Clifton Hicks - South Australia (Roud 325)

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  • Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
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    “Blimey, I think I’m slipping my cable. Strike up 'South Australia,' lads, and let me go happy.”
    I learned "South Australia" (Roud 325) from an anonymous drunk in St. Augustine, Florida. As far as I know, the song first appeared in print during the 1880s.
    My instrument is an early 2000s fretless minstrel banjo by Terry Bell tuned ~ eAEAB.
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Комментарии • 81

  • @johnallan9385
    @johnallan9385 9 месяцев назад +30

    when I was 15 back in the 1960's I worked as carpenters mate on a huge concrete water storage tank. The carpenter was my age now 70 and he was fit as a flea. He was Scandinavian and had been Ships Carpenter on the last sailing ships to round Cape Horn under Sail. He had jumped ship in Australia just before WW2.
    His skill with a carpenters hatchet was impressive. When a long curve was required in for work support timber he simply set out the curve in pencil then, with great speed, produced the curve with the hatchet. He and a couple of the older men were big on music including classic singers etc. One day when we had a the great circle of steel reinforcing rods partially complete my Carpenter grabbed a lump hammer and yelled. 'OK boys grab your hammers ..We do Anvil Chorus. "
    A great memory 8 men bashing away with a big basket work of reinforcing steel resonating to the Anvil Chorus.
    Whenever I hear mention of Sailing Ships my memory goes to that old Scandanivan Carpenter and I working in summer heat in Queensland Australia.

  • @CousinErn
    @CousinErn Год назад +29

    HEAVE AWAY HAUL AWAY

  • @zachsmith8916
    @zachsmith8916 11 месяцев назад +26

    One of the best shanty’s out there. Shanty’s can tell you so much about the world that used to be in the most humorous ways possible.

    • @StihlmaddArborist
      @StihlmaddArborist 7 месяцев назад

      As a resident and Native born South Australian I enjoy singing this shanty at work swinging lumps of trees with ropes and blocks.
      Local knowledge is the sailors are eager to make the docks at Port Adelaide due to the availability of the Beer and ladies of the night that were waiting for them .

  • @enclavehere.2281
    @enclavehere.2281 11 месяцев назад +12

    I lived in South Australia for a while, good place, but I missed the Rockies.

  • @redwolf7929
    @redwolf7929 11 месяцев назад +11

    Good to hear one of our Aussie songs!@ i play it on button accordion , one of our traditional instruments.Thanks again mate!

  • @jasonlawrence2143
    @jasonlawrence2143 10 месяцев назад +5

    Awesome! Now do: tie me down kangaroo. Thanks for this.

  • @brandonashley5872
    @brandonashley5872 11 месяцев назад +5

    That's north Georgia if I've ever seen it

  • @LynnGlass-n7d
    @LynnGlass-n7d 11 месяцев назад +3

    Im from Morganton NC USA i really enjoyed da music. If u ever get a chance. u need to come here and play n our bluegrass festival They would love u dear

  • @whohoii
    @whohoii 11 месяцев назад +11

    Being born in south Australia this makes me smile also shanties on banjer is a dream come true

  • @Orourkebanjo
    @Orourkebanjo 11 месяцев назад +13

    You definitely have a knack for the sea shanties and British songs

  • @seancline8130
    @seancline8130 11 месяцев назад +5

    How'd you keep a straight face so long?? I cracked up at codfish heads!😂

  • @Tasmanaut
    @Tasmanaut 9 месяцев назад +5

    just one thing I want to say about your channel, it's both a musical performance and banjo heritage/lesson thing. You have the performances for music fans to listen to, then the lessons for banjo enthusiasts to learn. It's quite brilliant really, you get the taste for it by listening, then you want to learn to play, then you have the vids where you can learn to play in a very well produced tutorial. I learned most of what I know (not that much tbh XD) from your tutorials. I bought a banjo just to play the ballad of Kyle Rittenhouse, and it snowballed from there.

  • @CousinErn
    @CousinErn Год назад +13

    Bound to see ol Kurt 🦌

    • @KurtNoName
      @KurtNoName Год назад +9

      HEAVE AWAY HAUL AWAY 🚜🐨🛶

  • @albertwaters6436
    @albertwaters6436 11 месяцев назад +7

    I worked on a tallship that uses shanties and we sang this one many times. Some of those sails get real heavy and singing in time together helps a whole lot. Thanks for posting, I’d love to try this when my banjo and I are reunited

  • @PAINFOOL13
    @PAINFOOL13 11 месяцев назад +12

    Awesome Clifton 👌🏻

  • @SIMUL4CR4
    @SIMUL4CR4 11 месяцев назад +6

    Thanks from Adelaide, South Australia! Love your music, you're opening up a whole world of songwriting I had no idea about, thank you sir!

  • @Tasmanaut
    @Tasmanaut 9 месяцев назад +4

    you did it justice mate! One of my favourite songs to sing and listen to when having a few beverages. My favourite version will always be Barney Mckenna's for sentimental reasons, but this is super traditional in arrangement and the melody really pops on the fretless banjo.

  • @rob-cooks
    @rob-cooks 9 месяцев назад +3

    howdy Mr. Hicks, do you by any chance craft banjos for sale? Those manufactured ones just lack that soul that you got.
    edit: Sir, thank you for your courageous service. For anyone out there, this young man is more than just a dude who plays banjo. You've a country still because of Patriotic and courageous young men such as he. It takes some selflessness and backbone to forfeit your life for others. Now he makes badass music and banjers!

  • @chris-mp2py
    @chris-mp2py 2 месяца назад +2

    Nature, a great accompaniment &
    probably where music started
    anyway.
    Clifton you're the ultimate easy listenin

  • @jeffalbillar7625
    @jeffalbillar7625 11 месяцев назад +5

    Ahh, Saturday morning and Señor Hicks.
    ✌️👊

  • @jeffandhisdogs
    @jeffandhisdogs 11 месяцев назад +8

    I can chop wood to this

  • @joannamcpeak7531
    @joannamcpeak7531 11 месяцев назад +3

    You need to come to East Tennessee and play some Bluegrass with us!
    Very much enjoyed this tune ❤

  • @gaetanobevilacqua2700
    @gaetanobevilacqua2700 10 месяцев назад +2

    When r u publishing a banjo Clawhammer book on Amazon we can buy it in South Australia? Thank you!

  • @lunatuna2506
    @lunatuna2506 Год назад +7

    🔥 ❤️ 🔥

  • @Mo11y666
    @Mo11y666 11 месяцев назад +4

    Thanks for hooking my lovely Saturday evening up with an awesome tune on an equally beautiful stringer.

  • @marvinthemaniac7698
    @marvinthemaniac7698 11 месяцев назад +8

    Very good! 🤘👌

  • @sailawayteam
    @sailawayteam 11 месяцев назад +4

    Fantastic! Your banjo has this laid back and mellow sound, simple yet powerful tone.

  • @brandonproffitt725
    @brandonproffitt725 11 месяцев назад +2

    Can a Proffitt make a song request?
    With the way things are going I was thinking "jolly banker"

  • @fuchsiasaville
    @fuchsiasaville 11 месяцев назад +5

    👍 😊

  • @michaelbaker602
    @michaelbaker602 9 месяцев назад +2

    Hope you haven’t gone the way of Zac Sokolow. He seems to be immersed in a band called La Lom now. It’s just you haven’t posted a video in a while. Merry Christmas!

    • @CliftonHicksbanjo
      @CliftonHicksbanjo  9 месяцев назад +4

      Thanks for writing, Michael. I've worked in archaeology off and on since 2010, but this year am full-time leading crews in several states. Haven't been playing much music.

  • @billynomates920
    @billynomates920 11 месяцев назад +3

    don't often do this but i am gonna listen to that again straightaway.

  • @stevensteven8714
    @stevensteven8714 11 месяцев назад +6

    Being from the UK I would suggest listening to the version by Fisherman's Friends.

    • @glyncaemawr6957
      @glyncaemawr6957 11 месяцев назад

      ruclips.net/video/p3afGi3REu8/видео.htmlsi=5TYH1Ku2wAN7naaq

  • @Dan-TheOracle
    @Dan-TheOracle 11 месяцев назад +11

    as a South Australian, by the power vested in me i proudly proclaim you Honorary Australian... i didnt see the name of the song before listening to it so it was a pleasant surprise.

    • @gavandinsdale4940
      @gavandinsdale4940 11 месяцев назад +9

      I’ll second that. Please come over and play at some of our music festivals Clifton, you will be welcomed with open arms.

    • @jaymannewell
      @jaymannewell 11 месяцев назад +5

      Motion moved, all in favour comment AYE.

    • @Dan-TheOracle
      @Dan-TheOracle 11 месяцев назад +7

      @@jaymannewell all in favour say "cobber"

    • @spikel984
      @spikel984 11 месяцев назад +4

      Aye!

    • @AussySpawn
      @AussySpawn 10 месяцев назад

      How good would that be@@gavandinsdale4940

  • @daveclarke05443
    @daveclarke05443 10 месяцев назад +2

    ❤awesome job. Great to see you play everytime brother 😊

  • @fernandobentayga4782
    @fernandobentayga4782 9 месяцев назад +2

    🎼🪕🎶😌🎶🎙🎼

  • @zachb8012
    @zachb8012 5 месяцев назад

    See, now I'm conflicted. I was going to buy a double barrel break action shotgun but then I saw this Terry Bell and thought, "well I have a primitive tackhead, but I should probably have a Boucher replica and that looks like the ticket." Now I found one and it's the exact same as my shotgun budget.

  • @comontoshi
    @comontoshi 6 месяцев назад

    Been awhile since I heard this tune . . . I sing it sometimes when I’m doing stuff . . . heave away haul away . . . 👍👍😘

  • @valictidae505
    @valictidae505 9 месяцев назад

    Do you have any plans on making a video on the classic tune Spanish ladies/ farewell you Spanish ladies? I feel like you’d have an amazing rendition of it!

  • @OzzieMozzie777
    @OzzieMozzie777 7 месяцев назад

    I was listening to the Sean dagher version of this just the other day. Absolute banger any way it's sung/played

  • @Kan-o-tex
    @Kan-o-tex 8 месяцев назад

    First heard this song from The Pogues-RIP Shane. Great work, Mr Hicks, as always.

  • @mccypr
    @mccypr 8 месяцев назад

    Nice Banjo! What happened to Terry Bell?🙂😎

  • @nickg8385
    @nickg8385 3 месяца назад +1

    What is a kipperback girl?

    • @CliftonHicksbanjo
      @CliftonHicksbanjo  3 месяца назад +1

      A kipper is a whole dried salted mackerel. Yankee gals apparently comb their hair with a kipper's backbone.

  • @DavidRegian-ss8sn
    @DavidRegian-ss8sn 9 месяцев назад

    Would you ever play the ballad of string bean?

  • @IsaacDueck
    @IsaacDueck 8 месяцев назад

    Would like to hear your take on Drunken Sailor or The Wellerman

  • @dominiquesirgy8057
    @dominiquesirgy8057 9 месяцев назад

    Hey Clifton. Thanks for the great videos. Would you consider doing a banjo lesson of Nora's browns "Jenny Put the Kettle On"? Thanks for considering!

    • @CliftonHicksbanjo
      @CliftonHicksbanjo  9 месяцев назад +2

      That's from a recording of Virgil Anderson who lived on the KY-TN border.

  • @TheeMikeForce
    @TheeMikeForce 9 месяцев назад

    I’m fixin’ to call for a shield-wall.

  • @mattporter2152
    @mattporter2152 9 месяцев назад

    How about a "drunken sailor" tune?

  • @mountainjack1540
    @mountainjack1540 9 месяцев назад

    When’s the lesson Clifton love you!

  • @Josh_Green44
    @Josh_Green44 9 месяцев назад

    Howdy, and merry Christmas Eve!
    Been listening through your songs, and wondering if you're related to Nathan Hicks?

    • @CliftonHicksbanjo
      @CliftonHicksbanjo  9 месяцев назад +2

      No Nathans in my branch.

    • @Josh_Green44
      @Josh_Green44 9 месяцев назад

      @@CliftonHicksbanjo well heck, apparently he was a big name in the old time music and instrument community.

  • @nicholassteel5529
    @nicholassteel5529 5 месяцев назад

    Hey! This is a beauty.

  • @settledown1325
    @settledown1325 9 месяцев назад

    From an anonymous drunk in St. Augustine…doesn’t narrow it down much, but I’m sure glad you heard this and passed it to us. Beautiful shanty

  • @jaybones821_YT
    @jaybones821_YT 10 месяцев назад

    Just came across you channel and i dont usually listen to Bluegrass, i been missing out. this drew me in. Live it. Thanks man.

  • @raymondannas4496
    @raymondannas4496 9 месяцев назад

    Growing up in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains makes this music sound like home!

  • @nickreinbold8703
    @nickreinbold8703 9 месяцев назад

    RIP Clifton

  • @Brad-vs1jc
    @Brad-vs1jc 10 месяцев назад

    That was a pleasant, beautiful song , (I'm american)

  • @corygetz8484
    @corygetz8484 8 месяцев назад

    I can listen to you all day Mr. Hicks.. 😊

  • @GuruishMike
    @GuruishMike 8 месяцев назад

    Man, the slides sound so smooth on that puppy.

  • @rafalprzewlocki
    @rafalprzewlocki 10 месяцев назад

    Love those slides! Great job!

  • @billjones251
    @billjones251 11 месяцев назад

    nice song! how do you tune that banjo?

  • @bearshield7138
    @bearshield7138 11 месяцев назад

    sweet job
    That is a beautiful banjo

  • @Slippery-Stan-Miracle-Man
    @Slippery-Stan-Miracle-Man 11 месяцев назад

    2:40 hilarious

  • @soggybagel8933
    @soggybagel8933 8 месяцев назад

    freebord

  • @rgerwin.3378
    @rgerwin.3378 9 месяцев назад

    Cobber!

  • @alexhage8092
    @alexhage8092 11 месяцев назад

    I like everything about this except the australians part , just like how they like everything about australia except the First Nations Aboriginal People