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about
The first time I heard this song it was a version I stumbled across by David Coffin at the PortsmouthThis shanty, originally known as Nelson’s Blood, is also known as We'll Roll the Old Chariot Along, Roll the Old Chariot, and The Golden Chariot. One version is sung to the tune Drunken Sailor. Like Drunken Sailor, it was a stamp and go shanty, used at the capstan and other jobs at sea where a runaway chorus was needed. Verses could be added as long as necessary to complete the job. Verses were added with hout scouse, fresh sea-pie, new plum duff and glass of whisky hot.* The song is African-American in origin and in some versions a golden wheel is used in place of the chariot. According to Hugill, it was sung around the Dismal Swamp in Georgia at corn shucking and log rollings. Doerflinger writes that it was based on the words of a Salvation Army hymn, and the tune is a Scottish reel. Legend has it that grog aquired the nickname "Nelson's Blood" after Trafalgar (1805). To preserve Lord Nelson's body, it was placed in a barrel of rum. Legend has it that when the sailor's learned of this, they drank the rum. From that time on, grog was also known as "Nelson's Blood."
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*Shanties From The Seven Seas by Stan Hugill
lyrics
We’ll roll the old chariot along
We’ll roll the old chariot along
We’ll roll the old chariot along
And we’ll all hang on behind
It would be alright if the wind was in our sails
It would be alright if the wind was in our sails
It would be alright if the wind was in our sails
And we’ll all hang on behind
So, we’ll roll the old chariot along
We’ll roll the old chariot along
We’ll roll the old chariot along
And we’ll all hang on behind
It would be alright if we made it round the cape
It would be alright if we made it round the cape
It would be alright if we made it round the cape
And we’ll all hang on behind
And, we’ll roll the old chariot along
We’ll roll the old chariot along
We’ll roll the old chariot along
And we’ll all hang on behind
Oh a night on the shore wouldn’t do us any harm
No, a night on the shore wouldn’t do us any harm
No, a night on the shore wouldn’t do us any harm
So, we’ll roll the old chariot along
We’ll roll the old chariot along
We’ll roll the old chariot along
And we’ll all hang on behind
Yes, we’ll roll the old chariot along
We’ll roll the old chariot along
We’ll roll the old chariot along
And we’ll all hang on behind
credits
from Sea Songs For LIttle Pirates,
released October 28, 2018
Sung by Jason & Jada Andre, Netta & Marie Kavanagh, Ani, Cape, Ren and Ashley Chapman, Ben Sciance, Allan Upham, Crystal Bright, and Don Zientara
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