Todd Rundgren - Rolling Down To Old Maui Lyrics

The memories this brings back are not explainable.

Who the fuck is the yeehaw guy and the end and did he get lost on his way to the rodeo

All hail the Stan Rogers !!!

(Sing along with them including Asriel)

This song will chill you down to the bone, even by the fireplace. Love it.

I didn't realise Stan Rogers was diabetic... Or had another allergy. 00:55 - the bracelet on his wrist is a medic alert bracelet.

Finally find this song!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QedTPYv7SFI&list=PLysDnjK9Y7vjM0XxlzIUxU0LtMV3VS9E4&index=13 - Polish version.

It's a damn tough life full of toil and strife
We whalermen undergo.
And we don't give a damn when the gale is done
How hard the winds did blow.
'cause we're homeward bound from the Arctic ground
With a good ship, taut and free
And we won't give a damn when we drink our rum
With the girls of Old Maui.

(chorus)
Rolling down to Old Maui, me boys
Rolling down to Old Maui
We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground
Rolling down to Old Maui.

Once more we sail with a northerly gale
Towards our island home.
Our mainmast sprung, our whaling done,
And we ain't got far to roam.
Six hellish months have passed away
On the cold Kamchatka Sea,
But now we're bound from the Arctic ground
Rolling down to Old Maui.

chorus

Once more we sail with a northerly gale
Through the ice and wind and rain.
Them coconut fronds, them tropical lands
We soon shall see again.
Our stu'n's'l bones/booms is carried away
What care we for that sound?
A living gale is after us,
Thank God we're homeward bound.

chorus

How soft the breeze through the island trees,
Now the ice is far astern.
Them native maids, them tropical glades
Is a-waiting our return.
Even now their big brown eyes look out
Hoping some fine day to see
Our baggy sails runnin' 'fore the gales
Rolling down to old Maui.

chorus

We'll heave the lead where old Diamond Head
Looms up on old Wahu.
Our masts and yards are sheathed with ice
And our decks are hid from view.
The horrid ice of the sea-caked isles
That deck the Arctic sea
Are miles behind in the frozen wind
Since we steered for Old Maui.

chorus

(The following verse is seen in some collections and performances of the song, but is not universal:)
And now we're anchored in the bay
With the Kanakas all around
With chants and soft aloha oes
They greet us homeward bound.
And now ashore we'll have good fun
We'll paint them beaches red
Awaking in the arms of a wahine
With a big fat aching head

It blows my mind that this is a LIVE performance!

I'm listening to this after a rough week of winter weather (130 car pile-up over the weekend due to whiteout conditions) and I can feel summer's warmth

Great version, Posted to: Shantymen of Devon FB

2018 8 dec anyone💪

Don't you just love it when men sing manly songs?

It does not get any better then this.

I think I just c. We

Best version of my favorite sea shanty

Great Song!

A Stan Rogers song where the ship doesn't sink. Cool.

The Athens queen doesnt sink ; )

Yeah, all of them are either sinking, in incredible disrepair, or both. even "leave her johnny" is about a ship on it's last legs.

GW2 and WP brought me here :)

Who came here to check it out because of WPotatoes?

Fair winds and following seas, Mr.Rogers.

When he said big brown I thought he said big bird

God, I get chills every time I hear this song. Love it!

Cruel fortune took him too soon- at least he left us with a legacy of so many great songs as this.

THANKS FOR POSTING THIS! I am starting to really love this guy and his songs. Great voices and music. Thanks for keeping his memory going.

My god. I can smell the salt and sugar and coffee...and Empire.

It's a damn tough life, full of toil and strife, we whalermen undergo,
And we won't give a damn when the gale is done how hard the winds did blow,
'caus we're homeward bound from the Arctic grounds with a good ship taught and free,
And we won't give a damn when we drink our rum with the girls from old Maui.

Rolling down to old Maui, me boys, rolling down to old Maui,
We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground, rolling down to old Maui.

Once more we sail with the northerly gales through the ice and wind and rain,
Them coconut fronds, them tropical lands, we soon
shall see again;
Six hellish months we've passed away on the cold Kamchatka sea,
But now we're bound from the Arctic ground, rolling down to old Maui.

Rolling down to old Maui, me boys, rolling down to old Maui,
We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground, rolling down to old Maui.

Once more we sail with the Northerly gales, towards our island home,
Our mainmast sprung, our whaling done, and we ain't got far to roam;
Our stuns'l's bones is carried away, what care we for that sound,
A living gale is after us, thank God we're homeward bound.

Rolling down to old Maui, me boys, rolling down to old Maui,
We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground, rolling down to old Maui.

Once more we sail with the Northerly gales, towards our island home,
Our mainmast sprung, our whaling done, and we ain't got far to roam;
Our stuns'l's bones is carried away, what care we for that sound,
A living gale is after us, thank God we're homeward bound.

Rolling down to old Maui, me boys, rolling down to old Maui,
We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground, rolling down to old Maui.'

How soft the breeze through the island trees, now the ice is far astern,
Them native maids, them tropical glades, is awaiting our return;
Even now their big brown eyes look out, hoping some fine day to see,
Our baggy sails, running 'fore the gales, rolling down to old Maui.

Rolling down to old Maui, me boys, rolling down to old Maui,
We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground, rolling down to old Maui.'

Rolling down to old Maui, me boys, rolling down to old Maui,
We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground, rolling down to old Maui.'

it reminds of Bach's little G minor fugue at time haha

Amazing, this song does not have any music. Just melodious singing

You're welcome

Loreenna McKennit and Stan Rogers, my favourite folk singers...

Are they gonna meet Maui the demigod?

The way he sings sounds like someone is stalking me

I could cry the hole time. reminds me to Canada

vim pelo Assassin's Creed Rogue kkkk épico

Tragic. Stan Rogers died when I was only 6 years old and I never knew. How awesome it would have been to meet him and hear him sing IRL. The world lost him way to soon.  Rest in peace Stan Rogers.

Thanks Monte u led me to this legendary song

A masterpiece...

Is it weird that i am 14 and i love this song?

I started listening to folk music when I was much younger than you. Granted, I didn't have as much of a selection back then. But there's folk music to suit the emotions of every modern genre. Most songs have a straightforward story and many have quite a deep and universal backstory. As an adult I've played nearly every kind of music people want to listen to and I love them all, but my strong Celtic music background has informed my own musical style and the way I see the world. I believe that folk music of any kind, whether it's sea songs or delta blues, gives anyone a solid background. Good on ya!

Stannis Baratheon yes it means that you're a freak of nature.

I tried to get my family into it but they said they didn't like it.

13 now, loved this song for eight years now.

ALL HAIL MIGHTY TOBIAS FATE

I love listening to a Stan Rogers tune, thinking about how pristine and perfect it sounds, and getting to the end of the song and hearing clapping: realizing that it was a live performance. Incredible.

His version of Witch of the Westmoreland on Youtube is a prime example of this.

Thanks Stan .

i'm sunday harmonica player, and from all of shanties i like this one. Maybe U know place on web where i can find tabs to this song for diatonic harmonica?

Good luck playing this one. Its in a minor key so unless you got some of those then you're out of luck

I love his voice, I can't even tell you how much this music means to my husband and myself

It's a damn tough life full of toil and strife
We whalermen undergo.
And we don't give a damn when the day is done
How hard the winds did blow.
'cause we're homeward bound from the Arctic ground
With a good ship, taut and free
And we don't give a damn when we drink our rum
With the girls of Old Maui.

(chorus)
Rolling down to Old Maui, me boys
Rolling down to Old Maui
We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground
Rolling down to Old Maui.

Once more we sail with a northerly gale
Towards our island home.
Our mainmast sprung, our whaling done,
And we ain't got far to roam.
Six hellish months have passed away
On the cold Kamchatka Sea,
But now we're bound from the Arctic ground
Rolling down to Old Maui.

chorus

Once more we sail with a northerly gale
Through the ice and wind and rain.
Them coconut fronds, them tropical lands
We soon shall see again.
Our stu'n's'l bones/booms is carried away
What care we for that sound?
A living gale is after us,
Thank God we're homeward bound.

chorus

How soft the breeze through the island trees,
Now the ice is far astern.
Them native maids, them tropical glades
Is a-waiting our return.
Even now their big brown eyes look out
Hoping some fine day to see
Our baggy sails runnin' 'fore the gales
Rolling down to old Maui.

chorus

(The following verse is seen in some collections and performances of the song, but is not universal:)
And now we're anchored in the bay
With the Kanakas all around
With chants and soft aloha oes
They greet us homeward bound.
And now ashore we'll have good fun
We'll paint them beaches red
Awaking in the arms of a wahine
With a big fat aching head.

chorus

This is not Stan Roger's version ( This is from wikipedia ) .

This is from Metro Lyrics, and I am pretty sure is much more accurate :

It's a damn tough life, full of toil and strife, we whalermen undergo,
And we won't give a damn when the gale is done how hard the winds did blow,
'caus we're homeward bound from the Arctic grounds with a good ship taught and free,
And we won't give a damn when we drink our rum with the girls from old Maui.
CHORUS:

Rolling down to old Maui, me boys, rolling down to old Maui,
We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground, rolling down to old Maui.
Once more we sail with the northerly gales through the ice and wind and rain,
Them coconut fronds, them tropical lands, we soon
shall see again;
Six hellish months we've passed away on the cold Kamchatka sea,
But now we're bound from the Arctic ground, rolling down to old Maui.
(chorus)
Once more we sail with the Northerly gales, towards our island home,
Our mainmast sprung, our whaling done, and we ain't got far to roam;
Our stuns'l's bones is carried away, what care we for that sound,
A living gale is after us, thank God we're homeward bound.
(chorus)
How soft the breeze through the island trees, now the ice is far astern,
Them native maids, them tropical glades, is awaiting our return;
Even now their big brown eyes look out, hoping some fine day to see,
Our baggy sails, running 'fore the gales, rolling down to old Maui.

This is a very old song, and the "folk process" has likely changed a lyric here or there over the years. Many performers - Pete Seeger was a great example - alter songs. They add verses, change genders (He's so fine, she's so fine), change lyrics, etc. I've heard many versions of "How Can I Keep From Singing?" So there really is no "accurate" version. This is the version Stan chose to perform.

Luis R. Mendiburu Eliçabe -- Thanks for this complete (and accurate) transcription of the lyrics.

Luis R. Mendiburu Eliçabe i m

half of two refrains are swapped with oneanother in this version, compared to the song.

Just heard of Stan as a result of watching "Air Disasters" on Smithsonian channel. What a wonderful singer was lost!!

Ειμαι και εγω Ελληνας κυριε!. Ειμαι 14 και λατρευω αυτο το ειδος τραγουδιων

Шикарная песня ! Скрип мачт и солёные брызги в лицо !!!

Love this deep timbre voice. One of the best a capella performances I've heard in a while.

Not as good as Barrett's Privateers and Northwest Passage though.

"Belayed with a belayin' pin!"

Grrreat! Arrrr!

I'm not sure how but I think listening to this makes me an oppressive shitlord

Jerry Holkins brought me here

Heard this for the first time. The voice for the song is perfect. Just looked into his other stuff. Fucking brilliant stuff work. Cheers!

I just watched the Air Crash Investigation video that Stan died in.  I wanted to hear his music.
RIP, sir.

This is how music should be. Pop artists, take notes...

+Marek Ślązak Simple, another countries folk

+Mareșalul Alexandru Averescu. bollocks it is. rap music varies in content just like any other music. there are love songs and political songs, stories of daily life which is exactly what shanties are, stories and more.

there are plenty of folk songs about shagging too and domestic violence being a great thing so you look pretty stupid trying to get up on your high horse about the content of songs.

+Mareșalul Alexandru Averescu. Bravo, well said !

Excellently stated.

Glamsus, Eh, I don't really like when people try to label an entire genres as a "fad". That's what they said about rock 'n' roll.

I love vocal harmony with no instruments at all. Can Someone create a song list of all the non instrumental songs for us guys?

Stan Rogers - Northwest Passage
Stan Rogers - Barrett's Privateers

+Tryst46 Look up "Sea shanties/Sea ballads"
You're welcome

+Tryst46 I agree

The night air. The salty smell.  the wind and the flag are singing to me

once in Maui wandering through the Maritime Museum, there was THIS SONG and Stan's voice out of the blue maybe it was 6 years after he passed….now i have encountered his music in many Maritime Museums and still it surprises me, and sometimes it makes me cry.

haha nice. This song reminds me of the Whaler Village Museum on Maui.

FYI This version originates with Stan HUGILL. That’s a name that should not be forgotten in connection with this one.

I only know this song because of the Dreadnoughts, however I always knew of Stan Rogers. Never knew he did this song though, this is great.

Same here :D

I first heard it performed by Jasper Coal.

Same :) They even released a track called "Dear Old Stan" recently.

This is one of my daughters favorite bedtime songs

Sounds like you are raising a strong, independent daughter with an innate love of folk music!

The dreadnoughts have a beautiful cover of this song

well, softly and calmly sung, it would actually make for a great bedtime song

@Jennifer Bethune just leave it there like it is, just let the perfectness be how it is uncenscored

I’d love to meet your family. Let’s link soon?

thanks to video games, I think there may be more people interested in ballads and shanties these days...

i know it is silly, but need to listen to these sins while sailing to Catalina

This is amazing, thank you PA.

I'm almost embarrassed to say how I discovered Stan Rogers (it was at the Canada pavilion at Disney's Epcot.)  The Blue Nose song is part of the film shown there and it haunted me for decades!  With the advent of Youtube I was finally able to connect the song and the artist.  Marvelous stuff!  

"Watching the Apples Grow" is also part of that film.

Don't be.  I'd never heard of him until I went to a Renaissance Festival in Texas many years ago, and heard a minstrel sing "The Witch of the West Merlands".  She announced it as a Stan Rogers song.  I came home and found him on UTube and have been totally hooked ever since.

@Rikki0"The Witch of the Westmerlands" is an Archie Fisher song. I like Stan's version better. 

@thomas Hoban You are quite correct.  But the lady mentioned it as a Stan Rogers song which caused me to look him up, so I'm glad she made the mistake.  :) 

I also love stan Rodgers songs and voice and I'm only 18 years old but started listening to his music on Pandora by accident a couple of years ago

Well, I am an old folkie and my greatest regret is that I had never seen Stan live. This song is great. Our daughter has performed locally (and beyond) in a Celtic band. Her group did this (among many others) at my 65th! Brought tears to my eyes!

Ah, yes. Thanks for your response.

Have they put any performances on YouTube? I'd love to hear their music :)

can ya ever feel the POWER in this voice!

He was only 33 :(

I hear his son comes close

Pupil0fGod his son does have a lovely voice and is a great singer as well. I am only imagine what the two of them would sound like together.

Nobody has a voice like Stan Rogers.

Rooolllliiingggg dooowwnnn tooo hoolldd myyy weeeaaavvveeee

I believe it'd be Garnet, David Woodhead, Grit Laskin, and Paul Mills

can you post Nathan doing this?

Other than Garnet, who's singing back-up? Jim Morison? and...

some one have harmonica tabs to this? I will be greatefull for sharing.

I like this version of the song, and I can finally understand more of the lyrics, but does anyone know where I can find the Big Gerry version of this song? Big Gerry is a professional dulcimer player mostly playing in California and Nevada (my home state where I first heard it).

Such a wonderful talent.

i served aboard canada's ice breaker CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent...and stan was the soul and the minstrel of our ship...even tho he set foot aboard. His music kept us at it many times when we wanted to give up. god bless him.

Thank you for posting. I have tears in my eyes as I haven't heard this in so long. This is the tune that turned me on to Stan many New year's eves ago. Partying away, this guy says listen to this. For the first time in my life I was utterly speechless. I made him play it 3 more times and thus began an odyssey of discovering this treasure's music.

A living gale is after us, thank God we're homeward bound . . .

Cause we're homeward bound from the Arctic ground with a good ship taut and free, and we won't give a damn when we drink our rum with the girls of Old Maui..

Jestewm Polakie,m.Ale kocham te piesn.Pozdrawiam.YNWA.

Thank you ! I had a lot of pleasure listening to this, and to "Harris and the Mare". My own tapes of Stan Rogers were lost thirteen years ago or so. I still sing his songs, and taught them to my kids, but now they can hear him.

Thanks for posting this one.

Do you happen to have "Lookout Hill" ?

@smeghead1851 why, yes i do! give me a few days and i will post it up! :)

Do you have the Jeannie C. ?

This has to be in every chanteyman's seachest for sure. Stan did one best versions of this song I've ever heard and my favorite. Thanks for putting this up !

@McGrenzer thanks for the comments, i have been combing thru my stan rogers tunes and been adding ones that were not on youtube. make sure to check out "Harris and the Mare". i just added it yesterday. :)

Excellent song. Stan had such a powerful voice, yet so controlled, A talent that's very rare in the music industry these days. However newfiefiddler does a pretty good cover of this song.