I like sea shanties. I remember being in second grade and singing Blow the Man Down, and I even remember the lines I had to sing solo, something like "There were tinkers and tailors and sailors and all" (then the rest of class sang "yo ho, blow the man down) "that shipped with good seamen on board the Black Ball." Arrrr, matey, the music teacher's name was Miss Arment. Arrrrment. She went on to compose Chifrogo, a musical about Chicago that my elementary school performed in the late 70s. But that's another story.
Ya Ho is a rocksteady version of Dead Man's Chest, a fictional sea shanty that appeared in Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. I love the Viceroys recording, especially the opening line "Long ago and long ago." Why do they sing "long ago" twice? I know not why, but it sounds cool. They also up the number of men on the dead man's chest from fifteen to sixteen.
This is another great tune from the Respect to Studio One compilation, featuring music recorded by the legendary Sir Coxsone Dodd in Kingston, Jamaica during the 60s and 70s...Arrrrrrrrrighty, mon!
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