The Maid of Amsterdam (A-rovin') - sung by the Roaring Trowmen

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  • Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
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    Practice night for the Roaring Trowmen in the historic Llandoger Trow pub (en.wikipedia.or...) in Bristol, UK on 2nd October 2012.

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  • @fangbanger3556
    @fangbanger3556 9 лет назад +422

    Sea shanties, a tavern, a band of mates, a pint ... what more could we ask for ? :)
    Well done lads.

    • @kkkkaran
      @kkkkaran 9 лет назад +3

      +FangBanger since i cant sing, just a hot lass i can tap my shoes with!!!!!!!!!!

    • @antoniodorado4878
      @antoniodorado4878 6 лет назад +5

      when we think of it, it's so easy to be happy

    • @b_sizzle_extra
      @b_sizzle_extra 5 лет назад

      No no no no no no no. They did it wrong. Check out my comment up above.

    • @minnowpd
      @minnowpd 4 года назад

      Sporting wenches?

    • @timberry5666
      @timberry5666 2 года назад +1

      being at sea and hauling on the braces

  • @johnmorrissey1675
    @johnmorrissey1675 11 месяцев назад +2

    Excellent 👋👏👏🇮🇪☘️👋

  • @FelixRavenhurst
    @FelixRavenhurst 9 лет назад +119

    This sounds like I am in the middle of the singing, a part of the crew. I love it when people do it like this.

    • @dimitri_tsm
      @dimitri_tsm 4 года назад +1

      I know right! It feels so Immersive. Like we are having the time of our lives

    • @Sigmamaleofhumanspecies4209
      @Sigmamaleofhumanspecies4209 7 месяцев назад +1

      Assassin Creed Black Flag

  • @Africantours
    @Africantours Год назад +10

    I remember this set piece in high school in Kenya "In Plymouth town there live a maid "❤️❤️

    • @josephkisuge8480
      @josephkisuge8480 8 месяцев назад

      Did you sing it.?
      Coincidentally I need the Plymouth one

  • @brianmalasi8103
    @brianmalasi8103 9 месяцев назад +14

    I was in a boys band while in high school. Lukenya boys, in Kenya back in 2006. This song saw us make it to the national level in the music festivals. I sing it every other day since then.

  • @bramueladakai9754
    @bramueladakai9754 6 лет назад +33

    Performed this piece in national music festivals in 2003 while in high school. From Kenya.

  • @donkipfer9949
    @donkipfer9949 Год назад +1

    wow, a blast from high school past in the mid 60's! the men's chorus would sing this while the choir took a break.

  • @LastRonin47
    @LastRonin47 6 лет назад +165

    "Should we go to a studio to record this?"
    .......
    "Or we could go to the Winchester and record this with a pint."

  • @rick2112rkrk
    @rick2112rkrk 4 года назад +7

    Caught my ear in the 1956 version of Moby Dick, and found my way here. Glad I did. Close my eyes and I can hear the gulls, and smell the salt air as the sailors weigh anchor in unison.

    • @brynstephens4062
      @brynstephens4062 4 года назад +2

      Thank you :) Any social media shares we can get would be appreciated. Tiktok is sadly beyond us.... #bandwagon :P

    • @tyrkir8173
      @tyrkir8173 4 года назад +1

      Same for me!👍

  • @andrewbeaty4112
    @andrewbeaty4112 6 лет назад +153

    LYRICS:
    In Amsterdam there lived a maid
    Mark well what I do say
    In Amsterdam there lived a maid
    And she was mistress of her trade
    I'll go no more a-rovin' with you fair maid
    A-rovin', a-rovin', since rovin's been my ruin-o
    I'll go no more a-rovin' with you fair maid
    I met this fair maid after dark
    Mark well what I do say
    I met this fair maid after dark
    and took her to my favourite park
    I'll go no more a-rovin' with you fair maid
    A-rovin', a-rovin', since rovin's been my ruin-o
    I'll go no more a-rovin' with you fair maid
    I put my hand upon her knee
    Mark well what I do say
    I put my hand upon her knee
    She said: "Young man you're rather free!"
    I'll go no more a-rovin' with you fair maid
    A-rovin', a-rovin', since rovin's been my ruin-o
    I'll go no more a-rovin' with you fair maid
    I put my hand upon her thigh
    Mark well what I do say
    I put my hand upon her thigh
    She said: "Young man that’s rather high!"
    I'll go no more a-rovin' with you fair maid
    A-rovin', a-rovin', since rovin's been my ruin-o
    I'll go no more a-rovin' with you fair maid
    I put my hand yet higher still
    Mark well what I do say
    I put my hand yet higher still
    She said, “Young man, that’s quite a thrill!”
    I'll go no more a-rovin' with you fair maid
    A-rovin', a-rovin', since rovin's been my ruin-o
    I'll go no more a-rovin' with you fair maid
    She swore that she’d be true to me
    Mark well what I do say
    She swore that she’d be true to me
    But she spent me money fast and free
    I’ll go no more a-rovin’ with you fair maid
    A-rovin', a-rovin', since rovin's been my ruin-o
    I'll go no more a-rovin' with you fair maid
    And when I got back home from sea
    Mark well what I do say
    And when I got back home from sea
    A soldier had her on his knee
    I'll go no more a-rovin' with you fair maid
    A-rovin', a-rovin', since rovin's been my ruin-o
    I'll go no more a-rovin' with you fair maid
    A-rovin', a-rovin', since rovin's been my ruin-o
    I'll go no more a-rovin' with you fair maid

    • @shicrazy33
      @shicrazy33 5 лет назад +11

      Thank you! For creating this lyric comment. For some reason there's a lot more version of this song, and none of the songs I search have the same lyric. I was about to do this myself, but since you already did it, thank you.

    • @johnpaulob
      @johnpaulob 4 года назад +2

      You deserve a prize for this. Thank you a lot

    • @tvdants2026
      @tvdants2026 4 года назад +2

      @@shicrazy33 since your comment is a year old, I don’t know if there is any point in typing this, but I will any ways.
      Many folk songs and sea shanty’s have hundreds of versions, because they were passed around and shared by so many people, that they have slight changes each time people sang them. The is led to the changes adding up to create many different verses.

    • @shicrazy33
      @shicrazy33 4 года назад +1

      @@tvdants2026 oh no thanks. I never thought of it as like an oral kind of thing because the song is widely used so I thought they all looked at one single original version. Hmm thanks

    • @albertnoble2727
      @albertnoble2727 3 года назад +3

      ru-i-in

  • @fozzle6503
    @fozzle6503 3 года назад +13

    Almost forgot to watch this today.

  • @christinekirkland3082
    @christinekirkland3082 6 лет назад +19

    AGHH I LOVE THIS SO MUCH AND THEY HAVE *PERFECT* HARMOMY IN THE CHOROUS

  • @StudebakerHawk57
    @StudebakerHawk57 8 лет назад +26

    After hearing this and other gems from these lads, I visited their site and purchased a download of their songs. I can say it was money very well spent. Fantastic effort all around.

    • @brynstephens4062
      @brynstephens4062 4 года назад +3

      Thanks! any social media shares or likes at the moment are appreciated! sadly Tiktok is beyond us and we are being left behind :P

  • @davepartington5462
    @davepartington5462 9 месяцев назад +1

    We were in a pub, the Llandogger Trow in Bristol.

  • @An_Fitheach_Dubh
    @An_Fitheach_Dubh 3 года назад +6

    Those lads, they sung it well, that song.
    Mark well what I do say!
    Those lads, they sung it well, that song,
    Can't stop tae hear it on and on ... :-D

  • @tomh6183
    @tomh6183 4 года назад +10

    Absolutely fabulous rendition,I always wondered the name of this song fromMoby Dick and now I finally know,thank you so much.

    • @Heavenschild4Jesus
      @Heavenschild4Jesus 3 года назад +1

      That's exactly what came to my mind the minute I heard this awesome song! For the age of that movie it still amazes me. And I love love Gregory Peck as Fletcher Christian.
      This song puts you right out on the sea...EXCELLENT JOB, YOUNG MEN!

  • @daweshorizon
    @daweshorizon 3 года назад +2

    Nice version of this old folk song! Love and peace.

  • @Smileynator
    @Smileynator 4 месяца назад +1

    This one is better than the recorded version that is also on the channel. More depth to it, even if it peaks all over the place.

  • @Stoic_Zoomer
    @Stoic_Zoomer 10 лет назад +56

    you guys are badass

  • @idalahow
    @idalahow 7 лет назад +11

    In Kenya Schools, it was like this.....In Amsterdam, there lived a maid and she was tall and fair, her eyes were blue and cheeks were red and she had auburn hair....

  • @dianneberg7407
    @dianneberg7407 2 года назад +2

    Terrific. My mum used to sing this song.

  • @bradmcgovern954
    @bradmcgovern954 5 лет назад +5

    So fantastic!!! I'm in a pirate mood tonight and was looking for classic seas songs, and this is one of my favorites, and this rendition is fantastic! Truly good singing, and love that it's at a pub!

  • @Omnicide101
    @Omnicide101 3 года назад +7

    As both a giant fan of shanties and someone who grew up within spitting distance of Amsterdam - absolute banger

  • @jluec
    @jluec 5 лет назад +2

    I've been coming back to this video for YEARS now and it never gets old. Well done sailors!

  • @Zerofukstogive
    @Zerofukstogive 3 года назад +3

    This is amazing

  • @wenkosikasi
    @wenkosikasi 8 лет назад +114

    This is the nicest version I've found - and I've been looking! Truly in the spirit of the song! Could I get/buy a recording?

    • @TheAspieWorld
      @TheAspieWorld 4 года назад +2

      Yes!! It’s ok iTunes

    • @class87srule
      @class87srule 2 года назад +3

      We sang this in 3rd year at secondary school with certain lines censored. Still a jolly good sing!

    • @deanery4x
      @deanery4x Год назад

      We did a cd ... called Testing, still available.

  • @marakujer7269
    @marakujer7269 3 года назад +2

    I know that first and only at 1950ies Moby Dick with Gregory Peck. Nice to hear it here fully Version, good performance👍

  • @quietside3734
    @quietside3734 5 лет назад +6

    A pure, clear voice is made here by you fine lads. To others I shall suggest ye warblings, and little doubt have I that they shall be accepting. Onwards with the song of the sea!

    • @brynstephens4062
      @brynstephens4062 4 года назад +2

      Thanks! any shares we can get would be appreciated!

    • @quietside3734
      @quietside3734 4 года назад +2

      @@brynstephens4062 Shares ye will have, and with them, the applause of the sea. Also, my woman will be harking for more. The lone voice I provide has scant worm to suffice a woman of such hungers. Give her yer voice, and with it will come a satisfaction that I alone cannot fulfil. Blessed are yer! And Godspeed.

  • @KH6DAN
    @KH6DAN 4 года назад +2

    Wonderful.

    • @brynstephens4062
      @brynstephens4062 4 года назад +2

      Thank you Dan :) any social media shares we can get would be appreciated!

  • @jameshowell1214
    @jameshowell1214 3 года назад +2

    i think i found my favorite genre of music

  • @Tahlorn
    @Tahlorn 11 лет назад +5

    Gorgeous! Good lord I wish I could sing. Well, in tune and on note that is.

  • @timpearse8734
    @timpearse8734 11 лет назад +1

    Roaring Trowmen were amazing at Fieldview Festival 2013! More please!

  • @RedRobin13
    @RedRobin13 2 года назад

    God love you. From Australia.

  • @martinjames4293
    @martinjames4293 5 лет назад +1

    This is my favourite version of the song. Especially the lyrics. Thanks for uploading.

    • @brynstephens4062
      @brynstephens4062 4 года назад +2

      our pleasure Martin! any social media shares we can get would be appreciated!

  • @RCAWHICK
    @RCAWHICK 2 года назад +1

    Great version. Great video. I want to be there with them singing!

  • @ethangrant4168
    @ethangrant4168 5 лет назад +4

    My all time favorite recorded version of this chanty. Thank you for your dedication to keeping this musical tradition alive :D

    • @brynstephens4062
      @brynstephens4062 4 года назад +1

      Thanks Ethan. any shares we could get would be appreciated! Sadly Tiktok is beyond us and we are being left behind :P

  • @l3oondoxl3reak
    @l3oondoxl3reak 7 лет назад +3

    God I wish I could have gotten the chance to sing with you guys lol I love these songs

  • @colinwest1822
    @colinwest1822 7 лет назад +4

    Used to sing this at school 60 years ago on Singing Together. Not quite this unexpurgated version though. Was my favourite (apart from Donkey Riding) and has, of course, remained with me ever since. You guys do it full justice!

    • @brynstephens4062
      @brynstephens4062 4 года назад +3

      Thanks Colin. ANy social media shares would be much appreciated!

    • @nicedave29
      @nicedave29 2 года назад +4

      If you think this is the unexpurgated version, trust me - there's a version that the sailors sang that I'll never sing in polite company ;) As Stan Hugill used to say, if you think about how rude songs could get, just imagine them ten times worse and that's what was sung aboard those fine ships.

  • @Rikki0
    @Rikki0 6 лет назад +2

    Huzzah! Well done, lads. Wish I could have been there.

  • @jeremiahpolom2802
    @jeremiahpolom2802 2 года назад

    One of the best shanties I have heard. This, Leave her Johnny and Randy Dandy-O

  • @TheRunnersProduction
    @TheRunnersProduction 10 лет назад +6

    excellent im speechless

  • @GiftofChaosStudio
    @GiftofChaosStudio 4 года назад +7

    Ahh to be in a pub downing pints having a group strike out into these tunes.

  • @chrisr.3320
    @chrisr.3320 5 лет назад +1

    Thank you for sharing, both beautyful and at det same awesome.

  • @Dreetjuhh74
    @Dreetjuhh74 4 года назад +7

    Funny fact: thiis is one of the oldest sea shanty's... Around 1630...
    .great performance

  • @snapdragon11
    @snapdragon11 10 лет назад +1

    You guys ar e amazing. :)

  • @Ragin_Cajun504
    @Ragin_Cajun504 3 года назад +3

    Killed it…

  • @videostalker4297
    @videostalker4297 10 лет назад +83

    AC IV- version is good, but not as good as this version, and I have the AC-version. I love it !!

    • @RoaringTrowmenBristol
      @RoaringTrowmenBristol  9 лет назад +37

      VideoStalker Thankyou very much :) if youre ever in the UK come and see us live! Check out our gigs on the website www.roaringtrowmen.co.uk
      Cheers!!

  • @veselinnedkov643
    @veselinnedkov643 5 лет назад

    Beautiful. Just beautiful.

  • @ak220880
    @ak220880 8 лет назад +37

    tears are roving aroving, such a emotional heart-breaking song.
    So, the guy went to sea to forget his ruin done by his girlfriend.

    • @TroPy1n
      @TroPy1n 8 лет назад +1

      Hope you gave your grief a seamen's grave and went to search for new shores

    • @benjaminrincon2803
      @benjaminrincon2803 8 лет назад +1

      ak220880 the song is originally about a whore, at least the way my grandfatger taught me and he was as much a sailor as I am. original line was "in amsterdam there lived a maid, mark well what I do say; in Amsterdam there lived a maid, a mistress of the whoring trade..."

  • @steviewaichulis
    @steviewaichulis 5 лет назад

    Love This..............

  • @goofy7416
    @goofy7416 11 лет назад +10

    I'd like this song

  • @wenkosikasi
    @wenkosikasi 8 лет назад +5

    Hooray! Found and bought!

  • @MorrFord
    @MorrFord 4 года назад +4

    Wow such a underrated sea shanty

  • @emanuelecuccitto4580
    @emanuelecuccitto4580 6 лет назад

    Cheers from Italy! Great performance!

  • @angeltzepesh1
    @angeltzepesh1 8 лет назад

    Well done gents, cheers from Romania!!

  • @StudebakerHawk57
    @StudebakerHawk57 8 лет назад +9

    I can almost smell the tar and sea air. Well done!

  • @riotfire8575
    @riotfire8575 9 лет назад

    This is so great to listen to. Great job

  • @TheDustysix
    @TheDustysix 8 лет назад

    Beautiful rendition!

  • @mirandajanssen7729
    @mirandajanssen7729 8 лет назад

    Truly in love with this version, very well done !!

  • @ronaldlivingston2412
    @ronaldlivingston2412 2 года назад

    Great Job !

  • @anthony-pirrone
    @anthony-pirrone 7 лет назад

    Beautiful work!

  • @brad25000
    @brad25000 8 лет назад

    very nicely done .

  • @davidedefrancesco8866
    @davidedefrancesco8866 9 лет назад

    You men are amazing. I think that this is the best version of this shanty...keep on going like this!

  • @robertfeol
    @robertfeol 7 лет назад

    Unreal! Amazing talent!

    • @brynstephens4062
      @brynstephens4062 4 года назад

      Thanks Robert. any shares or likes are much appreciated!

  • @DoroteoVilla
    @DoroteoVilla 12 лет назад +1

    Excellent

  • @WhiteCavendish
    @WhiteCavendish 5 лет назад

    Splendidly sung, lads! Bravo!

    • @brynstephens4062
      @brynstephens4062 4 года назад

      Thank you :) any shares we can get would be appreciated!

  • @pleasedontwastefood
    @pleasedontwastefood 2 года назад +3

    Man, this seafaring DnD sesh goes HARD.

  • @MrArmyguyDave
    @MrArmyguyDave 8 лет назад

    Great song

  • @grim8941
    @grim8941 10 лет назад +5

    Much better then the Assassin's Creed IV version!
    Fantastic!

  • @jeromedeckker5622
    @jeromedeckker5622 9 месяцев назад

    Brilliant Boys........Bloody Fantastic !! When is the cd single coming out !!

    • @davepartington5462
      @davepartington5462 9 месяцев назад +1

      Sadly no single, but you can find it on our 'Testing....' album, available from our website :-).

  • @johnmorrissey1675
    @johnmorrissey1675 11 месяцев назад

    Very good 👏🇮🇪☘️👋

  • @rak1445
    @rak1445 11 лет назад +14

    Holy shit guys

  • @jamesquirk4999
    @jamesquirk4999 2 года назад

    It was sung in tavern in New Bedford in movie 🎥 Moby Dick.

  • @pseudoangela
    @pseudoangela 8 лет назад

    i love this! thank you so much :)

  • @esta1ful
    @esta1ful 5 лет назад +1

    Real music! People used to have to make their own music.

  • @JohnBernardon-py7wf
    @JohnBernardon-py7wf Год назад

    “BRAVO”!!!

  • @Bigger-Than-Jesus
    @Bigger-Than-Jesus 4 года назад +2

    Aye Lads!

  • @prydonian460
    @prydonian460 9 лет назад

    Bravo !!

  • @whatthehellisgoingon5789
    @whatthehellisgoingon5789 9 месяцев назад +4

    It is illegal to sing this song outside of pubs and ships

  • @alexzink85
    @alexzink85 6 лет назад +1

    pretty nice job boys!!!
    :)

  • @thomsboys77
    @thomsboys77 6 лет назад

    Anyone else remember this song being used in the 60’s Disney mini-series ‘The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh’ where the Press Gang sing this at the Inn?

  • @magyaridora1860
    @magyaridora1860 10 лет назад

    adorable :D really great song from great men :) !

    • @RoaringTrowmenBristol
      @RoaringTrowmenBristol  9 лет назад

      Magyari Dóra Thankyou very much :) if youre ever in the UK come and see us live! Check out our gigs on the website www.roaringtrowmen.co.uk
      Cheers!!

    • @magyaridora1860
      @magyaridora1860 9 лет назад +2

      If I ever go there I will go for sure!
      Till that time me and my friends send you our greetings as a musicion should do: if you may have time check the band "Red Locks", you'll may like the songs we play ;)

  • @chrisberry6933
    @chrisberry6933 6 лет назад

    Brilliant! Get on spotify lads

    • @deanery4x
      @deanery4x Год назад

      I think you'll find us there

  • @lilychalker8986
    @lilychalker8986 4 года назад +2

    This is accually the oldest sea shanty known.

  • @aaaht3810
    @aaaht3810 4 года назад +7

    "Since rovin's been by RU-I-N". Ain't it the truth.

  • @DARKBLADE1103
    @DARKBLADE1103 9 лет назад +1

    this is amazing as a future marine and big fan of the sea your shanty are superb

  • @anthonycantu8879
    @anthonycantu8879 2 года назад

    I've seen different versions of the lyrics. This one is pretty good.

  • @ianpetty419
    @ianpetty419 Год назад

    Tune lads... Tune!

  • @jakehunter8386
    @jakehunter8386 3 года назад +2

    A bristolian song sung by bristolian men in a bristolian pub in bristol.
    Gert lush!

  • @jerematthewjohnson5208
    @jerematthewjohnson5208 4 года назад

    i have been to Amsterdam by ship 147 days at sea

  • @miguelkhan3191
    @miguelkhan3191 3 года назад +3

    Better than Assasins creed 4 version

  • @poihpioakarp8845
    @poihpioakarp8845 6 лет назад

    I can't be the only one who's reminded of Phillip SH dancing with naked ladies

  • @nukenfries9403
    @nukenfries9403 4 года назад +2

    This is one of the oldest sea shanty’s known

  • @Anekantavad
    @Anekantavad 4 года назад +1

    Absolutely wonderful. *THAT* is England :-)

  • @bradschaeffer5736
    @bradschaeffer5736 Год назад

    Where's Ishmael? Great stuff guys!

  • @willikins5095
    @willikins5095 3 года назад +4

    here from rdr2

  • @averyzaliasylvia4026
    @averyzaliasylvia4026 6 лет назад

    Ahooyy lads!!

  • @joeplavin
    @joeplavin 3 года назад +1

    Sang a different version for chorus in college

  • @andy29375
    @andy29375 9 лет назад +1

    You'd blow them away if you went on Britain's got Talent!!! I know thoses competitions can be very cheesy, but some great acts appear too!

  • @lucassmith4524
    @lucassmith4524 7 лет назад +17

    Roving *has* been my RU-I-IN