My Son John - The Longest Johns
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- There are various versions of this traditional song, we were largely inspired by hearing Folk-Punk band Smokey Bastard (check them out, they're really good!) perform their version. Here we perform the song outside Thornbury Library before performing a set inside. Dave also eats an apple.
The Longest Johns are based in Thornbury, Bristol, and are a folk band specialising in traditional working songs and shanties. (They sometimes do other songs they like too, but don't tell anyone.)
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bloke is just casually eating an apple while singing
+Anderson H. Veta oh yes l it really is! l folk sing and it's helps big time
That's just Dave being Dave but is very amusing. :)
Dave can do what he wants
Barbossa's 🍏
@@anna14campbell r ete
Cheers!
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Cheers!
Cheers!
Yes
Cheers indeed
You guys should do more street singing videos, im sure all the bystanders would appreciate such beautiful voices.
Yesss
Yeah, yeah! Please!
My Son John?
the shortest John
Our son Jon is the tallest Longest John!!! :)
Andy said this recording was bad in one of their streams, so that means even their bad recordings are amazing
That's one of the interesting things about having a group sing. If they're in good harmony, the overlapping voices mostly cover up imperfections in the recording process and in the singers. After all, who's going to notice when one guy in the group misses a note if the other 3 got it right? Besides, shanties were usually meant to be sung by a large group of guys with questionable singing ability, so the style itself is made to cover up bad individual singers
(Slightly more accurate lyrics than the older comment)
Oh my son John was tall an' slim
An' he had a leg for ev’ry limb.
But now he’s got no legs at all
For he ran a race with a cannonball
Timmy roo dun da, falee riddle da
Whack fo’ the riddle Timmy roo dun da~.
Oh were ya drunk or were ya blind
When ya left yer two fine legs behind.
Or was it sailin’ on the sea
Ground my two fine legs right down to the knee
Timmy roo dun da, falee riddle da
Whack fo’ the riddle Timmy roo dun da~.
No I was not drunk, I was not blind
When I left my two fine legs behind.
Nor was it sailing on the sea
Ground my two fine legs right down to the knee
Timmy roo dun da, falee riddle da
Whack fo’ the riddle Timmy roo dun da~.
Every foreign war I’ll now denounce
‘tween the King of England an' a King of *France.*
For I’d rather my legs as they used to be
Than the King of Spain an' his whole navy
Timmy roo dun da, falee riddle da
Whack fo’ the riddle Timmy roo dun da~.
Oh I was tall an' I was slim
An' I had a leg for ev’ry limb.
But now I’ve got no legs at all
For you can't win a race with a cannonball
Timmy roo dun da, falee riddle da
Whack fo’ the riddle Timmy roo dun da~.
Oh I was tall an' I was slim
An' I had a leg for ev’ry limb.
But now I’ve got no legs at all
They've done come off on a cannonball
Timmy roo dun da, falee riddle da
Whack fo’ the riddle Timmy roo dun da~.
Timmy roo dun da, falee riddle da
Whack fo’ the riddle Timmy roo dun da~~.
Thanks you
You made my day 😃
It's "to me" not "timmy"
I believe no parent will ever lose the slightly condescending and sarcastic way they ask their children any question.
Imean "were you drunk or were you blind when you left your two fine legs behind" sounds like a father asking his son how he crashed the family car last night
RUclips just glitched on me so I'm watching one video that's a parody of mulan and looking at the comments of another.
As you can tell, I got a bit confused between songs
Men lost their lives to their own cannonballs when they break their crates, usually due to weight, and cheap crates for ammunition. It was so much more common that men would die from that rather than shipwrecks or sinkage, simply because the rarity of both of those. You'd need a current stronger than the wind above it [wind and current are extremely closely tied, second only to lunar-current ties] which is unlikely, and for the second, you'd need someone who wanted to sink your ship more than they wanted to sell it. extremely unlikely since even a tiny messenger sloop sold for the same price as a carriage and its horses in that age.
Interesting. Thanks for sharing. 🙂 I’m curious about ships and the reality of sailing, etc. apart from the popular culture influences.
But if he had a leg for every limb that means he has to have infinite number of legs beucause: he has a leg for every limb that means 2arms +2 legs =4legs but now he has 2arms and 4legs which gives us 6 legs etc. It is imposible that one cannonball took all of his legs at once, therefor he could still walk and was still tall and slim. And probably looked like a some kind of mutant beucause of his many legs.
Oh yeah and the song is awesome btw
@@zabwany_25kobwoj64 If that is the case then props to the guy who shot the cannonball because they all came off in one shot.
@@senatinemoonthorn9030 pretty impressive indeed
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@@spongebobsquarepants8403 yes oh good friend?
Those 3 Dislikes are from John and his two missing legs
1:15 So kangaroos have migrated to England I see
Lol
He was zooming
I COMPLETELY MISSWD THAT LMAOOO
Mans just vibing
💀🦘
This is the best version of My Son John
Lyrics:
My son John was tall and slim
And he’d a leg for ev’ry limb.
But now he’s got no legs at all
For he ran a race with a cannon ball
Timmy roo dun da, fadda riddle da
Whack fo’ the riddle Timmy roo dun da
Well were ya drunk or were ya blind
When ya left your two fine legs behind
Or was it sailin’ on the sea
Wore your two fine legs right down to the knee
Timmy roo dun da, fadda riddle da
Whack fo’ the riddle Timmy roo dun da
I was not drunk, I was not blind
When I left my two fine legs behind
Nor was it sailin’ on the sea
Wore my two fine legs right down to the knee
Timmy roo dun da, fadda riddle da
Whack fo’ the riddle Timmy roo dun da
Every foreign war I’ll now denounce
‘tween the King of England and the King of France
For I’d rather my legs as they used to be
Than the king of Spain and his whole navy
Timmy roo dun da, fadda riddle da
Whack fo’ the riddle Timmy roo dun da
I was tall and I was slim
And I’d a leg for ev’ry limb
But now I’ve got no legs at all
They were both shot away by a cannon ball
Timmy roo dun da, fadda riddle da
Whack fo’ the riddle Timmy roo dun da
I was tall and I was slim
And I’d a leg for ev’ry limb
But now I’ve got no legs at all
They done come off on a cannon ball
Timmy roo dun da, fadda riddle da
Whack fo’ the riddle Timmy roo dun da
Timmy roo dun da, fadda riddle da
Whack fo’ the riddle Timmy roo dun da
On the second to last verse, the last line is "For you can't win a race with a cannon ball." Other than that lyrics are fine :P
Not want to qoute anyone but this put smile on my face :)
Thanks Dave for eating that apple, very cool. Also well done on the song too!
Goodness, you lot've come a long way.
I recently discovered this song in my recommended, even though its among the older song, it's my favorite.
This song needs to be on their next album XD
Beautiful 😍 voices
I just enjoy the captions.
So good. So glad these boys are getting their legs
you should do this song again
Damn, I'd really like to see this remastered
This is a FINE version. I love it.
Why can’t we get a Spotify version of this:(
We have one!
@@jakwishjake no. No we do not. Ive looked
@@BrickXDeluxe you can download it and add it to a spotify playlist for personal use
@@jakwishjake I think they meant an actual studio version
@@okami_6 yeah my bad, I thought they had it on spotify when I first commented that, we do still need one though
@The Longest Johns I SO love this one, guys! Please, PLEASE do an updated, even better video of this sometime!
I’m sure you have people clamoring for more, more, MORE, so this is just a suggestion if you’d like to.
Please take care of yourselves, your significant others, kids, etc. first and most by all means, though. I can imagine the sorts of pressures as your channel/s and fame are growing, so. “Healthy Johns make good, good songs” - Me. 😉 We fans’ll be alright. Cheers! 🙂
I would love to see you guys sing this song again
Brilliant singing!
"You know the first thing I'm going to do after the curse is lifted? Eat a whole bushel of apples!"
Those boys can sing
amazing
Re-record this in your studio and sell it (if you haven't already).
I believe this is included in their physical "Written in salt" album as a bonus!
Josh_Le_Gamer Cool. Good to know. Thank you! 🙂
Absolutely loving it! Brilliant!
How have I just now seen this
I can't stop seeing the third guy as a tall and slim JonTron.
oh my gosh... 1.25 speed is amazing
Hey guys, is there (or will there be) a video with better sound quality of this song from you online? Can't find one and from all versions yours is the best
Wow, I'm surprised. I actually like this version a lot. Who's singing the highest part here?
Still trying to find out who the highest voice has.
Guy on the far left
Is it a song of joy and fun? 😶
Well, at least he can sing with a shanty band now.
i’m just a
little late
Dude in the middle looks like JonTron if he was tall and slim
we need more lilting please
Still the best version. The 360 camera sound just doesn't do you guys (or the songs) justice at all. I really hope you give Fish in the Sea another chance (even just an informal (non-360) video like this).
3 people are not tall and slim
3 people lost a race with a cannonball
😂 Both of you!
Too many people rush through this song. Its not an auction.