Silversea Water Cooler: Welcome! Part Five

[Lvshack]

19 hours ago, mysty said:

Now that some Coolers have shared my interest in sea shanties here are some factoids about Wellerman (the song I posted a link to)......

 

The Weller Bros. was a Sydney Australia shore-whaling company that operated primarily along the southern coast of New Zealand from 1830 to 1840. Though they had numerous vessels in their employ, none appear to have been named the Billy o' Tea. Anyone under the employ of the Weller Bros. were referred to as a Wellerman, but in the specific context of the song the Wellerman takes on the meaning of a supply ship sent by the company.

A Billy is slang for a makeshift kettle used for boiling water to make tea.

Tonguing refers to the tonguers, the part of a shore whaling team responsible for butchering the whale after it had been caught.

 

Lyrics......

 

There once was a ship that put to sea,

And the name of that ship was the Billy o' Tea

The winds blew hard, her bow dipped down,

Blow, me bully boys, blow!

 

Chorus (after each verse): (HUH!) Soon may the Wellerman come

to bring us sugar and tea and rum.

One day, when the tonguing' is done,

We'll take our leave and go.

 

She had not been two weeks from shore

When down on her a right whale bore.

The captain called all hands and swore

He'd take that whale in tow.

 

{Chorus}

 

Before the boat had hit the water

The whale's tail came up and caught her.

All hands to the side, harpooned and fought her,

When she dived down below.

 

{Chorus}

No line was cut, no whale was freed,

An' the captain's mind was not on greed!

But he belonged to the Whaleman's creed

She took that ship in tow

 

{Chorus}

 

For forty days or even more, t

he line went slack then tight once more,

All boats were lost, there were only four

and still that whale did go.

 

{Chorus}

 

As far as I've heard, the fight's still on,

The line's not cut, and the whale's not gone!

The Wellerman makes his regular call

to encourage the captain, crew and all!

 

We have a group of shantie singers here in the UK  called the longest John's they  are from my birth place Bristol !!they are very if your into that ..

[mysty]

1 minute ago, Lvshack said:

We have a group of shantie singers here in the UK  called the longest John's they  are from my birth place Bristol !!they are very if your into that ..

 

I will definitely check them out! Thanks  Lv! 🥰

[QueSeraSera]

8 hours ago, mysty said:

not yet sick to death about sea shanties

not even close, its so much fun to watch the additions - drum violins etc.  I've never been on tik-tok, may need to try it out if the kids don't chase grandpa away (I'll take my leave and go).

4 hours ago, jpalbny said:

slogging through work

hoping you get a good nights rest and feel better soon

[spinnaker2]

Que

Time to take up scrimshaw

[zqtchas]

[Stumblefoot]

11 hours ago, jpalbny said:

My sister is two months out, and still feels like I do, on a good day. And this is the sister who ran 7 marathons on 7 consecutive days.

 

 

That ought to teach her to never do THAT again.

[Reef Knot]

[mysty]

Greetings Coolers!

 

Today's funny.....

 

 

Have a great safe fun day all!

[Lois R]

Good morning🙂.....a new day for us.😃😃😃

 

Not sure if any of you saw that moving tribute at the Lincoln Memorial yesterday.  400 lights

across the water representing the 400,000 lost lives.  What a horrible number.  It was the first

time I can recall even acknowledging those who died......in order to start healing, we have

to remember. 

[rucrazy]

Good Morning all 

Light dusting of snow greeted us today in Western Maryland .. imo a fitting way to clear the air..so to speak...

Make today yours!

Joseph

[spinnaker2]

This was truly a spectacular moment.

Her poem gave me goosebumps.

 

Amanda Gorman.

 

Poet laureate.

Edited January 20, 2021 by spinnaker2

[Tothesunset]

26 minutes ago, spinnaker2 said:

This was truly a spectacular moment.

Her poem gave me goosebumps.

 

Amanda Gorman.

 

Poet laureate.

How often do you hear old farts like us whinging about the younger generation? 

 

Young people like the young woman reading the poem make me feel that if she is typical of today's emerging generation then we are in safe hands. 

[jollyjones]

4 minutes ago, Tothesunset said:

How often do you hear old farts like us whinging about the younger generation? 

 

Young people like the young woman reading the poem make me feel that if she is typical of today's emerging generation then we are in safe hands. 

Am I wrong in thinking that she wasn’t just reading it, she wrote it?

 

Whichever, it was outstanding. 
 

Edited January 20, 2021 by jollyjones

[Lois R]

18 minutes ago, jollyjones said:

Am I wrong in thinking that she wasn’t just reading it, she wrote it?

 

Whichever, it was outstanding. 
 

Hi, yes, she wrote it.  She started it before January 6th and had not finished it until AFTER the

attack.   It was amazing.

[zqtchas]

[Camillus112]

Live and present theatre yes!  It was a rap...and she delivered it as a poetic rap...and it was artistically clever and and full of substance.  Not a political clap trap... it was true art.

[spinnaker2]

3 minutes ago, Camillus112 said:

Live and present theatre yes!  It was a rap...and she delivered it as a poetic rap...and it was artistically clever and and full of substance.  Not a political clap trap... it was true art.

Good to see you back Cam.

And yes true true art!

[jollyjones]

36 minutes ago, Camillus112 said:

Live and present theatre yes!  It was a rap...and she delivered it as a poetic rap...and it was artistically clever and and full of substance.  Not a political clap trap... it was true art.

Happy to see some post removal happening here. 

[QueSeraSera]

21 hours ago, spinnaker2 said:

Time to take up scrimshaw

Not being overly busy most days, I took this to heart and looked it up to be sure my foggy notion of the definition was close to the reality.  I learned that a maker of scrimshaw is known as a scrimshander.  Take that spellchecker!

[mysty]

3 minutes ago, QueSeraSera said:

Not being overly busy most days, I took this to heart and looked it up to be sure my foggy notion of the definition was close to the reality.  I learned that a maker of scrimshaw is known as a scrimshander.  Take that spellchecker!

 

Ok now that you are the voice of knowledge on the art of scrimshaw where do we take courses Que? 😁

[Host Jazzbeau]

1 minute ago, mysty said:

 

Ok now that you are the voice of knowledge on the art of scrimshaw where do we take courses Que? 😁

 

First you have to book passage on a whaling ship, to get the raw materials... 

[mysty]

17 minutes ago, Host Jazzbeau said:

 

First you have to book passage on a whaling ship, to get the raw materials... 

 

At this point I would be good with that!  😁

[mysty]

Just now, mysty said:

 

At this point I would be good with that!  😁  What do you say Que?  Want to go whaling?  🤣

 

[QueSeraSera]

Ready to be on board at a moment's notice!  Loved the whales we saw on Alaska cruise.  Looking into eco substitutes for whalebone or walrus tusks as we speak, perhaps crab or oyster shells, replace carving with gluing?  Need better ideas

Edited January 20, 2021 by QueSeraSera
spelling

[Emtbsam]

2 hours ago, Host Jazzbeau said:

 

First you have to book passage on a whaling ship, to get the raw materials... 

A neighbor of ours used to do scrimshaw on tagua nuts instead of whale bones.  Years ago we were in Manta, Ecuador and the SS tour took us to a button factory which used tagua nuts as the raw material.  You probably have that type of button on a shirt and didn’t know it.