Johnny Collins (born May 10, 1938, died July 6 2009) was a London-based fo… Read Full Bio ↴Johnny Collins (born May 10, 1938, died July 6 2009) was a London-based folk singer specializing in traditional shanties and maritime music. Joined the British Army in 1956, where he learned to play the guitar while posted in London. Was posted to Singapore in 1959 where he began performing in bars and cabarets in his off hours. Was posted to Hong Kong in 1965 where he began performing large concerts with other folk performers in the British and U.S. military. He also performed on television and radio (including the "Voice of America in East Asia") and played venues like the Hong Kong Hilton. In 1967 he was posted again to Singapore where he began his own folk club at the Anophel Inn. Tom Lewis and Pam Ayres performed there, among others. He was demobilized in 1968, and he began to perform full-time.
In 1983 he and Jim Mageean, performing as a duo, won the Intervision Song Contest in Rostock, in East Germany. Later, in 1987, they were invited by the East German government to perform at a sea shanty festival in Berlin commemorating the city's founding. Although recent heath problems have slowed him down, Collins continues to tour and perform worldwide including in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Poland and France as well as making frequent appearances in his native country at Cutty Sark Tall Ships Races, and maritime festivals at Hull, Lancaster, Bristol, Dundee, Maldon, Portsmouth, Gosport, Greenwich and Chatham.
Partial discography
* Traveller's Rest (1973)
* Johnny's Private Army (1975)
* Make the Rafters Roar (1979) with Jim Mageean
* Free and Easy (1982)
* Live at Herga! (1982) with Jim Mageean
* Strontrace (1983) with Jim Mageean
* Pedlar of Songs (1993)
* Coming of Age (1996)
* Shanties and Sea Songs (1996)
* Now & Then
In 1983 he and Jim Mageean, performing as a duo, won the Intervision Song Contest in Rostock, in East Germany. Later, in 1987, they were invited by the East German government to perform at a sea shanty festival in Berlin commemorating the city's founding. Although recent heath problems have slowed him down, Collins continues to tour and perform worldwide including in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Poland and France as well as making frequent appearances in his native country at Cutty Sark Tall Ships Races, and maritime festivals at Hull, Lancaster, Bristol, Dundee, Maldon, Portsmouth, Gosport, Greenwich and Chatham.
Partial discography
* Traveller's Rest (1973)
* Johnny's Private Army (1975)
* Make the Rafters Roar (1979) with Jim Mageean
* Free and Easy (1982)
* Live at Herga! (1982) with Jim Mageean
* Strontrace (1983) with Jim Mageean
* Pedlar of Songs (1993)
* Coming of Age (1996)
* Shanties and Sea Songs (1996)
* Now & Then
Haul Boys Haul
Johnny Collins Lyrics
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Leave Her Johnny oh the work was hard and the wages low. Leave ger Johnny,…
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@blasterbrain1443
In ~2009, I discovered Pandora manning the phones and entering dailies at the teaching zoo, and this song eventually played, and introduced me to a genera which would ever change me.
@tyronemarcucci8395
Many years ago while in the crew of the USS Lexington, CVA 16, we used to sing some sea shantys on the signal bridge. Many were too dirty for public use. LOL
@JFGryphonNYC
Excellent
@dracodistortion9447
My favourite Shanty.
@chrislehto5357
Thank you for doing this!
@jamespfp
I heard this track on the Album (another Youtube Vid) and I was immediately aware of how it bears a striking resemblance to songs still extant in my own North Atlantic cultural region lo these many hundreds of years later. I honestly assumed at first that this must be from "Home" but the reference to Yarmouth throws me off. It might be Nova Scotia, it might be England. But the sailors singing this song were, by a high percentage, Newfoundlanders. #TheRock
Hey, if you're looking for something to compare this to... try searching for "The Old Polina", a song about a sealing ship which was renowned for her Arctic seaworthiness as well as her impressive speed. It has a melody which is likely derived from "Haul Boys Haul", and when played with instruments, a similar set of chords and progressions.
Thanks!
@richiec9077
"The old Polina " also a song from the British isles,
@user-vm3tu2sn9k
Like songs of the southern states of America
@user-cn7fm7en2n
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@cyka6blat989
Whatever that means ok