LEAVE HER, JOHNNY (Sea Shanty) WITH LYRICS | Piano Cover by Paul Hankinson

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🐋 I hope you like my piano arrangement of this beautiful sea shanty, "Leave Her, Johnny" - I made it a little bit cinematic.
You may know this song from Assassin's Creed IV (Black Flag) - or you may know it from the TikTok viral sea shanty craze currently sweeping the world due to The Longest Johns, Nathan Evans and several others! I really LOVE that so many people are getting inspired by these old work songs - many of us ARE getting cabin fever and experiencing a "lost at sea" vibe due to the lockdown - and I think these sea shanties lift our spirits, put wind in our sails and remind us that, although we are so much alone, we are actually working together!
I've included the lyrics so you can sing along - piano karaoke style :-)
After covering "Wellerman" and "Drunken Sailor" I'm really in the mood to create more of these Sea Shanty arrangements! I've always loved playing in this folk or celtic style so these are currents I'm really happy to sail in! I'm planning to make enough for a Spotify album. Do you have a favourite Shanty or Sea Song? Let me know in the comments below. I think I'll do 10 or 12 of them.
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[@PaulHankinsonMusic]

🐋 Thanks for listening, everyone! Did you sing along? It would really put wind in my sails if you SUBSCRIBE to my channel as I try to navigate to the island of 100K! ❤️ Really appreciate your support! ♫ SHEET MUSIC is here: www.musicnotes.com/l/K5fFq

[@RexThomas210]

Yea

[@eagle0924]

reminds me of the good old days when I'd get home from school and start playing AC4 without a care in the world. I would sail around without an objective just to sing along with my crew to all the great sea shanties

[@PaulHankinsonMusic]

I love this comment Mark! Ah the good old days! Reminds me of my Commodore 64 days haha waiting for those cassettes to load .. showing my age now haha!! 😁

[@secretagent86]

@@PaulHankinsonMusic i remember dreaming one day i could get a Commodore PET.. never did. used cardpunch data entry into mainframe in grade nine and university too lol

[@Hopeful_Husker]

I heard this song randomly in a Spotify playlist, and it is the reason I will order AC4 after all this time

[@Nick1979BN]

@@Hopeful_Husker How was it?

[@campos1465]

This is the best version I've ever heard. Hats off to you my friend

[@TeD-Piano]

Rally mesmerising Paul.The particles complemented nicely, like waves carried by wind

[@PaulHankinsonMusic]

Thanks so much, Teo! Hope you're well and inspired, my friend! "Like waves carried by the wind" ... that's beautiful! ❤️

[@mastersqurrielt4507]

But the voyage is long and the winds don't blow

[@SailingLilleMy]

Spending the afternoon planning this years sailing season, and here comes Paul with a brilliant piece of one of my favourite shanties. Thanks, Paul!! Fair winds and following seas ⛵ 😍

[@PaulHankinsonMusic]

Oh thank you so much! Wow this means the world coming from an ACTUAL sailor! ❤️

[@SailingLilleMy]

@@PaulHankinsonMusic Looking forward to when the sheets are ready. Lots of greetings from Norway 😊

[@PaulHankinsonMusic]

@@SailingLilleMy Wait.. do you KNIT and SAIL? You might just be my hero 😊 ... Sending greetings to Norway from Berlin... my ancestors are actually Norwegian on my Dad's side ... Sheet Music is available now... it's here: www.musicnotes.com/l/K5fFq

[@secretagent86]

i have never heard this before but it is lovely

[@secretagent86]

@@PaulHankinsonMusic haha good one "knit"

[@JorgeMBingX]

Just beautiful

[@PaulHankinsonMusic]

@@JorgeMBingX thank you Jorge! Wish you a great day!

[@thatguyvetrulf1614]

Now I can never go back to the AC version of this song after hearing this masterpiece. Well played, Sir. Well played.

[@zwergenbass]

Hallo Paul , schön wieder mal was von dir zu hören . Ich hoffe das bei dir all o k ist , das du die Feiertage gut überstanden hast. lg. Bärbel - zwergenbass ! Deine Musik hört sich wie immer super schön an . 🎸👍❤️

[@foggy-wv1ew]

Why did I experience every emotion whilst watching this?

[@PaulHankinsonMusic]

hey that's wonderful! Mission accomplished haha! ❤️

[@theawolf2478]

Wow, ich kannte das Lied nicht, aber es kamen wahnsinnig viele Emotionen bei mir an, danke für das tolle Cover ✨

[@PaulHankinsonMusic]

Vielen Dank, Thea! ❤️

[@sabinescover8578]

Ein tolles cover Paul! Sehr gefühlvoll und emotional gespielt. Wundervoll 💙

[@PaulHankinsonMusic]

Danke Sabine! Nett von dir. ❤️ Ich mag deine Stimme sehr! 😊

[@ditlevolaus1472]

Beatiful! Must be the nicest verson of this song, that i have heard.

[@Tom68446]

I love your music 🎶 Especially your wedding and love songs mixed with classical music!

[@PaulHankinsonMusic]

Thanks Sandra! I will do more wedding and love songs in the future, don't worry. Leave Her, Johnny would be a *terrible* choice for a wedding song haha! Thanks for listening to this one too though - I'm glad you enjoy what I'm making! ❤️

[@haylieg2780]

Wow!! Beautiful!! Are usually end up singing along when you put up a song I know.

[@PaulHankinsonMusic]

Ah that's great, Jordan! I'm glad that you sing along! 😊

[@the_pasta4178]

One of my all time favorite shanties. This is a beautiful composition you've made, truly well done.

[@PaulHankinsonMusic]

oooo thank you! Glad you like my version! What are your other favourites? 😊 I might arrange Randy Dandy O today I think ....

[@the_pasta4178]

@@PaulHankinsonMusic Drunken Sailor and randy dandy oh are a couple more. And The Parting Glass, it isn't really a shanty but is still a decent song sung by sailors back in the ~1800s I believe, I'd love to see you do a composition of that.

[@gayatriallamsetty3039]

What a beautifully arranged piece! You did such a fantastic job with this; it really is reminiscent of the sea, I can almost picture it sparkling in golden light as I listen. Just lovely.

[@Tautropfenoase]

This is sooo beautiful and fantastic played.🧡🧡🧡👍👍👍 Thanks for this gorgeous sharing. I love it🥰🥰🥰 Have a wonderful evening.👋

[@PaulHankinsonMusic]

Thank you so much! Glad you like it! Wish you a wonderful evening too!

[@omarhariry3281]

I remembered my grand father singing this song to me before i sleep with his angel voice rest in peace captin ❤️❤️

[@PaulHankinsonMusic]

this is such a beautiful comment and memory, Omar! I'm sure you're a great sailor - navigating this life - and making your captain proud ❤ - wish you a beautiful day - I loved reading this, this morning.

[@omarhariry3281]

@@PaulHankinsonMusic thank you 🙏 ❤️

[@laceycarr1636]

OMG, that was so beautiful!!

[@PaulHankinsonMusic]

Hey thanks so much, Lacey!! You made me smile 😊

[@kurtganzl4290]

I am whirled away by your remakes of wonderful old music. Please, do me 'My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose' ...

[@casskiedapeach3348]

Your sea shanty’s are fantastic. Could you do Rolling Down to Old Maui?

[@jeremiahcurtis5799]

Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful

[@brokkoli966]

Excellent Dynamics! I love how you put accents into the song through the volume of the notes. :) You do have an awesome technique and bring it to an even higher level that way. This is amazing, Sir!

[@PaulHankinsonMusic]

Wow thank you so much - this really means a lot! I LOVE Broccoli by the way!! 🥦

[@hobbitassassin1]

Instantly liked and subscribed! 👍 Amazing job lad downloading Black Flag again 🏴‍☠️

[@PaulHankinsonMusic]

Hey thanks so much for Subscribing! More Shanties coming very soon! ❤️🐋

[@sydneyhager2]

Wow..just wow. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@jessethomas9676]

That was beautiful

[@PaulHankinsonMusic]

hey thanks so much Jesse 😊

[@nerfpup3089]

FINALLY I have found a piano shantyest

[@PaulHankinsonMusic]

I'm loving being a shantyest! I arranged "Roll The Old Chariot" today and will upload the video tomorrow - first I have to practice it a bit! I hope you're going to like it!

[@secretagent86]

@@PaulHankinsonMusic we will !!!!

[@leerontaimusic]

Before I retire to bed, let's have some Paul Hankinson music. What a terrific rendition of this folk song. This is so pleasurable to my auditory senses. What I really love about your rendition is your play in the dynamics of this song. Your control with the dynamics of this song was simply brilliant and there are no signs of any over-excitedness while you played this. I love how you started this in a soft & haunting manner and how the gradual build up leads to such wonderful music. The ending was superb too. I love how you employed some "rubato" and "perdendosi" towards the end of this piece. Fabulous work, Paul! This is a masterpiece! ~ Best regards, Leeron Tai, Pianist

[@PaulHankinsonMusic]

Wow thanks so much Leeron - your detailed response really means a lot! Wish you a good sleep and a sweet dream my friend!

[@tinaselka8155]

Grosses Kino....Paul,👏 Eine gewaltige Fülle von verschiedenen Emotionen Von Traurigkeit ,Bitterkeit bis zur grossen Hoffnung, die Du sehr schön zeigst😊 Herrliches Cover ,für mich besser als das Original

[@PaulHankinsonMusic]

Oh Tina wow dankeschön! Hoffnung muß dabei sein 😊 Danke für deine netten Wörte ❤️

[@lindago3747]

Wow! I didn't know this Shanty before, but it sounded like an amazing version! This intro was like acoustic magic. I could hear so much emotion in there. Absolutely beautiful. And this song in general...I could almost imagine this being sung as a lullaby. Maybe a mother singing this to her child whilst they wait for the father to return from the sea. :) Again, very well done. Keep up producing magic with the keys!

[@PaulHankinsonMusic]

this is such a wonderful comment, Linda - thank you so much! I also find the melody of this one so beautiful and haunting ... I love your lullaby idea! Thanks so much for listening and for your amazing response and kindness! ❤️

[@lindago3747]

@@PaulHankinsonMusic Thank you. In the end the emotion you put into playing made me think of a lullaby, so only your beautiful playing did that! :)

[@CulturalToast]

I don't know why but your versions are always A LOT better than the original. Nice work again!

[@PaulHankinsonMusic]

Oh thank you so much - so nice of you! 😊

[@oliwiadruzynska294]

I cried. It's beautiful.

[@dianadalugge1263]

Sooo schön, vielen lieben Dank dafür ❤️❤️❤️

[@PaulHankinsonMusic]

Danke für das zuhören, Diana! 😊❤️

[@duanespiano]

This is truly a flawless masterpiece, sir Paul! Well done!! :-)

[@PaulHankinsonMusic]

oh thanks Duane!! You're amazing! ❤️

[@zolokiniir2134]

Absolutely beautiful

[@excellenceinanimation960]

Another song Iv got to play! Awesome!

[@PaulHankinsonMusic]

thank you - makes me happy! Wish you so well on your piano adventures!! ❤️

[@PanthereaLeonis]

This reads to me like someone who is stuck in their ways, but it's not sustainable, and they need to move on, really badly, and so all of their friends is pleading "Leave, Johnny, please, this doesn't work anymore."

[@balqiskhairunnisa_]

Beautifull!

[@harris4693]

Really good job man

[@PaulHankinsonMusic]

thanks Harris! Appreciate it!

[@jordanbruneau4062]

love this cover so good keep it up man

[@PaulHankinsonMusic]

thanks a lot, Jordan! Do you have a favourite sea shanty? I'm planning on covering more of them ❤️

[@MagicMusicLive]

One word: brilliant!

[@PaulHankinsonMusic]

thank you so much!

[@shellyshen3519]

Breathtaking!! ❤️😚

[@PaulHankinsonMusic]

Aw thanks!! ❤️

[@royalspiano_1271]

I came to listen to your piano from Korea.

[@PaulHankinsonMusic]

Thank you so much! ❤️ to Korea!

[@DanielleHunter-wp7co]

I would put this on a lullaby track. Certainly a different take on the shanty but absolutely beautiful.

[@marianreda1582]

Love this .. would love the music let us know when available!!! Great pandemic project for me!!!❤️

[@PaulHankinsonMusic]

Thanks Marian!! I'll let you know ... it might even be today - I already sent the notation file off to Musicnotes yesterday and they usually publish really fast! It's a great pandemic project for me too - these shanties just get stuck in my head (and heart) for days... they are so catchy ... and wrestling with the arrangement until it feels finished keeps me busy. I worked hard on this one! So glad you like it! 😊

[@PaulHankinsonMusic]

Sheet Music just got published, Marian! Woohoo! That was fast! It's here: www.musicnotes.com/l/K5fFq

[@marianreda1582]

Thank you so much, I have purchased and taught myself yo play a few of your pieces, it has saved my sanity and I do love to watch your videos❤️🍷

[@mr2octavio]

Nice arrangement

[@PaulHankinsonMusic]

thanks so much!! ❤️

[@Clyrk]

DEMNNN 😥😥

[@user-gt5pp1qo9v]

0:42 just leaving this stamp for my own

[@adamtremblay9126]

The piano arrangement sounds the best for this song, or at least of what I've heard. Cool. Also, I wonder if you really will end up doing that ice age sea shanty. :) Not pushing, just wondering.

[@PaulHankinsonMusic]

Oh thanks Adam! Really nice of you! I did listen to that Shanty ... the banana peeling master of the seas haha ... I think right now I'm just going to concentrate on writing arrangements for these real old Shanties ... but I might get to the Ice Age one eventually! ❤️

[@adamtremblay9126]

Aye captain. Good shanty sir!

[@HaX_]

masterpiece♥️

[@crazeddemon8379]

Only the best

[@PaulHankinsonMusic]

thank you so much! 😊

[@brittanyfoo9034]

I’ve never heard this song before, but your melody and the words just fit right in! Great job!

[@PaulHankinsonMusic]

Thanks Brittany - glad you like it - it's a really beautiful song - The Longest Johns have a nice version!

[@carlthecrusader958]

Pretty sure you messed up at around 3:05 and edited it out, but I'll let it slide. Your version of the lyrics is just too good. ;)

[@carlthecrusader958]

100th comment. loloolololololololol this one is better than longest johns version

[@azrulamri570]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@nerfpup3089]

also only 158 likes? this vireo is underrated. please do spanish ladies its one of my favorite songs

[@PaulHankinsonMusic]

Thanks! I love Farewell and Adieu to you fair Spanish Ladies too - I will certainly do it! Next week!

[@OotaProductions.]

yes sea shanties

[@PaulHankinsonMusic]

yes!! I love them too! Working on Randy Dandy O and Roll The Old Chariot next! 🐋

[@page045]

a thousand times I quickly left behind The place that you call home And not just in your mind The further down the road Your story's getting old You left to find the way And now you're on your own Since you left in mid July The sun's been in our eyes Far away it's growing cold Clouds building in the sky Where we travel no one knows But the comment soon arose To find a place to stay Before we find our way Chorus 13 hours a day (13 hours a day) We can rest along our way Our destination's no concern (Our destination's no concern) Writing friends is all I learn Overheard a thousand times I quickly left behind The place that you call home

[@davidhunt6508]

I' know a little about music, mainly church tunes, but little to nothing about modes. I'll have to study those more. What really baffles me though in this arrangement is the key changes(modulations). I'm used to a 1/2 step or step up at most. This goes D(dominant or I) to G(IV) to B(VI) back to D(dominant). Yet it works so fluidly. I don't understand. I'd like to play with some other tunes(probably church songs) and try this same thing to see if it works so well with other melodies.

[@davidhunt6508]

Correction: After reading about scale degrees, what I meant to say would correctly be noted as Tonic(I), Subdominant(IV), Submediant(VI), and back to tonic.

[@Jason46_77]

Can you play the song Gladiator- Now We Are Free"

[@PaulHankinsonMusic]

I LOVE The Gladiator soundtrack - have you heard Patrik Pietschmann's piano cover? I'm not sure I could do it any better! But I'll certainly think about it ... because I love it... haha it will be stuck in my head all day now!

[@Jason46_77]

@@PaulHankinsonMusic Yes, I have listened to it, I am almost learning it but I would like to hear other pianists make their version or identical to another one but with the touch that each pianist gives them. I would like to see and hear how you would play it ...

[@Jason46_77]

Yes i can, why not you

[@coltondavis9125]

Where is the first verse of the song? You know, the part that goes "I thought I heard the old man say Leave her Johnny, leave her Tomorrow ye will get your pay And it's time for us to leave her"

[@PaulHankinsonMusic]

Hey Colton! That's the second verse in this version - it starts at 1:22 😊 ... As is often the case with these old shanties and folk songs - there are many verses which exist in various versions of the song - Often the crewmen would make up their own verses on the spot - so the ones which stood the test of time are the ones which were passed on through generations or written down at some point. Sean Dagar, The Longest Johns, Stan Rogers, Johnny Collins, Nathan Evans all sing different versions with different verses (or the verses in a different order) - so I just picked my favourite ones for my version. The good news is that if you start my video at 1:19 you can pretend it's the first verse!! 😁

[@page045]

can see the clouds are thinning now, like a fading foggy morning on a cruise ship bow Like a hoard of starving natives as they die of wanting something for to eat somehow Like the softest cotton shirt fresh from the dryer on a February afternoon Becoming ever more transparent as you wash it and you wear it, then it's gone too soon Either I am getting taller or the ground is growing smaller, or I'm much too high Blue skies overhead, have me convinced that total ecstasy is found right here in the sky The universe is out there with its leases and its timeshares in the void of space The earthly crust below has lost its texture and its flow as has this human race Either I am getting taller or the ground is growing smaller, or I'm much too high Blue skies overhead, have me convinced that total ecstasy is found right here in the sky The universe is out there with its leases and its timeshares in the void of space The earthly crust below has lost its texture and its flow as has this human race Biding time till clouds are gone and I can write another song that steals a lover's heart My head is ten times clearer than it was when all that beer just blew my thoughts apart A dollar or a dime, an ode a nursery rhyme, somehow, I can't be sure Whether all this introspection is a vaccine or an injection, or a magic cure Either I am getting taller or the ground is growing smaller, or I'm much too high Blue skies overhead, have me convinced that total ecstasy is found right here in the sky The universe is out there with its leases and its timeshares in the void of space The earthly crust below has lost its texture and its flow as has this human race I can finally see for miles, down subway tunnels, grocery aisles; across the barren plain But no matter where I'm gazing, all these human cattle grazing seem to look the same Fathers, mothers, sons, and daughters They're all headed for the slaughter, yet they have no clue They assemble, congregate, put on airs and put on weight until their lives are through Either I am getting taller or the ground is growing smaller, or I'm much too high Blue skies overhead, have me convinced that total ecstasy is found right here in the sky The universe is out there with its leases and its timeshares in the void of space The earthly crust below has lost its texture and its flow as has this human race I keep trying to look past it, but it's like an Easter basket full of chocolate fruit Distracting like a sunny, sultry, scented playboy bunny in a birthday suit I dare not chance a nibble; troubles multiply like tribbles if you let one in So, I leap that tasty treat in my reclining ejector seat unscathed, unmarked by sin Either I am getting taller or the ground is growing smaller, or I'm much too high Blue skies overhead, have me convinced that total ecstasy is found right here in the sky The universe is out there with its leases and its timeshares in the void of space The earthly crust below has lost its texture and its flow as has this human race This tale is nearly through; my mind goes blank; no more to stew in existential fear The enemy is hate; I can't stumble, stray or wait; I must be straight and clear I can still see the horizon and the beauty of your eyes in every newborn day So, I press on in my journey like someone who had to learn he's simply wired this way Either I am getting taller or the ground is growing smaller, or I'm much too high Blue skies overhead, have me convinced that total ecstasy is found right here in the sky The universe is out there with its leases and its timeshares in the void of space The earthly crust below has lost its texture and its flow as has this human race Soft green carpet spreads below me, although no one really knows me I feel soft and sure Unadulterated pondering, trite poetic wandering, despised and pure As euphoria descends, the earth gets closer and it sends me down from high above There is so much more to know; feet on the ground It's time to grow an even deeper love Either I am getting taller or the ground is growing smaller, or I'm much too high Blue skies overhead, have me convinced that total ecstasy is found right here in the sky The universe is out there with its leases and its timeshares in the void of space The earthly crust below has lost its texture and its flow as has this human race So, kiss goodbye the present tenses Sunburned black wrought iron fences that keep out the good Yes, the aftermath is scary but still plausible; less hairy if you'll lose the hood Live life well and while you live it, somehow still forgive it as you drown in strife You can bang the funeral gong, but the world's longest song plays on long past your life

[@jackstevenson7876]

I love you #BeatCoastGuard

[@PaulHankinsonMusic]

sending love your way too, Jack!

[@DelphineCingal]

Dear Paul, I finally recorded the result kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXWYq39qlK1sqNk

[@ridjioni1]

I would even wanna pay u for a tutorial video

[@2jdestrodegr15]

A little too fast sometimes imo

[@PaulHankinsonMusic]

Thanks for your o 😊 Thanks for listening - I like people to have an o - I don’t expect everyone to love everything … you might like this more with 75% playback speed or you might find another version you prefer. Anyway I wish you a nice day!

[@KyleHaines615]

intro was way too long and there was too much bass at the beginning

[@ditlevolaus1472]

I dont usually say this, but your opinion is wrong