Johnny Collins - Leave Her Johnny (sea chantey)

I never sailed, and I never heard this song before, but why am I left with a strong feeling of nostalgia?

This is where real men cry.

Someone played this through their mic on BlackWake as our galleon sank! XD

My grandfather died in Pearl Harbor. They played this at his funeral. I never actually met him, but I cried when I heard this.

Just got finished with a 5 month contract at Sea. Didn't think I'd miss the ship so much. It was certainly tough to "leave her."

"In a world without gold, we could have been heroes"

To Edward Kenway! 🍻He was a one good lad!

An uncle of my wife wasn‘t allowed to be a mariner. So he joined choir with full heart. Due to pandemic situation his choir wasn‘t allowed to sing at his funeral. They played a song from a CD, so he sung at his own burial. 🥰

“Wake up lad! Huh? Pandemic? Riots? Nonsense my friend, let us go adventure is on the horizon!”

funeral song for my dad, german navy 1942 - 1945, sank 3 times and survived, loved ships and the sea (freedom), build modell ships from scratch till he died after long hard sickness where we looked for him to have a good life

This song is a mix of happiness and sadness, like the end of a chapter of someone life

Sea shanty’s are overkill for making a man more willing to work hard and as a team. I only need to listen to one and I feel like I could board a ship and take it single handedly. This, 15 bottles and Spanish ladies 👌🏼

I swear the other people in the house think I'm crazy, but I could go along with this simple, yet elegant, yet catchy tune for many times over.

I know it's about leaving a ship but I've decided this is going to help me get through losing a friend :)

ahhhh, i remember singing this with the lads back in 1723, such a good time. Despite all our efforts Johnny never actually left her!

My grandfather was in the U.S Navy and was on the USS KITTY HAWK and was a sailor so when I started singing this song he smiled and started to sing with me

I want this song sung at my funeral when I die.

There is no one sat in front of a computer or tablet/smart phone etc. (myself included) who could ever comprehend the hardship and treachery faced by our forefathers who would have sung this song knowing they were about to go and sail for years at a time. The benefit of such sacrifice we all take for granted daily. I reckon getting bolloxed and singing such songs was a pretty small part of what an incredible gift they unknowingly gave to humankind.

For fucks sake, this song is NOT about wives, it's about leaving your ship after a voyage.

This song is a sea song or ballad which was traditionally saved for the last day of a voyage, after which all crew would disembark the ship. The song would not be sung on naval ships, instead only on Private or Pirate ships, due to the fact that the lyrics were often re-written to mock the Captain, Quartermaster, and other senior members of the crew, whereas in navies, the disrespect of senior officers and crew would usually end in punishment. The title of the song refers to ‘Her’, which is, in this case, the Ship which the crew were manning, as Ships are all traditionally referred to with feminine pronouns in Western, English speaking cultures, among seamen. The ‘Johnny’ spoke of in the title is merely a general, “John Doe” style name for men in the times of sea songs, and is perhaps where the name “John Doe” branches from.