Seán Dagher's Shanty of the Week 35 Early in the Morning

[@christianparker6039]

KZbin: Are you interested in watching a video of a man with an awesome moustache rambling about nothing, then singing utter nonsense? Me: absolutely

[@SeanDagher]

That's the best summary of my career I've ever heard.

[@redcrow619]

Dude you gotta respect that. He is singing shanty’s the one sailors used to sings and according to you it’s nonsense but not for all of us who watch it.

[@22e9]

@@redcrow619 you must be really fun at parties

[@lisa3623]

A throwback to linguistics class is just about the last thing I was expecting when I clicked on this but boy am I glad I got it!

[@SeanDagher]

Argh!!!! I forgot to change it. Thanks for letting me know.

[@shadowseeker24]

I can just imagine the shantyman just strumming to this in the tavern, and all the sailors around just shouting what they are drinking or grabbing drinks from the bar! This is such a funny song to start off the day!

[@SeanDagher]

That's a great image. Let's actually do that one day.

[@TechPriest97]

I love how much work is put into this. trying to get as many people to sub to this series.

[@SeanDagher]

I put in work, and I love doing it.

[@flclfan85]

I love that there are timestamps for what has been deemed "relevant" and "irrelevant" rambling lol Also love how light hearted this particular shanty is, like just something you'd sing on a day on the boat where the work goes quickly

[@SeanDagher]

I thought it was only fair to let people what was relevant and not.

[@DanielKellyFolkMusic]

Trying to sing ballads from the 1700s often hits this rhyming problem, now I know it is called ‘the great vowel shift’.

[@SeanDagher]

Exactly!!

[@PedroHenrique-my7oh]

I'm so glad I found this channel. Your singing makes me miss being at sea with my crew, even though I have never stepped on a boat. Oh, and don't be shy about the nerd stuff, we love it!

[@SeanDagher]

I'm glad you found the channel!

[@isaokanai]

The relevant and irrelevant ramblings were actually pretty interesting! and the shanty is awesome as always! edit: i love how you laughed while singing too hahaha

[@SeanDagher]

It just got so silly!

[@PatataCalva]

Your mustache has got to be the most epic thing i've seen in a while

[@SeanDagher]

Wa-hey.

[@gorilly3023]

The production quality of this series has really been improving!!! Appreciate the humour and facts!

[@SeanDagher]

Thanks Gorilly! It helps that it started out so grainy and dull.

[@thomborden3311]

Just letting you know how much I've appreciated so many of your vids. I'm a K-5 music educator and each year I take my GR 5 students through a discovery of the sea shanty. While many are more appropriate for an older listener (ha ha) - there are a few that my students LOVE - but Leave Her, Johnny has become one of their favs! Thank you again from Las Vegas!!!

[@SeanDagher]

Hi Thom. I'm glad to hear that your classes have enjoyed the music. I've actually done a bunch of video workshops with classes lately and it's been super fun. We basically sing a bunch of songs together and talk about the history/function of the music and have a Q&A. Let me know if that's something you'd be interested in exploring. Have a good day. Seán.

[@Speedbob2438]

It's when you go off on tangents like this that makes me think you'd just be an absolute blast to hang out and have a beer with. Cheers for the weekly earworm! 💜

[@SeanDagher]

I'm pretty good at having beers with people.

[@LycanB64]

"Nerd alert" should be "surprise bonus nerding!" Background info tidbits like that are ALWAYS a pleasure! 😊 Thanks for another great one, Mr. Dagher!

[@SeanDagher]

Oh, you're welcome. I thought of so many more things to say afterward. It could have gotten out of control.

[@pandito46]

Love to see how Sean is having more fun and getting more creative every week

[@SeanDagher]

I really am having fun. I'm glad it shows.

[@astron33r67]

I wish I would've gotten to this episode sooner! I love learning the history and stuff behind the differences in pronunciations and word usage

[@SeanDagher]

Well, it just came out yesterday so you're still pretty early.

[@nathanielanderson6356]

A great start to an early morning. Thank you for sharing another with us!

[@SeanDagher]

Good morning! You're welcome!

[@CanadianUnicornDeathSquad]

I love that you leave the laughter in these shanties! Like Drunken Sailor, cracks me up. Always a great start to my day, even if I'm actually on my lunch break when these get posted.

[@SeanDagher]

Thanks for the message, Geo. I'm glad you like it. It nice to be able to keep the songs light, isn't it?

[@CanadianUnicornDeathSquad]

Indeed! Especially with some of the subject matter!

[@reifuvelop9264]

I always love the choruses you make for the shaties, you create such a great mood with those armonies. But most of all seeing you laught shows the love you share for this songs, that's very contagious. This was one of the funny and happiest shanties, such good vibes! (and without needing to drink from a bottle-oh xD) PD: loved the monologue of the introduction, languages are such an interesting thing when you stop to think about them. Have a great day and keep singing!!! I'll sing along from my home :)

[@SeanDagher]

Thanks for the kind message Reifu. It really is fun.

[@edwardzita3479]

The English lessons on shanties are really interesting to know because I always wondered why you pronounced "early" the way you did in the song "William Taylor" from Black Flag, I'm glad i know now.

[@SeanDagher]

Well, it's just an educated guess. I could be wrong.

[@edwardzita3479]

@@SeanDagher , it sounds great none the less.

[@snekans554]

A happy coincidence I recently thought of this song and today I see its in the Shanty of the Week.

[@SeanDagher]

Boom! Just like that!

[@piercelaw7165]

This shanty sounds nice, a perfect start to the morning before my AP test

[@SeanDagher]

Good luck on your test.

[@gregthomas5044]

This might be one of my favourite shanty’s so far. I absolutely love the backing layers you’ve done and the rhythm of it. Can’t help but play it loud, sing loud and sway hard! Thank you for another absolute anthem Sean.

[@SeanDagher]

Thanks Greg. I love the image. Keep belting away.

[@DIRKCHRISTIAN]

my inner child grinned, laughed and had a very good time singing along, hah.

[@SeanDagher]

Glad to hear it Dirk!

[@astrotrek3534]

Sean, I could listen ramblings about songs and ships and language for hours, don't you worry about it! I like that there's history in your videos, to me it makes them worth more than just a song but a sort of record of what these often forgotten words mean. The history in my opinion is half the fun of shanties!

[@SeanDagher]

Thanks! I don't mind the history, but Red Text Dude gets a little impatient.

[@astrotrek3534]

@@SeanDagher Damned Red Text Dude, why if I ever find out who he is he's in a world of hurt!

[@alyxbrooks6715]

I'd actually be really interested in a whole video on the linguistics of shanties, it's always intrigued me

[@SeanDagher]

I'd love to see that too. I'm just a dabbler when it comes to linguistics, but I really love it. I learned most of what I know from that book in the video.

[@gregthomas5044]

@@SeanDagher What book is that please matey?

[@SeanDagher]

@@gregthomas5044 It's an old college textbook called "A biography of the English language" by C.M. Millward. I read it decades ago when a friend lent it to me. I recently ordered a used copy from the internet but people I gave it away so i ordered a couple more. The book reads really well cover to cover with no end of fascinating facts. Because it's a textbook, there are some graphs and lists and charts which I sometimes look at and sometimes skip over, but the whole thing is great. I put a close-up of it at the end of the video, but the covers vary depending on the edition.

[@chanteytalk8055]

If Sean will permit me, I’ve started a channel that goes into the depths of what the terms in chanteys mean. I do way more talking than singing so the channel is called Chantey Talk.

[@robertstuckey6407]

I played a dnd character who came from 1000 years ago and I tried my best to speak in OP with all the pre vowel shift sounds

[@SeanDagher]

Good job. I'd be curious to hear that.

[@robertstuckey6407]

@@SeanDagher it went from bad OP to bad irish. Sometimes I would randomly slip into Southern American. It was hard lol

[@justinross2434]

My favorite shanty?.... on star wars day?? A surprise to be sure but a welcome one! Thank you Mr. Dagher

[@SeanDagher]

You're welcome. Happy Star Wars Day.

[@ducttapeshoeus6107]

Haha it’s funny in Australia bottle-o is slang for an alcohol shop. Also the editing is getting fancy really good :) great shanty to!

[@SeanDagher]

Awesome about the Bottle-O. I'll DEFINITELY use that when I go to Australia.

[@vikingseagull2575]

This sounded awesome! The song name fits the time it was posted, haha. Nice movie magic too. I never knew about the English language change. It helps explain why some shanties with "early" sound like that.

[@SeanDagher]

It might be an explanation. Like I said, I'm waiting for some real linguists to chime in and either confirm or obliterate my musing.

[@schizoidfortune7568]

I love this series so much, thanks for never missing a week and going above and beyond Sean.

[@SeanDagher]

I'm glad you like it. It's my pleasure.

[@frankomaticsgo6690]

Happy to be EARLY for this week's shanty!

[@SeanDagher]

Welcome early.

[@c4rpy]

I actually enjoy the start with all the background, I always thought the earl(I) in the morning sound came from Ireland!

[@SeanDagher]

Maybe. English has only been predominant in Ireland for a few hundred years (more in the East, less in the West and North.) Some linguistic relics tend to cling to life in such enclaves.

[@seancarmichael1128]

Oh! Hello, there Mr. Dagher!

[@SeanDagher]

Oh, hello!

[@BardofCornwall]

Another nice one, Sean!

[@SeanDagher]

Thanks!

[@Spineless-Lobster]

I've heard of the Great Vowel Shift before. I was never able to wrap my head around it because I never fully understood long and short vowels , you're not alone with that! I'll probably look more into since I love learning about the origins of languages! (Primarily English)

[@SeanDagher]

I really recommend that book. It really cleared up everything for me.

[@Oh-Deer-God]

For all the "let's just get on with it!" slides, I really DO like to learn a bit about the historical stuff you find related to the shanties!

[@SeanDagher]

Yeah, I like that stuff, too. Red Text Dude gets a little impatient, though.

[@lenamoser3888]

This was really funny! btw I added a footnote to my PhD today wondering about just this issue, haha. Pronouncing -ly as -lye is certainly a feature of the Sussex dialect. By the 1820s at the latest, it was also associated with "jack speak"; for example, characters in novels would sometimes be portrayed as saying "earlye" and "surelye" and so on to mark them out as old sea dogs. Not sure of the connection between the two, though! For whatever it's worth, "earlye" is also the Middle English spelling.

[@SeanDagher]

Thank you for the awesome info. I appreciate that a lot. I'm sure it's either all tied together or all random!

[@lenamoser3888]

I'd like to know more about this topic myself - it's not important in the context of my PhD but it's one of those interesting little details. Will let you know if I find out anything else!

[@josephrainbolt3849]

This video is very informative. Thank you, sir.

[@SeanDagher]

You're welcome. If you're interested, I highly recommend the book in the pictures.

[@dmon3607]

Thanks a lot for this cap'n! Interesting story! Amazing song! Brings back old memories i have playing assassin's creed black flag when I was a kid, that game is amazing just like this song and that voice of yours

[@SeanDagher]

Thanks Daemon!

[@frasermay7825]

great one for audience participation :)

[@Kelly_Grey]

Best shanty breakdown ever: 'duh duh duh...early in the morning...mumble mumble..sailor likes his bottle-o. 🤚 ok that's the song' I think this is my favorite video yet.

[@SeanDagher]

Sums it up. "Fare thee well" required almost as little explanation.

[@christofferthorsson7657]

"Irrelevant rambling" about sums up most of my conversation

[@SeanDagher]

Rambling. Late night poetry.

[@marksumpton2020]

Singing along at 2am Sean,love me shanties,keep em coming,mark and Lesley ,always a measure of grog in Cumbria me harty 👍

[@SeanDagher]

Well hello to Cumbria. Lots more to come.

[@jclar3565]

2:12 wow that looks like Olde portland Maine

[@danielferrerrevilla1981]

What a nice song, lovely, thx a lot

[@SeanDagher]

Thanks and you're welcome.

[@williamleigh620]

Thank you for your great work! Keep it up!

[@SeanDagher]

My pleasure. lots more to come.

[@FaerieMaya]

OMG!! I am so happy you’re a linguistics nerd like me!

[@SeanDagher]

Yes.

[@THEJACKTARS]

Sean, I am so glad I found your KZbin channel in lockdown, it has been something to look forward to every week. Black Flag brought me here, which is the best soundtrack to anything ever! I really enjoyed your Album with LaNef, some incredible arrangements. How would I go about buying that on CD/Vinyl from you? Many Thanks! Tom

[@SeanDagher]

Hello Thomas. Thank you for your support. Unfortunately we don't have any vinyl. I'm not sure what the best way is to get a CD. Depending on where you are, it might actually be best just to order it from the record company. atmaclassique.com/en/product/sea-songs-and-shanties/ or from whatever service ships CDs to you. I personally don't have any in stock, and La Nef has had to put their whole office into storage because of renovations to the building. I really appreciate that you want to buy directly from us. Seán.

[@THEJACKTARS]

@@SeanDagher Hi Sean, Thanks for getting back to me on this, not to worry at all, I will get a copy online. You've been a huge inspiration for giving me confidence to sing as well and setting up a Crew! Thank you for all your efforts and passion in this field. Tom

[@adrianguerrero2949]

I'm excited to hear the shanty

[@SeanDagher]

Me too!

[@hostoftheseawitch3431]

Marvellous video, sire! Early is a very interesting word here. The -ly suffix is basically a contraction of [an earlier form] of the word "like", so it's essentially ere-like. (Gentleman-like - gentlemanly). In Old English, -ly was pronounced roughly the same way as modern English, but, the vowel shift turned the word (pronounced leek) into like. I wonder if this regular sound change affected it's successor for -ly in certain dialects. The West Country accent has some similar forms, and the accents from Bristol have a major effect on our perception of English seafarers. Just some guesses. Thank you for all the hard work.

[@SeanDagher]

Thanks for the insight. I just have a question about how "ere-" means "gentleman." i just have it meaning "soon' or "before." As for the sound change in -ly, it seems indeed that the irregularity of the change is what causes it to stand out for us.

[@hostoftheseawitch3431]

@@SeanDagher I apologise! I phrased that poorly. I just used gentleman as an example of how a random term can have the -like or -ly appended to it. Your right, of course, ere is soon or before.

[@АндрейМельников-к3д]

🤝 благодарю, очень хорошая песня.

[@ryder4968]

Thank you for introducing me to the world of shanties from Assassin's creed black flag. Your voice is truly amazing. Just know that from somewhere in the world (india) im singing along with you

[@SeanDagher]

I'm very happy to hear that you are singing along.!

[@tatjanan.5191]

Good job Sean, enjoyed it 😁

[@SeanDagher]

Thanks T!

[@darrianweathington1923]

the great vowel shift... I'm sure if you ask Kevin Stroud about it he would dedicate like another 5 episodes of his podcast to it

[@charlesphilabaumjr4522]

Sean I love watching your sea shanty videos. This one has a good rhythm. I do have a request, if you can do the wellerman sea shanty.

[@SeanDagher]

Well, Charles, there are so many good versions out there. The Longest Johns and Nathan Evans both do great versions of that song. I'm going to leave it alone for a while yet. I'm glad you like these videos, though.

[@gagesmith8805]

I learn more from the Shanty of the Week than I do from history class.

[@SeanDagher]

Crazy, right? History can be so exciting. I feel bad for the poor history teachers; they have to teach the curriculum. I just get to talk about whatever I find interesting.

[@user-sy2mb9ic7q]

Mustache never gets old

[@SeanDagher]

A bit greyer, though.

[@ritone8171]

i just love it

[@SeanDagher]

Thanks, ritty.

[@psilonaut8960]

great!

[@SeanDagher]

Thanks!

[@JackieV407]

I’d kill to hear your Version and some information on Liverpool Judies

[@SeanDagher]

It's on the list!

[@JackieV407]

@@SeanDagher THANK GOD IM SO EXCITED

[@marioperez3876]

Is early in the morning here in Argentina so i guess is time to get a drink

[@SeanDagher]

Good morning! I'll have a double.

[@nico40820]

This one might have caused few hangover .

[@SeanDagher]

Several.

[@凃少麒]

I like your cover' o, the shanties' o so I just subscribed' o

[@SeanDagher]

Good verse!

[@charlesphilabaumjr4522]

Hey Sean I love it when you sang with The Longest Johns. You guys should sing more songs. I never heard of lowlands low. Is that song similar to lowlands away?

[@SeanDagher]

It's actually not closely related to Lowlands Away, except for the words in the refrain. It seems like it's an amalgam of several different songs.

[@charlesphilabaumjr4522]

I love listening to your music and the longest Johns music while I play Assassin's Creed black flag. The music fits very well in the game. I'm staring to think they should have put your versions of the shanties in the game.

[@charlesphilabaumjr4522]

Because you guys sing the songs with more meaning.

[@Erics_Youtube_Handle]

First? Edit: Sea Shanties and language history, my geekdoms are colliding.

[@SeanDagher]

Creating the super-geek!

[@nippey2]

Great shanty Sean, think I heard a reference to a stinky pto in there. Would that be a Porter?

[@SeanDagher]

I was referring to peaty scotches, like Lagavulin. Delicious, but stinky.

[@nippey2]

@@SeanDagher Ah ok Sean, nice! Very catchy refrain. Me and my son enjoyed singing it back to you

[@hostoftheseawitch3431]

The one dislike was a landlubber.

[@SeanDagher]

We're better off without him.

[@jarrythskeen8336]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@SeanDagher]

👌👌👌

[@sorinlemke4306]

Great song, really loved the explanations. But you got the date wrong in the title, it's the 4th of May actually 😉

[@SeanDagher]

I'm so furious at myself for forgetting to change that. Maddening.

[@sorinlemke4306]

@@SeanDagher No worries mate, it happens to the best. Really love your work, always looking forward to a new Tuesday!

[@LarboardAnimations9660]

I rather enjoyed the song and especially the stuff about the vowel shift, ne more thing how many instruments can you play?

[@SeanDagher]

I play a bunch. Mainly plucked strings, and mainly mandolin family.

[@tiberiusvx42ye13]

That was the most random intro ever😂

[@SeanDagher]

Yeah, I started then couldn't stop. Afterward I remembered a bunch of other things I wanted to say about the Great Vowel Shift. I'm glad I didn't think of them at the time or it would have been even more too long.

[@schmendrake]

Youre right, it's not interesting. It's fascinating.

[@SeanDagher]

Ha!!

[@MiguelSilva-ll9rm]

Could you sing the "Fish in the Sea" shanty?

[@monkeywritingshakespeare9744]

Wahey!!

[@SeanDagher]

Well put.

[@Kelly_Grey]

I'm gonna repeat this for the red text guy, half the joy of your channel is learning interesting things and the other half is your singing. I have wondered why 'ruin' is pronounced 'rue-eye-in' in Maid of Amsterdam in AC Rogue. Could the great vowel shift be the reason?

[@SeanDagher]

I'll talk to the Red Text Dude, but his agent is a real tiger. As for rue-eye-in, I don't know. My mother, from whom I learned that song (she called it "A-roving" and the verses were different) always, always sang it with that pronunciation. Sometimes these things are started by a popular recording of the song, maybe by Berle Ives or someone, or sometimes they reflect an actual folk pronunciation. This particular case strikes me as a reaction to the spelling of the word "ruin," but that is just a wild guess.

[@Kelly_Grey]

@@SeanDagher *sigh* next thing you know, Red Text Dude will be saying his moustache is as epic as yours. Your mom sounds like a pretty awesome lady.

[@canadagaming422]

This is old its said in the beginning it in the 20th of April but its may the 4th be with tou Good video

[@SeanDagher]

oops.

[@canadagaming422]

Still a grat video

[@pedroazevedo6794]

Do you ever played Assassin's Creed IV ? I Start to see you because of the songs of the game Keep the awesome videos👏

[@SeanDagher]

Strangely I have never played the game. I've seen lots of videos of it and the songs. It's really cool how they did it.

[@TarndeepV]

"relevant rambling" "irrelevant rambling" brilliant LOL

[@SeanDagher]

I'm glad you like it.

[@obamacircle2486]

👍

[@SeanDagher]

👌

[@Svvicu]

How does a man grow such a glorious moustache? How do you maintain it?

[@SeanDagher]

Whiskey. Red wine.

[@madeleinehough8697]

So early in the morning, a moustache likes it's bottle-o...

[@paprikabushcraft7597]

Yarrrr again, Sir!

[@SeanDagher]

Well put.

[@corcotepu1]

boy would i love to have a pint and sing along with you in a bar

[@SeanDagher]

I'm really good at having pints in a bar.

[@DesertGhost42]

This channel is seriously under-appreciated. Subscribe!!

[@SeanDagher]

Thanks G. I'm glad you like it.

[@DogephStalin]

Please do "Fish in the sea" sir

[@SeanDagher]

It's on the list.

[@AbdelrahmanMomen--]

Wow, All the shanty men looks exactly like you

[@SeanDagher]

They sound like me, too.

[@edgarburlyman738]

It's Drunken Sailor but less meanspirited

[@SeanDagher]

It's true. He dies at the end but in a more comical way.

[@maw.9522]

I like the irrelevant part. Keep explaning and singing :.-)

[@SeanDagher]

Well, I can't stop now!

[@cleepus5398]

Reminds me of black flag🙂

[@SeanDagher]

Me too.

[@CostcoComrade]

When he said vowel shift I thought he said bowel shift...

[@SeanDagher]

Shitty pun.

[@Tarourl]

The song may be complete nonsense but it sure is fun to sing

[@SeanDagher]

Exactly!

[@PrinceApollo117]

Be honest, you are all here because he sung the shanties in black flag

[@SeanDagher]

I am here because I sang the shanties in black flag.

[@jesperburns]

Ah, so "the great vowel shift" is the culprit. That's why English pronunciation makes no sense to Germanic language speaking people. The old pronunciation does make sense to me, as a Dutchman.

[@SeanDagher]

Exactly. And because the printing press arrived in England before the GVS was really codified, we spell English the way it was pronounced 500 years ago. Crazy.

[@jesperburns]

@@SeanDagher Learn something new everyday. Thanks Sean.

[@benspiller455]

Classic black flag shanty :)

[@CanadianUnicornDeathSquad]

Right? Completely different feel here, but still a great version.

[@SeanDagher]

Yes, I have been looking forward to singing this one for a long time.

[@justinjamessantos5984]

If you actually singed faster like in ac4 black flag it would have sounded much better

[@SeanDagher]

Well, it's a good thing that AC version exists so you can listen to it instead!