’ve sung it alone while recording then spliced the audio together

[@declanbigger4049]

All of the Johns are wearing headphones, most likely singing along to Katie's track.

[@celestecat1597]

Now it's four children and an amazing singer