#The Wellerman

[handmade-by-jane]

[fantasiawandering]

The Skizzleman

There once was a ship in Cherry Bay The captain’s name was GeminiTay The salmon flopped as if to say “Oh blow that goat horn, blow” (huh)

Soon may the Skizzleman come To bring us sugar-sweet words and fun One day, when the fishing is done We'll take our rods and go

Gem cast out her line from shore When down on her a bobber bore The captain called “Grian!” and swore She’d lay that scoundrel low (huh)

Soon may the Skizzleman come To bring us sugar-sweet words and fun One day, when the fishing is done We'll take our rods and go

Before Gem had hit the water The reaper’s fate came up and caught her She led her crew to Pearl’s and fought her ‘Till Pearl fell below (huh)

Soon may the Skizzleman come To bring us sugar-sweet words and fun One day, when the fishing is done We'll take our rods and go

No line was cut, they did the deed The reapers’ rods were thusly freed They launched into the sky and squeed While others cheered below (huh)

Soon may the Skizzleman come To bring us sugar-sweet words and fun One day, when the fishing is done We'll take our rods and go

For forty streams or even more The Hermit pranks came to the fore Exploding chests and traps galore With breaks for fishing flow (huh)

Soon may the Skizzleman come To bring us sugar-sweet words and fun One day, when the fishing is done We'll take our rods and go

As far as I've heard, the fight's still on End crystals float and zombies spawn The Skizzleman makes his regular call To encourage the Hermits, Gem, and all (huh)

Soon may the Skizzleman come To bring us sugar-sweet words and fun One day, when the fishing is done We'll take our rods and go

Soon may the Skizzleman come To bring us sugar-sweet words and fun One day, when the mending book's won We'll take our rods and go

[comparativelysuperlative]

Fact 1: Tolkien often gives us the lyrics to songs characters sing, rarely the soundtrack.

Fact 2: Many of these songs, such as Sam's rendition of the end of the Second Age, are explicitly fragments of longer works.

Therefore:

Gil-Galad was an Elven-king Of him the harpers sadly sing The last whose realm was fair and free Between the mountains and sea (huh)

Soon may the mortal Men come When all the ages of Elves are done One day, when the Enemy's gone We'll sail out West and go

You will never unhear it and I'm not sorry

[thepinkseat-askthemoonbunny]

I was today years old when I realized that “Wellerman” is basically Moby Dick in song form.

[goodgrammaritan]

The music box for the sea monster playing spooky "Wellerman" on Dead Boy Detectives

[fireheartedpup]

I know they made a supercut of The Wellerman, but this one is my favorite.

Not sure where the post is that introduced me to it. It was one of the driving forces for me finally downloading Tiktok. I figured I liked all the videos from there that got cross-posted so much that I might as well just go to the source.

I have never regretted that decision.

[alfred-e-neuman]

A little explanation as to why my Top 10 doesn't have a lot of Seether if they're my Number 1 listened to band.

Seether has their own playlist. I don't listen to a song, I listen to their entire discography set on shuffle. So, songs rarely get replayed when there is 123 songs and 15+ hours to listen to at any given time.

The top ten is in the "not Seether" playlist that features other jams I enjoy, which do get replays.

(Also, 1,255 hours for Seether is low compared to how much I actually listened to them this year, but I just recently got Amazon Music soooooo, we'll see where that number is next year.)

(Doing what I was told and tagging @tomhoppusdelonge )

[boatmediatourney]

🚢Boat Song Tournament🚢

Round 4B, match 1

Links: 🚢, 🚢

[captain-habit]

JONATHAN YOUNG || WELLERMAN

Ah... I love metal covers of sea shanties...

[starsofthestorm]

i think its finally time for me to share this. 349 songs, 14h 43 min.

THE WELLERMAN !!!!

soon may the wellerman come-

[wreckitremy]

🎶 soon may the wellerman comes🎶

🎶your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb🎶

I have legitimately no idea if my brain made this up or it's just an old mash up that it rememebered

[sufficientlylargen]

There was a ship that sailed the sea, And it told me the world was gonna roll me. The winds blew up, her bow dipped down Oh all that glitters is gold!

Soon may the wellerman come, The brain gets smart but the head gets dumb; One day, when the tonguin' is done: No shine if we don't glow.

Her world caught fire (how was yours?) When down on her a right whale bore. But she liked that and she never got bored; They took that whale in tow.

Soon may the wellerman come, It won't make sense not to live for fun, One day, when the tonguin' is done, We won't know 'til we go.

Before the boat had hit the water She bundled up til she got older All hands to the side, harpooned and fought her Get paid for your show!

Soon may the wellerman come, To bring us sugar while the head gets dumb; One day, when we live for fun, We'll shine if first we glow.

So much to do, so much to see, But the captain's mind was not of greed! What's wrong with taking those back streets? She took that ship in tow.

Soon may the wellerman come, It didn't make sense not to live for rum Smart brains, when the toungin' is done, Won't know if we don't go.

For forty days or even more The shape of an L sat on her fore; All boats were lost, there were only four But stars still broke that mold.

Soon may the brain get dumb, The ice gets thin while the wellerman comes, One day, when the shinin' is done, We'll glow and then we'll know.

Now hey, all-star, the game's still on - The years still come, and the whale's not gone! A little more fuel would be a good call To encourage the rock-star, crew and all!

Soon may we live for fun, And don't stop coming for tea and rum, Go play, when the glitterin's done, We might well swim and go.

Soon may the wellerman come, The brain gets smart but the head gets dumb; One day, when the tonguin' is done, We'll take our shine and glow!

[a10wea]

I think I'm hearing that wellerman song

But it's a cover

Sung by Chinese people??

Like it's still in English but their accents sound Chinese if you listen closely

I'm at work???? It's someone's ringtone??

I'm so confused

[spiritualsidequest]

Shuffle your favorite playlist and post the first five songs that come up. then copy/paste this ask to your favorite mutuals <3

Ooooo another one, thank you thank you!

This is from my Shanty Sweetness 🏴‍☠️ playlist!

1. I listened to this song while leaving Halifax 🥃

2. Can never go wrong with this banger 🏴‍☠️

3. Probably my favourite song of ALL TIME 💙

4. This album is fantastic start to finish ⚓

5. Great Big Sea is a band that means so much to me, I saw their last show before they parted ways years ago. I've been listening to them since I was a wee lad. As a lover of shanties and the sea this song perfectly encapsulates that love 🌊

[boatmediatourney]

🚢Boat Song Tournament🚢

Round 3B, match 1

Links: 🚢, 🚢

[icys-junkyard]

Remember when you could unleash other peoples music taste upon the world by unplugging their headphone jack

Ingo wanted to be a Sibling and lightly prank Emmet by revealing his tunes to the break room. Not only the depot agents, but Ingo himself are shocked at what they hear. Ingo's so shocked and amused he just keeps going off like "Sea shanties!! Why not listen to rail shanties? Track-laying work songs?? 1800s train folksongs!? The betrayal! A song about the sea of all things! You hate the sea! And boats! Emmet you're a train conductor, what happened!? Where is the railway-loving, train-engineering brother I grew up with???"