Dec. 4, 2025

St. Ives Shanty Shout Vibes: Celebrating Music, Community, and Fundraising!

St. Ives Shanty Shout Vibes: Celebrating Music, Community, and Fundraising!

We’re diving into some seriously exciting news this time around! The Port of Bristol Shanty Crew has officially smashed through the £50,000 mark in fundraising for the Teenage Cancer Trust, and let me tell you, that’s a monumental feat! We’re gonna share all the juicy details on how we pulled this off, from rocking gigs to heartwarming donations from our amazing fans and supporters. Plus, we’ve got some fun anecdotes and laughs, all while we get hyped for our live show at the St. Ives Shanty Shout – where we’re mingling with fellow sea shanty lovers! So, grab your shanty hats, and let’s set sail on this festive adventure together!

Shipshape and Bristol Fashion takes you on a wild ride through the heart of the sea shanty scene, and boy, is it a fun one! Kicking things off, Oggie and the crew are live at a gig, warming up for none other than the legendary Wurzels! The vibe is electric as they share their excitement about the buzzing weekend ahead, packed with three gigs back-to-back. The crew is not just about music; they’ve been making waves by fundraising for the Teenage Cancer Trust, sharing how they’ve smashed their goal by raising over £50,000! It’s a heartwarming tale that’s bound to make you smile. Rev Rev, the founder, takes the mic to celebrate this monumental achievement alongside the crew, who recount their adventures and the special badge they received to commemorate their hard work. The laughter flows as they joke about how they manage to collect donations – a mix of charm and cheeky banter that makes you feel like you’re part of the crew.

As the episode sails on, we dive into the essence of shanty singing and the community surrounding it. The crew chats with fellow shanty lovers at the Senn Ives Shanty Shout, capturing the spirit of camaraderie that makes these gatherings so special. They interview fellow groups, sharing stories that highlight the joy of singing together and the importance of keeping the tradition alive. Listening to this episode feels like sitting around a warm fire with friends, sharing tales and songs that resonate with all who love the sea. With plenty of laughs, heartfelt moments, and beautiful melodies, this episode encapsulates the rich tapestry of shanty life, reminding us all of the power of music to bring people together.

Finally, as the episode wraps up, the crew gives a shout-out to their upcoming gigs and events, including a festive performance at Cheltenham College Chapel, promising a night filled with merriment and joy. They invite listeners to join them in celebrating the holiday spirit while supporting a worthy cause. So grab your grog, settle in, and get ready to ride the waves of laughter and song with Shipshape and Bristol Fashion!

Takeaways:

  • In our latest episode, we celebrated raising over £50,000 for the Teenage Cancer Trust, which is totally epic!
  • We shared our gig experiences from the St Ives Shanty Festival, where the vibes were just amazing and everyone was singing along!
  • The crew's camaraderie is strong, and it was awesome to hear how everyone contributes to our charity efforts with passion and joy.
  • We reminisced about our fun-filled weekend of back-to-back gigs and how performing together keeps our spirits high and lively!
  • We discussed the importance of community in the shanty scene, and how it's a unique space for connection and good times!
  • Listeners got a sneak peek into our upcoming events, including a festive gig at Cheltenham College Chapel that promises to be a blast!

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00:00 - Untitled

00:04 - Introduction to the Show

02:27 - Fundraising Success for Teenage Cancer Trust

09:35 - The Formation of Kimber's Men

17:28 - Inspiration Behind the Music

17:36 - The Sea and Its Traditions

25:14 - The Evolution of Pilcher the Pirate

29:02 - The Spirit of Shanty Festivals

36:08 - The Upcoming Charity Events and Christmas Greetings

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You're listening to Shipshape and Bristol Fashion, sponsored by the Nova Scotia Pub.

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Come down and see us on Bristol's historic harbour side.

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I'm Hobie the cabin boy.

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You're listening to Shipshape and Bristol Fashion.

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Bristle Fashion boys along the harder side.

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From Evil Gorge to wonderful heat and all the line Secure the barrels down below Find them, tie and lash em this vessel, she is certified shipshape from Bristol Fashion.

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Hello and welcome to the next episode of Shipshape and Bristol Fashion.

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I'm Oggy and it's great to have you on board.

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And it is December time, so I hope you guys are all getting yourself well prepared for Christmas.

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Now, as you probably can hear, we're recording the opening in a slightly different location.

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We are actually live at one of our gigs.

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In fact, we are the warm up act tonight to the one and only the Wurzels.

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However, more less about them and more about us.

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I'm here with some of the crew and the crew.

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How are you all?

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Are you all okay?

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Absolutely.

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Very happy, very happy.

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Top hole, ultra nice to be doing a second gig in two days.

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It's a very busy weekend for us.

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We've got three gigs on back to back.

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It's.

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It's a crazy weekend.

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Anyway, chaps, we have some really important news to deliver to you because clearly you might have seen on our social medias that a really important thing happened at the kind of end of November.

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And now we've kind of got the founder of the crew with us, which of course is the one and only Rev Rev.

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Shall I leave it to you to deliver the good news to the wonderful podcast listeners?

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Well, the most amazing thing that happened to us at the end of November was that Nobby actually remembered all his words, Ray.

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But the other fantastic thing is, you probably all know when we got founded, we wanted to raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust and we aimed to raise just a thousand or something like that.

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And we've kept going and kept going and kept going.

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We've had collections at our gigs, we've had wonderful donations made from Masonic lodges and individuals in other groups.

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And today I can very, very proudly tell you, if you haven't heard already, that we've broken the 50,000 pound mark.

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In fact, we've raised £50,535 for that wonderful charity, the Teenage Cancer Trust.

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Now Fish, you are the wonderful man that clearly is our treasurer.

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How do you feel?

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Well, he's holding a phone in his hand with a massive total that we've got here.

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What's your reflections on raising so much money?

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I've never had so much fun doing something so lovely for someone else.

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Really good.

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And there was a special thing that happened to us as well because there was a special gift given to us as the crew for reaching that wonderful total.

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Tell us a little bit more about that.

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When we first kicked off the Teenage Cancer Trust, rep Tracie Burns came along and saw us and said, let us know how you get on.

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Oh, are you staying with us?

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Yes.

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Oh, lovely.

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So she's been with us right the way through.

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But she recently left Teenage Cancer Trust and went to Joint Peter's Hospice.

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But before she left, she gave me a present to give to all the crew members when we hit the £50,000.

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And that is a specially made, effectively brooch which says Teenage Cancer Trust.

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Thank you.

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£50,000 raised.

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And each one of the crew members, when we've seen them all, will have one of those badges and probably the wags as well.

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So thank you very much, Tracey.

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That is amazing.

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And she's done that off her own back as well.

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Oh, Bill, how does that feel?

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£50,000?

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It's amazing, isn't it?

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Everyone we speak to, other shanty groups, they say, how do you manage it?

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How do you manage to raise that much money?

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And it's because it's good having knives and guns and we can actually hold people up.

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But that's one from Chile.

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But no, we're great to have certain great, great supporters.

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Theresa, Ben and Jackie and Claire who Francis, who basically shake the buckets and persuade people to part where they're hard earned cash.

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But I think most of it is that they're giving it to us.

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They hope they will shut up.

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And all those requests we had and we still haven't stopped.

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Muff, you're with us.

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You're obviously one of the newer lads to the crew.

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How does it feel?

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Or being part of a collective group that has reached that 50,000 pound mark.

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I'm glad you asked me that because as the relatively new member, what have I been, about nine months?

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Yeah, about nine months.

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I feel a bit of a fraud being in at the end of it and everybody say, well done, you've raised all that money.

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I've made a small contribution which I've really thoroughly enjoyed and glad to do.

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It's been.

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Thank you.

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Yeah, I am short.

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But no, it's been great, has been fantastic now and it's a wonderful achievement for, for us all together.

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Well, there we are.

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Rev.

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Final words from you, just a quickie she's not here tonight with Ian, Teresa, Pete, Teresa D. And she's been one of our best collectors of money.

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I don't know how she does it, but she goes around with a bucket and it comes back full up sometimes with money, which is great.

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Well, it's been great.

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We are now about to go off and do a bit of a rehearsal because we need to sound amazing before the Wurzels follow us.

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So for the rest of the show, we're gonna go right down to a wonderful festival down in Sennheise where the crew was there.

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I'm gonna hand over to shanty boy who has done all of the wraparound audio for that.

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And so we'll hand over.

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Hello.

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Today I'm here at the Sina's Shanty Shout.

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Sadly, Oggy couldn't be here today.

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I'm.

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I'm here with the crew.

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What you're gonna hear is some segments from other.

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Mainly the crew and also some other other groups and me interviewing some lovely people, of course, from the Shani community.

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Secure the barrels down below wind and tie and lash them in special she is certified ship shape and Bristol fashion From our home in Bristol we set out from the quay Our ship is full of spices bound for America Sugars in the hope below when first mates up the crow sells unfurled in customs Raises off to sea we go Shape, shape and Bristol fashion boys along the harbor side From Avon gorge to anderfall Will he even hold secure?

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You may talk about our sailing ships Their strengths and all their flaws Only the graded vessel can navigate that gorge says study on the page Pikmy boys keel over on our side Our shipment is secure my lads on the morning tide Ship ship and Bristol fashion boys along the harbor side from ma gorge Wonderful.

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Will he and hold up.

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First man threw it away like them I took a sand of life and threw it all away to seek another passage at the go of many men to find their bo the road back home again and for just one time I will take a northwest passage to find the hand of brightly reaching for sea Tracing one more light through a land so wild and savage and n the northwest Passage to the se.

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Hello.

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Who are you all?

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We are Kimber's men.

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So what?

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How did you guys form as Kimber's men?

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We had a pal who's no longer with us, put us together 25 years ago.

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Yeah, or just short 25 years.

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And we're based in Yorkshire and he said there was a gap for a sea shanty band in.

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In the Scene really around the folk.

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The folk sing.

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Yeah, yeah.

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And we were all folk singers in a way before that.

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And we put the band together and sounded good.

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He actually asked if.

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If John would join us because of his bass voice.

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Say hello, John.

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Hello, John.

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Hello.

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I can admit that's very low.

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Yeah, exactly.

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Yeah.

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And that was the basis of the band.

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And with like a few sea shanties.

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Was that.

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Was that meant to be a joke?

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The basis of the band, the bass.

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That's very good.

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Other than that, the other reason was it was pure misfortune that we got together.

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We got thrown together.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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We've been together 25 years and hated each other ever since.

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So also, I've heard you guys are also working.

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You also work on a ship.

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Can you tell me more about that?

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Yes.

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Since about 2000, so 25 years now, we've worked on a tall ship, Stabros Esniakos.

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It was a two masted brig.

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And we actually worked as crew and we set the sails, climbed the rigging.

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Yeah.

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Did all that.

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We taught the crew how to work the ship to shanty.

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Yeah.

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As they were traditionally done back in the 60s.

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Do you think working on the ship has also helped you understand like sea sh.

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Is as well?

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Absolutely.

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And respect what hard work it was.

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Yes, of course.

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Must be hard work for sailors.

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Yeah.

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It's made it more enjoyable understanding what the songs were all about also like what.

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What's been your favorite festival you've.

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You've sang in so far?

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Same time.

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Been coming down here for about.

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Is it about eight years?

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Ten?

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Since early.

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We've been all over.

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We went.

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We did some nice ones in Australia.

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We did some great ones in Norway.

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France.

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Yeah.

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We have a nice time.

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It was very good.

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Very good.

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Like, can I just say, like, what's been your favorite shanties you've all sang?

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There's so many, right?

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Yeah.

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What's your favorite Shanti?

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That's the point.

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There's so many and everyone changes them so much.

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But it's not Willaman.

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Right.

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I want to say if anyone.

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I do this bit in the show where I ask people what they want me to sing.

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If they ever say she's well a man, I'll be going like, nope, I'm not.

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I'm not playing that.

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Jesus.

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What's your favorite one?

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My favorite one, it's.

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I. I've not got a favorite sea shade, but I've got a very favorite folk song which is called Rattling Bog.

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It's like one of the first songs I ever sang like publicly.

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So.

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I love that.

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Love that song.

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Love that song.

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For we do love bullying in the alley.

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Bully in the alley is just great.

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We've.

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That's on YouTube.

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Somebody's putting us on YouTube.

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Singing it in the lifeboat house in the dealing Kent.

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Yeah.

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And that's got six million four and a half.

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Or is it?

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Oh, it was exaggerated.

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You slacked off watching it then, aren't you?

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I don't watch as much of those.

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Yeah.

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So where else can people see you?

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Instead of like festivals and Parrish, Mevagissi.

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We were there earlier in the year and we got.

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We played in.

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What's the Cathedral Winchester.

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Next year we're in Saint Albans Cathedral.

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We're going to sing underneath an installation of Wales.

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Yeah.

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Hopefully next year we're going to be singing on the SS Great Britain.

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That's very close to us.

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Maybe we'll on Bristol Bass.

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Yeah, Bristol base on Thursday night we was in Bristol Folk House.

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Yeah, yeah.

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Wish I was there.

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I got stuff on Thursdays.

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I wish I was there then, mate.

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We'll sing with our pals, the Longest Johns in Bristol on Thursday on the way down.

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Is that who they was?

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That's who they were, yeah.

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Those three strange guys.

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Yeah, I know this.

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I know the Longest Johns.

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I've sang with them a bit.

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Nice fellas.

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Yeah, they are very nice.

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That's what Shanti's the community is.

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It's just so nice people.

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Yeah.

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And if you want to be a singer, you can just be.

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Just sing and then people just respect.

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People encourage you.

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Yeah, people encourage you.

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Yeah, yeah, well, I'll say that.

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So, like, what else has.

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Where else can people hear you instead of in person?

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Well, you can hear us on Band Camp.

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Band Camp.

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Spotify.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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But you can buy our CDs.

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I think we're going to go on Spotify.

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Well, you know, that's the next one.

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Yeah, yeah.

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But you know, if you want to find us, you'll see us all over the YouTubes.

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Yeah, well, thanks for speaking to me.

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I hope you guys have a lovely rest of your day.

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And you know Badger, He was staring and he got himself under the wheel as the mask came down.

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50 minutes.

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Well, we're batting down the hatches.

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It's Brian, Derek and Doc.

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So could you tell.

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Could you tell me, like, what's got you guys inspired?

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Could you Sea Shane or folks on us?

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We've been doing the sea shanties for a long time.

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We all live by the coast.

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Some of us worked on the boats.

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We love the Tradition.

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We love the preference to the sea.

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We love the reference to the history and the culture of the traveling people and the way the world is populated, really, with the ships.

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I'll just pass you over to Derek.

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He can answer a few questions.

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Could you please tell me like, what.

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What drove you all to go together and what got you together?

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I think we found that we've got compatible voices and we can sing together and we enjoy each other's company and that comes through when we're singing.

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Yeah.

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Could you please tell me like, what's been very shanty you all sang?

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What's been best hobby about being in band down the hatches?

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Well, for in band down the hatches, we like to get the audience involved.

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So we have some songs which really do that.

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Like Six Feet of Mud is our signature song.

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Basically get everyone singing.

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So we try to sing popular ones that people will know and join in.

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We do sing other ones, but yeah, we love the popular ones that everyone else knows and can join in with us.

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Like, I think shi Shay is like, if everyone knows them, it's just the best.

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The best time that you can.

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If someone doesn't know them, you can just learn a new sea.

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Shay us as well.

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I think you've got a chorus that's simple for people's lives.

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Six feet of mud.

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Six feet of mud.

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Nine fathoms of water and six feet of mud.

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People can pick that very quickly.

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And as we did this evening just a moment ago, soon got the whole room singing with her, which is fantastic.

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What's been your favorite moment of another actress?

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I think it's continuous.

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We're good friends.

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We have Chris, who's a new member of the crew.

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He's currently having a well earned light refreshment after we've been singing and we enjoy each other's company and that means we sing together well and we stay together well, so that's good.

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Where else can people see you like your socials or anything like that?

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Well, we.

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We tend to do.

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We do Revergy Festival, the Saint Ives Festival, Western Super Mare.

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And then after that we do private kind of gigs.

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We do quite a few church halls, we do village halls, we do weddings.

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That's.

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That's good.

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We enjoy doing those and birthday parties as well.

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So it's available.

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Ask for a seashell on their birthday.

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I would love to have.

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Oh, we do that quite a bit.

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Especially with.

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With people's relatives and families.

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They come from all over the world, really.

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The USA come over here.

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And so, you know, that's that's been really good.

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We did a big birthday party in London actually on the banks of the Thames.

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Isn't that.

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Oh, it's really good fun.

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Hammersmith Sailing Club.

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So, yeah, and we're also online, we're on Facebook, we've got our own website so people contact us that way.

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You guys like have a charity you guys all support?

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Yeah, no, we support charity and it's the Sea shepherd, really.

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We, we kind of play into that individually as we feel as when and as we feel like it.

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And it's to do with people trying to stop the kind of mass, mass industrial scale fishing, particularly by the Chinese, as it goes at the moment.

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There's quite a few issues there, so we contribute to them.

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Just keeping the health of the seas, really.

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Keeping the seas healthy.

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But Sea shepherd does that and obviously saves lots of, you know, sea creatures.

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Sea beautiful.

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Yeah.

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I, I personally want to.

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When I get old, I want to work in like zoology and like Zutsu work.

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And that's Danny.

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I wish.

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We need the young to look after the planet because we made a bit of a job of it so far.

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So we need you young ones to clean it up from us.

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It's been an absolute pleasure.

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Thank you for inviting us to be interviewed.

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We're back in the hatches and it's been an absolute pleasure.

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He does a lot of interviewing for us because if you can also go on Tasty Book.

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That's it, Tasty Book.

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And look up Port Bristol Shanty Crew.

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You will find Shanty Boy because he does a lot of our interviews for the podcast as well.

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So.

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Drake is in his hamlet a thousand miles away.

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Red Mill's Revenge is at the bottom of the bay.

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Many a famous Satan never came home from the sea Just take my advice, Jack come and follow me I'm marching inland from the shore over my shoulder I'm carrying a oar Someone asked me one Is that funny thing you got?

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Did I no one ever go to see the moor no more then I no one ever go to see the moor Will it hurt?

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Move me from this land until the Lord calls me to set it.

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And this is my home I've left Charlie's footsteps in soft sand and sand and I chased the mates there all giggly and tanned I stood on the clifftops in a westerly blow and heard the waste of thunder on the rocks far below and no one will ever move me from this land.

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Baby, my money.

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I met a common face at this shanti festival who are you and who are you?

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Well, I am known as Pilcher the Pirate?

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Yeah.

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So what gave you the.

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The identity of Pilcher the Pirate?

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Well, it's a character that's evolved over the years, visiting lots of shanty festivals.

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It actually started nearly 15 years ago as a silly comedy character I had called Captain Mangelwerson.

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But as I've been involved with Ashanti festivals, I started wearing the pirate outfit.

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And this Pilcher the Pirate has evolved over the last seven years, but he's been well known for three to four years now.

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Yeah.

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So what else do you do other than Pilch the Pirate?

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Well, I'm involved with festivals, Shanti festivals.

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I'm member of the Falmouth Marine Band, Cornwall.

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We are a charity, fun fundraising group.

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So we don't play real instruments.

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Basically, the rules of the band are you can only join the band if you cannot play any instruments.

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We never, ever rehearse.

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And if anyone's caught practicing, they get thrown out of the band.

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And we raise a lot of money for charity.

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Yeah.

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How many festivals have you been in as Pilch as the Pirates?

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It's growing every year.

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I think it's five or six this year, and I'm gonna at least add another three to that next year.

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Yeah.

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Is this, like, what got you interested in Sea Shanes to be Pilcher the Pirate?

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Well, living in Falmouth.

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Grew up listening to them, but I knew the choruses like everybody did, but never really expected to be a singer.

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And it wasn't until I joined the Falmouth Marine Band, which was nine years ago, I sang with them and that got me very interested in singing.

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So it's come on from nine years ago?

Speaker A

Yeah.

Speaker A

So how long do you want Pilch the Pirate to be for?

Speaker A

Or if you want to extend it longer or not?

Speaker A

Oh, he's.

Speaker A

He's here to stay for sure now.

Speaker A

He's well established, well known.

Speaker A

He's.

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He's known throughout the whole of the West Country.

Speaker A

I get invited to all the festivals.

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Lots of people know me now as Pilcher the Pirate.

Speaker A

And again, I do it all for charity, to help out.

Speaker A

So, yeah, he's here to stay.

Speaker A

Good.

Speaker A

That's very good.

Speaker A

What's been your favorite festival you've been to has Pilch the Pirate?

Speaker A

Well, I'm from Falmouth anyway, but I do really like the Mevagissi Festival.

Speaker A

That's fantastic.

Speaker A

This is nice as well, because of the location.

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We're in St Ives at the St Ives Shanty Shout right now.

Speaker A

But, yeah, I think Mevargissi is one of my favorites.

Speaker A

Guys, where's your next expedition as Pilch the pirate?

Speaker A

Well, that's it for this year.

Speaker A

I don't know when it's going to start next year.

Speaker A

I guess that's your shanty season.

Speaker A

Like, your shanty season ends at St Ives, really.

Speaker A

Yeah, it does, yeah.

Speaker A

Yeah, the end of the year.

Speaker A

So I guess really the first shanty festival will be Falmouth.

Speaker A

Although I'll be going to the Bricks and Pirate Festival early May.

Speaker A

And I believe there's a shanty festival the end of May.

Speaker A

Yeah, I'll be going to.

Speaker A

Can I just ask this because I'm generally curious, what is the difference between a pirate festival and a shanty festival?

Speaker A

What is the difference?

Speaker A

Well, the pirate festivals, where is.

Speaker A

Where everybody dresses as pirate.

Speaker A

You get a lot of reenactors there and people that take that very seriously.

Speaker A

They take the costumes seriously.

Speaker A

But they're a great community.

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They're a wonderful bunch of people.

Speaker A

But funny, over the last few years, there's more shanties being sung at pirate festivals and the pirates are sort of to appear more as well at shanty festivals.

Speaker A

It works together.

Speaker A

They work together.

Speaker A

Yeah.

Speaker A

I have noticed a lot of buckets around here.

Speaker A

I. I don't know what.

Speaker A

What ship they've came from.

Speaker A

And they came from the Jolly Roger.

Speaker A

I don't know which one.

Speaker A

Which one have you came from?

Speaker A

Well, the name of my pirate ship is called She's Got Wind.

Speaker A

That's a very nice name.

Speaker A

What do you want to do in the future?

Speaker A

Well, I. I just like going away for all these festivals.

Speaker A

It turns into a bit of a holiday.

Speaker A

You meet all the people in the.

Speaker A

Either the pirate community or the shanty community, and they're all wonderful people.

Speaker A

They're like a big family.

Speaker A

They're all a big family.

Speaker A

And it's just such good times.

Speaker A

Everyone gets on, everyone has fun, everyone enjoys it.

Speaker A

It's wonderful weekends.

Speaker A

Yeah, I have noticed that.

Speaker A

That just.

Speaker A

Shanty festivals have that sense of community that no other genre of film of, like, music has.

Speaker A

Like, I would go to.

Speaker A

I've got a friend that's into Taylor Swift and I know that she likes her for the mood, for the.

Speaker A

For the songs and not for the.

Speaker A

For the community of it.

Speaker A

But really, I think shanty is the best part of his community and I love that.

Speaker A

Yeah, well, that's true.

Speaker A

Yeah.

Speaker A

I don't know anything about Taylor Swift.

Speaker A

Oh, no.

Speaker A

Oh, hang on.

Speaker A

We got a.

Speaker A

We got an 85er coming in.

Speaker A

Are you all.

Speaker A

Hello, mate.

Speaker A

Doing all right?

Speaker A

Currently.

Speaker A

We're currently Recording something.

Speaker A

No, it's main.

Speaker A

So fine.

Speaker A

That's brilliant.

Speaker A

That's music.

Speaker A

Got background music.

Speaker A

We got background all around.

Speaker A

We've just let the 85ers in a locked gate.

Speaker A

Let me guess.

Speaker A

It was through the back door.

Speaker A

Through the back door.

Speaker A

Not the front door.

Speaker A

We all want to go through the front door.

Speaker A

Ah, that was fun.

Speaker A

Keep and that's like that type of thing happens.

Speaker A

And it's just the most wonderful thing that happens.

Speaker A

Tilce has been great talking you.

Speaker A

Thank you.

Speaker A

Yeah.

Speaker A

And you.

Speaker A

It's been great.

Speaker A

On the way for Australia Keep her up, me boys Keep away all Keep her up and don't you make a noise Found a way for Australia Same tides boys Ain't got no sleds Give away all the way Slide and trek in a hill with codfish heads Found a way for Australia Beaver up big bully bully voice Heave away all the way Beaver up and don't Jamaican noise Found a way for Australia St I spoke Saint God no no ills he away all away Cuz the same types doctors give you catfish pills Found a way for Australia Fever up me bully bully boys he away all the way Heave her up and don't you make a noise Found a way for Australia I wish I was a pirate aboard a man of war Sam's on the way aboard a man of war Yes, I wish I was a pirate aboard a man of war Sam's on the way aboard a man of war Greaty work, Great boys.

Speaker A

Great work.

Speaker A

I say Sam's gone away aboard a man of war Cross brave but it's brave work I say Sam's gone away aboard a man of war I wish I was a corsair aboard a man of war Sam's gone away aboard a man of war I wish I was a corsair aboard a man of war Sam gone away aboard a man.

Speaker A

Hey.

Speaker A

Thank you, Ollie.

Speaker A

That was a fantastic attempt at grabbing some audio from other crews.

Speaker A

And, of course, hanging out with the Port of Bristol shanty crew.

Speaker A

Really much appreciate what you did.

Speaker A

And from the sounds of it, Senn Ives was a fantastic festival.

Speaker A

And of course, a big thank you to the organizers of the Senn Ives Shanty Shout.

Speaker A

We really do appreciate your invite and the lads really did enjoy enjoy themselves.

Speaker A

And we look forward to traveling all the way down to St. Ives again next year.

Speaker A

Next up, we're going to pop down to the signaler so you can catch up with what we've been up to over November and where you can catch us in December.

Speaker A

Yo ho ho Shipmates, it's the Signaler here with all the news and reviews from the Port of Bristol Shanty Crew.

Speaker A

November saw another busy month.

Speaker A

Starting off in the month, the first gig that we had was attending the St iveshanti Festival.

Speaker A

Absolutely fantastic event.

Speaker A

Two days of fun and frolics and a few small sweet sherries for most of the crew.

Speaker A

Everybody enjoyed themselves.

Speaker A

A town full of guys and girls singing chanties, enjoying themselves.

Speaker A

Another great festival.

Speaker A

Moving on, we have the pleasure of supporting our good friend oggy at the St. Mary's Church Yate Tree Festival.

Speaker A

We had a good turnout from the crew and I think the crowd that was there enjoyed what we did and we were delighted to be able to support Oggy at this event.

Speaker A

Moving on, we then went on to the county ground where we really felt we'd hit the big time because we were on the same bill as the Wurzels and it was a lovely event there for a 60th birthday party.

Speaker A

And then finally in the month we went and sang at the Great Britain again.

Speaker A

We become the resident shanty band there and we were delighted to be able to entertain all of the visitors.

Speaker A

So moving on into December, our Christmas build up starts on the 6th when we are singing in the Rington Dickensian Evening and we've got a set there about 7 o' clock and I believe our good friend Sam is inviting us along to the golden lion for a couple of drinks afterwards and I'm sure there will be a song or two.

Speaker A

On the 20th we have our big event.

Speaker A

It's at Cheltenham College Chapel and it's when the three musical entries for the local Pride of Britain Award are going to be singing and we're delighted to be part of that evening.

Speaker A

It's going to be fantastic to be able to sing in that chapel and I know all the boys are looking forward to it massively.

Speaker A

And then finally we finish off for Christmas on the 23rd of December when we're back at the SS Great Britain again, supporting all of their visitors.

Speaker A

So that's the goings on and all the activities that are coming up in the Port of Bristol Shanty Crew.

Speaker A

I hope you all have a great Christmas and look forward to continuing to support us moving forward into 2026.

Speaker A

Happy New Year.

Speaker A

This is the Signaler signing off.

Speaker A

Thank you, Ash.

Speaker A

And guys, please do come and join us during December.

Speaker A

There's plenty of events that you can come along to and support us.

Speaker A

Yeah, and another big push for our event in December on the 20th of December where we're doing a collaboration with the Reese, the Night Church pianist and us, and in collaboration with delightful pom poms.

Speaker A

Now, these are all people that were part of the regional fundraising awards.

Speaker A

We know that Rhys was the the regional winner, but we've all decided to come predominantly to raise some money for the Vail Wildlife Hospital and Rehabilitation Center.

Speaker A

As you can imagine, these little charities don't get the attention they deserve and so we've come together to try and raise some money for them.

Speaker A

So once again, it is at Cheltenham college chapel.

Speaker A

It's £15 per person.

Speaker A

That does include some kind of festive refreshments along the way and it's going to be a great gig.

Speaker A

So if you are in the Cheltenham area, then there is no excuse, please do come along to this fundraising event and if you're thinking about doing something that evening and don't live so near, then, hey, come along, we'd really, really love to see you.

Speaker A

We have got a fun packed evening planned with a special TV celebrity who is our presenter.

Speaker A

So there's some exciting news there, so please do.

Speaker A

If you want to buy tickets then they are available online.

Speaker A

Please do head over to our social media on Facebook or you can even pop over to Rees the Night Church Pianist Facebook.

Speaker A

We do.

Speaker A

We will include the Tick it link in our show notes so that will allow you to just follow that.

Speaker A

But it would be great to have you coming along.

Speaker A

So that is it for this episode and it's the final episode of 2025.

Speaker A

Can I just please say a huge thank you to you, the listener who has stuck with us all year round.

Speaker A

We have had some fantastic times this year and it's been a, a, it's been a privilege to have the opportunity to showcase the Port of Rachel Shanty Crew.

Speaker A

But also we've had some incredible guests that have been really showcasing the world of shanty and I, I have to admit, the world of shanty is in a good place, not only in our little sphere of influence of the Port of Bristol Shanty Crew, but across the UK and across the world there is some incredible things happening and all in the name of promoting shanti singing.

Speaker A

And most often or not, it's all about raising CA for charity.

Speaker A

So there's a lot of charities benefiting from this incredible phenomenon.

Speaker A

From us at the Port of Ritual Shanty Crew, to you, I hope you have an incredible Christmas and we look forward to either seeing you in December or I look forward to talking to you again in January, which will of course be live coverage of our event on the 20th of December.

Speaker A

So that is it.

Speaker A

And to play us out, we have our last year's Christmas tune, which was a collaboration with Robert Paloma.

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Fair winds and following seas, take care.

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Reefing sails, howling gales, working light and more.

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Oh, what fun it never is Sailing round Cape Horn, ho.

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Sails that sweet men overboard.

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And grub that's not but swill.

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You swear you'll not do this again, but you know I'm sure we will.

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Riding on the waves with wind to fill our sails with a salty spray.

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We brave through storms and hearty gales.

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The car p our horse, the crew, they sing with cheer.

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We'll reach the shore by break of dawn and toast another year.

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Oh, reefing sails in howling gales working night and morn.

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Oh, what fun and ever is sailing round Cape Horn.

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Oh, sea such sweet men overboard and gruff that's not at swill.

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You swear you'll not do this again, but you know damn sure you will.

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The captain calls to port.

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The first mate shouts ahoy, ahoy.

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I frigate is rough and wild and filled with sailors joy.

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We host the anchors high and bid the shore goodbye.

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We'll find our fortune in the blue beneath the moonlight sky.

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O reefing sails, hounding gales to working nights and morning.

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Oh, what fun in ever is sailing round Cape Horn, ho.

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Seize that sweet man overboard.

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And grub that's not the swill.

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You swear you'll not do this again, but you know damn sure you will.

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A chest of gold below and treacherous in our hold with songs and rum.

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The night is young, the tales will soon retold.

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The ocean calls us by a sailor's heart won't say we'll set our sights upon the dawn and sail the night away.

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Oh, reefing sails, hounding gales, working night and morn.

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Oh, what fun it never is sailing round Cape Horn.

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Oh, seize that sweet man overboard.

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A rub that's not but swill.

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You swear you'll not do this again, but you know times joy you'll.

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You swear you'll not do this again, but you know you sure you will.

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Merry Christmas.

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Ship shape from Bristol fashion, boys along the harbor side from even gorge to underfall.

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Will he even haul the line?

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Secure the barrels.

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Down below, wind and tie and lash em this vessel shoot, she is certifying Ship shape and Bristol fashion so haul away me laddy boys, haul away, you're free.

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Haul away me laddy boys and save a drink for me.

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Haul away me laddy boys, haul away your free.

Speaker A

Haul away me laddy boys and save a Dr.