The Irish Rover | The Longest Johns & Friends feat.

We fancied doing something fun this week and have collaborated with some of our very talented friends to recreate this folk classic. Citation needed as to the accuracy of the ship's description...
Special thanks to...
Dave Gallows of Pyrates! on Bass and Vocals
Florin Werner on Drums
Amy Sattin on Violin
#irishrover #folk #shanty
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[@stevenjungbluth640]

“We were sailing away with a cargo of pricks for the grand city hall in New York!” Yup, sounds about accurate for NY.

[@thelongestjohns]

Not quite, but close enough :)

[@ghoorn4425]

@@thelongestjohns just the current day adaptation, now that protesters are flown in :)

[@onedaxster]

*Bricks

[@the_mechanic_2237]

@@onedaxster r/whoosh

[@poiuyt975]

Good one! :D

[@RangerOfTheOrder]

Bragging about your ship in a shanty is like the soldier in a game bragging about his upcoming retirement.

[@JohnLudlow]

Imagine this as a humblebrag. "Our ship is okaaaaay, I guess. I mean, it only has, like, twenty-seven masts. Yours probably has at least fifty, right? Oh, yours has three? Well, that's cool too, I suppose"

[@tenkaiechi01]

if ya dont like the music, dont listen.

[@RangerOfTheOrder]

@@tenkaiechi01 Did you hear that noise? That was the joke going over your head

[@whythough6619]

@@RangerOfTheOrder or maybe an upcoming fishing trip

[@Fallout42069e]

Yeah and then he gets shot and killed by some enemy with a pop tart behind a fast food counter

[@ianross8083]

The way I always interpreted it, the Irish Rover didnt sail *successfully* for seven years. They were so gung ho when they left Cork, but then got lost for 《 S e v e n Y e a r s 》😂😂😂

[@Max.Volume]

No dogs were drowned in the making of this video.

[@thelongestjohns]

Exactly right!

[@Pyrates]

@@thelongestjohns We had hotdogs for dinner, does that count?

[@bezerkoid]

@@Pyrates they weren't drowned, loophole.

[@dune_strider3055]

*No dogs we in the making of this video

[@aragorn1780]

5 dislikes are from the lesser known sailors of the Scottish Rover!

[@thexboxprepper]

There are 7 now me lads

[@Duckcee]

@@thexboxprepper 9

[@ProfesoraNut]

👏🤣👏🤣 Well done

[@felipeayala4629]

And they called it the Irish roooooover

[@thelongestjohns]

It was quite the ship... apparently :P

[@HonnePerkele]

Dreadnoughts: Dear Old Stan Longest Johns: The Irish rovers *this is the reason why shanties never die!!*

[@josh___something]

This is the best crossover ever. Wonderful stuff lads!

[@thelongestjohns]

Thanks a lot Josh! Was great fun to make

[@HonnePerkele]

This + Dear Old Stan by Dreadnoughts is the reason why shanties never die :')

[@jackcarter5101]

I can just see Ronnie Drew singing and Eamonn Campbell dancing!

[@horrorman223]

Pyrates!!! This just might be the most ambitious crossover until Kimber's Men are able to join in hahahh. I am certain this will be a right smash as always!

[@thelongestjohns]

Absolutely! :D

[@Pyrates]

Should be a laugh 😂

[@horrorman223]

@@Pyrates T'wasn't a laugh, but rather a sight to behold! This was spectacular!!!!

[@Pyrates]

@@horrorman223 Thanks :) We hope we'll do something else together again in the future too

[@horrorman223]

@@Pyrates Exciting to hear! Best of luck in doing more collaborations!

[@thessie]

Even with the social distancing and doing this separate you've managed to catch so much *joy* in this song and playing together. I can't wait to see you all live!

[@TheGamingRobin-cm8hs]

The passion they put into what they do is honestly amazing

[@bezerkoid]

Absolutely love it... I will confess that I mistook Pyrates for Miracle of Sound... Now that would be an incredible collaboration

[@thelongestjohns]

Sounds like fun!

[@T3FAT]

Bearded Matthew Mercer, is that you?!

[@radovanmarcincin2502]

Exactly what i thought! XD

[@thexboxprepper]

Now I can't unsee it

[@AndroidUserCFB]

Best version I've heard since The Dubliners and The Pogues version! As Malcolm Tucker would say, It's "Beyond brilliant, and beyond that.." :)

[@spiralingout7274]

I started listening and thinking this was such an upbeat/cheerful kind of song. Then I get to the last verse...oh(takes a sip of coffee). LOL I love it!

[@promezhutok_promezh_utok]

On the fourth of July, 1806 We set sail from the sweet cove of Cork We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks For the Grand City Hall in New York 'Twas a wonderful craft She was rigged fore and aft And oh, how the wild wind drove her She stood several blasts She had twenty-seven masts And they called her The Irish Rover We had one million bags of the best Sligo Rags We had two million barrels of stone We had three million sides of old blind horses hides We had four million barrels of bones We had five million hogs Six million dogs Seven million barrels of porter We had eight million bails of old nanny goats' tails In the hold of The Irish Rover There was ol' Mickey Coote Who played hard on his flute When the ladies lined up for a set He was tootin' with skill For each sparkling quadrille Though the dancers were fluther'd and bet With his smart witty talk He was cock of the walk And he rolled the dames under and over They all knew at a glance When he took up his stance That he sailed in The Irish Rover There was Barney McGee From the banks of the Lee There was Hogan from County Tyrone There was Johnny McGurk Who was scared stiff of work And a man from Westmeath called Malone There was Slugger O'Toole Who was drunk as a rule And fighting Bill Treacy from Dover And your man, Mick MacCann From the banks of the Bann Was the skipper on The Irish Rover For the sailor it's always a bother in life It's so lonesome by night and by day That he longs for the shore And a charming young whore Who will melt all his troubles away Oh, the noise and the rout Swillin' poitin and stout For him soon the torment's over Of the love of a maid, he is never afraid That old salt from The Irish Rover We had sailed seven years When the measles broke out And the ship lost its way in the fog And that whale of a crew Was reduced down to two Just myself and the Captain's old dog Then the ship struck a rock Oh Lord, what a shock The bulkhead was turned right over Turned nine times around And the poor old dog was drowned And the last of The Irish Rover

[@2137laura]

I think this is a slightly different version? I'm copying and pasting your lyrics and adding some changes below (some I've found on google and some I've added myself). English is not my first language so I might have something wrong, if you notice something please let me know! . . On the fourth of July, 1806 We set sail from the sweet cove of Cork We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks For the Grand City Hall in New York 'Twas a wonderful craft She was rigged fore and aft And oh, how the wild winds drove her She stood several blasts She had twenty-seven masts And we called her the Irish Rover . We had one million bales of old billy (?) goats' tails We had two million buckets of stones We had three million sides of old blind horses hides We had four million packets of bones We had five million hogs Six million dogs Seven million barrels of porter We had eight million bags of the best Sligo rags In the hold of the Irish Rover . There was ol' Mickey Coote Who played hard on his flute When the ladies lined up for a set (oh my 😏) He was tootin' with skill For the sparkling quadrille Though the dancers were fluther'd and bet With his smart witty talk He was cock of the walk And he rolled the dames under and over They all knew at a glance When he took up his stance That he sailed in the Irish Rover . There was Barney McGee From the banks of the Lee There was Hogan from County Tyrone And the chap from the Cork (?) Who was scared stiff of work And a chap from Westmeath called Malone There was Slugger O'Toole Who was drunk as a rule And fighting Bill Treacy from Dover There was Dooley O'Claire Who was strong as a bear As the skipper of the Irish Rover . (instrumental) . We had sailed seven years When the measles broke out And the ship lost its way in the fog And the whole of a crew Was reduced down to two T'was myself and the Captain's old dog Then the ship struck a rock Boy, what a shock The bulkhead was turned right over Turned nine times around And the poor dog was drowned ( :( ) I'm the last of the Irish Rover! . (more instrumental 🎻💃)

[@DariusOfPersia]

@@2137laura I posted a comment myself with the lyrics as accurate as I could get them. You're pretty much spot on, though! In the fourth verse, the line is "And a chap from Falkirk who was scared stiff of work". Falkirk being a town in Scotland (and famous for a disastrous battle for William Wallace).

[@2137laura]

​@@DariusOfPersia Thank you! I must have listened to it a hundred times and I still couldn't understant where on earth the chap who was scared stiff of work was from

[@fhpurcell7713]

exactly the humorous kind of content the world needs

[@thelongestjohns]

Many thanks! We try our best :)

[@rythmiccoma2809]

Ah good. Three days into being smitten by these fine gentlemen and they give me a lovely crossover piece of Irish music to loop for a day. Wonderful

[@candycoatedcactus]

This was something I really needed. I've been missing ren faires this summer in the states, and I miss seeing old friends, making new ones, and singing these crazy songs. Thanks for continuing to make work in the midst of the madness and giving me a chance to reminisce on better times. I'll be watching the news for that shipment of pricks!

[@hannahwallis1290]

The longest johns to play strictly!!! We owe this to the world!!!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

[@Traveltheworld87]

Excellent George Takei impression on the "Oh my!" by JD there XD

[@thecrabmaestro564]

Woop! Well done lads, you're really going up in the world. Soon you'll be singing with celebs!

[@thelongestjohns]

Thanks a lot mate! :)

[@fishnut3289]

I don’t understand at all how anyone could dislike this, those 4 people lift up your game smh

[@Gandhiji87]

That'll do, lads, that'll do. Ronnie Drew smiles on ya over his pint in heaven.

[@LycanB64]

That was Brilliant! I hope you collab with The Irish Rovers one day!

[@tenkaiechi01]

loved every(million) second(s).

[@adonvonpanzern]

God i grew up on this song. Im so glad i get to hear it again

[@michaelcastellano588]

Sounds fun!

[@thelongestjohns]

It will be :)

[@michaelcastellano588]

@@thelongestjohns And it was!

[@Boohdot]

Happy to see Dave's (the good one :p) glorious face again :D Was a blast meeting him at Bie Daip last year

[@thelongestjohns]

Heyoooo ;) But yeah, was a real joy to get to do this with him

[@RoixTvSebastian2001]

Epic 😍

[@ifp5]

Nice interpretation! Hello from Moscow, Russia!

[@horrorman223]

I have now listened to this at least 4 times. Nice Update 07/06: It has now reached at least a dozen.......... Halp I think I am addicted aahahaha

[@branedeadzero]

Can't wait!!!

[@thelongestjohns]

w00p w00p! It's a fun one :)

[@aedanlynch4563]

yes this

[@xeverettx2564]

This is a really great arrangement and performance of a classic possibly in the top five Irish trad songs of all time!!

[@BardofCornwall]

Nice--great energy!

[@there245]

god this is one of my favorite songs and its one of the songs that got me listening to folk and listening to the irish rovers.

[@BuRkeY91]

Yet another great song from you lads to drink a pint to :) keep em comin!

[@JesseDishner]

This would be so fun to get to perform. Legendary song!

[@wizardman149]

You all never cease to amaze! Very adequate. Also rip Peppa pig

[@thelongestjohns]

She died doing what she loved

[@onedavewreckingcrew]

@@thelongestjohns What, being crushed by a brick? :D

[@tenkaiechi01]

@@onedavewreckingcrew you clearly do not know Peppa at all.

[@tenkaiechi01]

@@thelongestjohns To right you.

[@onedavewreckingcrew]

@@tenkaiechi01 Nope I sure don't!

[@Denley1526]

YES! definitely a lot of FUN! :D

[@thelongestjohns]

Lots of fun was had making it too, for sure!

[@UndeadHavoc1]

lol, I was just looking around for this song yesterday, remembering it from my childhood, only to just now find out ya'll got a cover of it already xD

[@Hanger1712]

i almost died laughing when you threw a rock on peppa pig well done guys

[@scrimbles2973]

EXCUSE ME It's George, not Peppa

[@laynenishimura1675]

This is probably my all time favorite folk song

[@potterendergaming5335]

Exponentially adequate!

[@JPBroadcasting]

I LOVE IT!!!! but what are those things in their hands? weird...

[@onedavewreckingcrew]

Naught but the plankiest of stringys

[@ansgarsilberberg]

I believe they call it "instruments". Happens to the best of us.

[@JrangeyV8]

So good, SO GOOD!!! Amazing!!!

[@stevenmarley3734]

Absolutely wonderful, you lads are so damn impressive with every song you release no matter if it's just you or you're participating with another person or group. I am curious what microphones you guys use though, I just wanna know what the audio setup is like for you guys. Either way, this was phenomenal.

[@J_SCH]

TLJ media with a drum backing it sounds amazing.

[@nathanielwilson8217]

This is honestly my favourite song rn ngl

[@rateit1474]

Well done... all of you.

[@ProfesoraNut]

You guys are too funny 😝

[@unplayable10]

Loved it. Hope everything going great for you guys.

[@Mark-xh8md]

Has anyone tried calculating how absolutely monstrously enormous the Irish Rover was, to contain all that it contained? :P

[@TheBLURBLURBLURBLUR]

THANK YOU I LOVE THIS SONG AND I LOVE YOU

[@char_chan1]

love the song and the rhythm was superb

[@Pogonotrophist]

Brilliant :)

[@serioushex3893]

you know, you have to wonder if the most large, modern cargo ship could actually hold all the cargo sung about in the song. they can hold a lot, but even so, that seems like way too much even for the mega ships.

[@TonyBourke]

YES!!! Thats the way to do it, Dia Duit mo chara.

[@NINJAoxz.]

And you thought that avengers was the greatest crossover

[@jamievee8375]

If these guys did a collab with The Irish Rovers that would be so cool. I’ve only heard this song done by them before and found this and it’s very well done!

[@Pedro13542]

You should check out the version by Reina del Cid!

[@voodoomarine8720]

Awesome!

[@Doofus_Rex]

The best version I've heard these past 50 years! No offence to the Dubliners.

[@timmyturner6818]

2:45 I nearly died laughing

[@bikosulfuras6117]

best version for me well done

[@robertschutt5328]

Thanks!

[@Jessterr2]

Fun Song

[@maw.9522]

Love it!! :-)

[@pshycocat]

this video need more like my freands

[@steamworks3823]

"citation needed for the ships description" what? No, i am sure the ship was exactly as description is put in this song. 27 masts and all

[@stereodreamer23]

"They all knew at a glance when he took off his pants That he sailed in The Irish Rover..."

[@sean137]

Love bein’ Irish

[@lordlouiz3362]

That's even better than the version of the Dubs

[@thelongestjohns]

Very kind of you to say so :)

[@JesseDishner]

Come on now

[@prabhandeepsingh6072]

This is unreal👁👁

[@spongebakesquarepansgaming]

i love the band the irish rovers

[@moistymonke2254]

Oh boy am I happy to hear a late notification

[@pesctifer]

It’s been nine months and still no one is talking about the peppa pig clip

[@PuissantAlgernon]

Crowdfund to buy Dave R a chair

[@baconpantsable]

They just executed peppa with a rock on youtube

[@subhaanneperera8397]

I really like the High Kings version, but this is really good too 👍

[@neighborhoodfriendlymoron6539]

George got wrecked by that rock

[@DARKHUNTER130]

(happy sailor noises)

[@Meatshield-yv4sb]

Awesome song. Great Job. Could use a push on the audio levels for the pennywhistle, mandolin and some of the vocals (backing harmony/melody hard to hear), but that's my personal view. I'm not a professional audio engineer by any means. I'm just an amateur who leads tech at my church.

[@thelongestjohns]

Challenging recording situations somewhat limited what we could do with the mix I'm afraid. Settled for a more organic feel

[@Meatshield-yv4sb]

@@thelongestjohns Completely understandable. Not saying it was a bad mix, or that it wasn't by design. I still fully enjoyed it. Just like all the other songs I've listened to from y'all.

[@TalnsScar]

2:48 poor George

[@rockerknight25]

So... you guys gonna try and tackle the Rattlin' Bog? Actually I just looked it up and found you guys performing it somewhere, so dang. Uh... The Kretchma? Don't see that one on youtube hardly at all, literally just four videos.

[@rockerknight25]

Wait no, I got a better one, matches your style and tempo better. Raggle Taggle Gypsy. I think you guys could put a great spin on it!

[@venuzgames5898]

19th

[@thelongestjohns]

Close enough :)

[@jacquehohenheim7934]

Do you guys mind doing Billy Riley next?

[@mr.stratholm4999]

Fuck me, I wish I could know that violinist. I guess that some things we'll never know.

[@marvinthemaniac7698]

This is just like Selfish Murphy's rendition.

[@atomicthorn00]

The pouges played really close pretty sure they might have caught the flu also fellas

[@senorverano]

At 3:04 a dog started barking outside!

[@lprcn2532]

This has been my favorite song for like, 8 years But i dont approve this since theres no heavy irish accents.

[@mr.stratholm4999]

Who is the violinist in this video? She is very pretty and I'd love to watch more vidz of her playing the violin as well as she does!

[@CaptainAhab233]

Great! But why “cargo of bricks”, “cargo of clay” actually rhymes ...

[@philosphorus9442]

"bricks" rhymes with "eighteen-hundred and six"

[@WhiskeySpiritGuide]

Who downvoted this??

[@DemeRossLiss]

7 idiots (to date).

[@roshefort]

Собачку жалко.

[@devilman2465]

Is the banjo player okay? He looked depressed or bored through the entire song.

[@Ben-yj9wz]

I think he’s just trying to look cool

[@onedavewreckingcrew]

Andy is well and good, what you saw is mostly default

[@We1mann]

Nah he's into it, he just looks like that.

[@philosphorus9442]

Love what you did with the song, but *sigh.....*--it's "mizzen" not "measles." common mishearing, but changes the meaning of why the ship got lost. 9/10 would shant again!

[@thelongestjohns]

Which mast is the mizzen mast on a ship with 27 masts? Can’t find any evidence to it being anything other than measles.

[@philosphorus9442]

@@thelongestjohns fair point

[@highrhino]

All together a pretty good version but some parts just don't sound right without the Irish accent.