I created a D&D campaign based entirely on this song. We have named the ship The Floating Junkyard. Everyone on it is 100% not qualified to be a pirate.

As much as I want a much more professional sounding shanty to describe my average boating experience, this song really does hit the nail on the head with what actually ends up happening.

This is an accurate representation of my first time playing sea of thieves

I like me waters... corrugated. 🏴‍☠️🦜

"Turn hard to port" "THIS IS SHERRY" Somehow both an absolutely terrible yet hilarious joke haha.

We're a small town library, and after seeing this we decided to do something similar for the kids in the ocean themed summer library program this year. We had the kids divide into two teams, build two ships out of boxes, and have a water balloon fight between them. One side made fake canons while the other made all sorts of fake swords and pistols, all from cardboard tubes. It was beautifully chaotic. Thanks very much for the idea.

"What's that thing spinning? Somebody should stop it!" ... That would be Andy.

I would do this with my friends but every-time we card-board a ship, we always end up feeling boxed in.

Must be pirates, because that looks like a card-boarding party

This is basically the sea version of "I'm an engineer"

Fresh out of college, with grades straight from Hell, I browsed for a trade at which I could excel. An ad for a ship in need of some manning, Men, sails, and purpose, but lacking a captain. What luck, says I, to find such good fortune! A few white lies later, I ran down the pier. Bought me a coat and a cutlass or two, Jumped on the deck, and I yelled at the crew: {Chorus} Hoist up the thing! Batten down the whatsit! What's that thing spinning? Somebody should stop it! Turn hard to port! (That's not port?) Now I've got it! Trust me, I'm in control! I can’t sing the shanties, it has to be said, And all of that grog just goes right to my head. Whale meat is gross and I miss a girl’s laugh. Five weeks at sea, even Dave seems a catch! {Chorus} We’ve hit icy waters, no land to be seen. The food’s getting low and the beer has gone green. There’s murmurs of discontent under the deck. If I don’t act fast, it could be my neck! So pull up the charts and those weird gold machines I see what it says but no clue what it means! Just pull on some levers and yank on some chains, Feign a bad back til we’ve landed again. {Chorus x3} (Final Chorus) Hoist up the thing! Batten down the whatsit! (Huh?) What's that thing spinning? Somebody should stop it! (BLOODY HELL!) Turn hard to port! (This is SHERRY!) Now I've got it! (Screaming) Trust me, I'm in control! (MOMMY) Trust me, I'm in control! ~~~ let me know if anythings wrong!

The Longest Johns came to do a concert in the States recently and instructed the crowd to join in on this song with “That’s not port!” Practically the entire venue erupted with “THIS IS SHERRY” at the appropriate time and it was so satisfying to see how happy it made the band.

Now you just need to film a sequel: "Folding ship the Dutchman"

Sent this to my D&D group... we're trying to be pirates but NOBODY (not even the Dungeon Master) knows anything technical. About half of us know the difference between Port and Starboard, pretty sure i'm the only one who knows what "aft" means. It's a right mess, but we're having a blast.

I wonder what people walking by would think seeing 4 grown men singing in a giant cardboard ship.

That ship better be the stage for every concert

There has never been a ship finer than the HMS The Folding Dutchman. What a fun and creative video! Good use of all the boxes from the merch!

Yep, that's how it feels keeping up the appearance of being a functional human being who's supposed have their stuff together. :-) A life of endless cardboard boxes shaped as things..

"Turn hard to port" "this is sherry!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

"Turn hard to port!" "This is sherry!" was one of the best jokes in here, totally caught me off-guard at the very end.

The day they show up with one of these new songs on an honest-to-god sailing vessel will be a day for the record books.

This is EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS when a brand-new ensign shows up on a submarine. It's chaos, it's hilarious, and it's my job to turn them into competent officers before they actually are in charge of anything important.

The thing has been hoisted and the thing spinning has been stopped. Nicely done.

Ah yes, finally a shanty describing what would happen if the average shanty fan tries to do maritime stuff. Perfect 5/7.

This has major Stede Bonnet vibes

I can just imagine somebody coming upon this scene in the public park of four grown men with instruments singing sea shanties in a cardboard boat. On land.

"Turn hard to port" "This is sherry" Such an underrated joke

Never would've thought post-college life could be so well summed up by a sea shanty.

Does this make anyone else think of Stede Bonnet from Our Flag Means Death? 😂 I’d love if the longest Johns wrote or performed a song for the show they have the perfect vibe of comedy with a heart. And of course I love the music!

*This is what true friendship looks like, no doubt about it.*

"fresh out of college with grades straight from hell" feeling festive for a level results day tomorrow, are we?

we see the men and the sails but what is the ship's purpose? given that the main material used is cardboard, i think it's pretty obvious that this is a merch-ant's vessel

I just started HBO's "Our Flag Means Death" and this is perfect.

This video is absolute gold, Dave getting hit in the face with the ice water was beautiful.

These guys had WAY too much fun filming this and I love every second of it! I was giggling like a fool the entire time!

Showed this to my dad who took part in the Clipper round the world yacht race, which is unique in it mostly consisting of crews who have casual sailing experiance or little to none at all and have to endure the hardships of such a race. to quote my dad: "yep this sums up about 70% of first time Clipper entries"

As a merchant sailor this is accurate for getting on your first ship

legends tell of an eerie ship, the folding dutchman, still roaming those emerald hills; it's captain still searching for his mutinous crew!

The acting here is incredible! I like how it just devolves into madness at the end lol

I do occasionally play this for all my greenhorns xD very adequate, boys! Well wishes to you from the navy.

"Hoist up the thing, batten down the whatsit!" Is now my favorite thing to say, and I shall say it anytime I'm playing Sea of Thieves. Thank you, Longest Johns.

My 3 year old is obsessed with this video and I think y'all have become her favorite band. She's always requesting the "pirate song" in the car. Which could be nearly any shanty y'all have sung. 😂

This song reminds me of my nan who passed away last year. 100% her sense of humour. Thank you

"This is Sherry!" thats so good! XD

A moment of silence for The Folding Dutchman, and her crew. As madness and mutiny tore through the decks, and the crew turned on each other.

This is how it feels writing about ships when you’ve never even been on one

"5 weeks at sea, even Dave seems a catch." You say that like Dave isn't already an absolute prize.

If this doesn't describe what life feels like right now...I didn't realized I needed this until I couldn't stop smiling. Thanks for being a light in the world, boys.

"No cardboard ships were harm in the making of this video"

I'm comfortably ensconced in a corner of the empty library. Across from me is a large fish tank, with decals of a steering wheel, anchor, and sailboat, with the phrase 'get lost in a book' staring back at me. A fan is blowing cool air around me, riffling the pages of the book that I'm reading. And then this popped up on my feed. There may have been giddy laughter of delight - a lot of it. Thanks for adding another reason to feeling content right now.

The Folding Dutchman. Absolute gold. It looks like you guys had a ball making this. It's great to see.

This is my favorite music video for anything now

Brings up memories from running around a festival chanting "part of the ship, part of the Crew" years back. Good times

This is how I explain what junior leadership in the army is like. They have no idea what they are doing, but are in control and you just have to live with it.

Now we need a music video for the Moby Duck

[Verse 1] Fresh out of college, with grades straight from Hell, I browsed for a trade at which I could excel. An ad for a ship in need of some manning, Men, sails, and purpose, but lacking a captain. What luck, says I, to find such good fortune! A few white lies later, I ran down the pier. Bought me a coat and a cutlass or two, Jumped on the deck, and I yelled at the crew: [Chorus] Hoist up the thing! Batten down the whatsit! What's that thing spinning? Somebody should stop it! Turn hard to port! (That's not port?) Now I've got it! Trust me, I'm in control! [Verse 2] I can’t sing the shanties, it has to be said, And all of that grog just goes right to my head. Whale meat is gross and I miss a girl’s laugh. Five weeks at sea, even Dave seems a catch! [Chorus] Hoist up the thing! Batten down the whatsit! What's that thing spinning? Somebody should stop it! Turn hard to port! (That's not port?) Now I've got it! Trust me, I'm in control! [Verse 3] We’ve hit icy waters, no land to be seen. The food’s getting low and the beer has gone green. There’s murmurs of discontent under the deck. If I don’t act fast, it could be my neck! So pull up the charts and those weird gold machines I see what it says but no clue what it means! Just pull on some levers and yank on some chains, Feign a bad back til we’ve landed again. [Chorus] Hoist up the thing! Batten down the whatsit! What's that thing spinning? Somebody should stop it! Turn hard to port! (That's not port?) Now I've got it! Trust me, I'm in control! [Chorus] Hoist up the thing! Batten down the whatsit! What's that thing spinning? Somebody should stop it! Turn hard to port! (That's not port?) Now I've got it! Trust me, I'm in control! [Chorus] Hoist up the thing! Batten down the whatsit! What's that thing spinning? Somebody should stop it! Turn hard to port! (That's not port?) Now I've got it! Trust me, I'm in control! [Verse 4] Hoist up the thing! Batten down the whatsit! (Huh?) What's that thing spinning? Somebody should stop it! (BLOODY HELL!) Turn hard to port! (This is SHERRY!) Now I've got it! (Screaming) Trust me, I'm in control! (MOMMY) Trust me, I'm in control!

Just watched the music video for the first time. Definitely makes the song even better

Mutiny most foul. “The Folding Dutchman”?!! Too right! Awesome fun shanty! Odd. Everybody has both legs.

Bellowhead in November - Longest Johns supporting...YAY 😄😄😄

I was cooped up for lockdown when this video was uploaded. It made me smile. It along with many other videos uploaded to this channel in the same year reminded me of the good times that surely awaited me once things got better and they did! Thanks for this Longest Johns. Sail on. Shant on.

Their songs JUST DON'T GET OLD. THEY'RE SERIOUSLY BADASS.

Weeks after getting the CD I finally get the port-sherry joke. I'm a dope.

The attention to detail, humour and nods are amazing. The start of the mutiny is prolly my favourite part lmao, including using an astrolabe to scratch your head

My toddler grandkids now say “Watch boxes!?” Anytime they see the KZfaq app on the TV.

The best shanty ever. It's undeniable. 10/10. Also, this pretty much sums up any situation where I'm supposed to be the supervisor of anything.

This is honestly everything I hoped for and more

Random stranger : these have got to be the best pirates I have ever seen Longest johns : So it would seem

thank you longest johns, very cool!

I would never have thought I'd watch a group of dudes play pirates while singing shanties in this day and age.

I've watched this video so many times, and it always cracks me up. This is the first time that I caught Dave's line "This is Sherry!" though. Hope y'all enjoyed it! 🙂

Sums up any time I'm given leadership of a team perfectly

"Turn hard to port-" "-This is sherry!"

I just can't express how much I love this song. It reminds me of when me and my grandpa played sea of thieves for the first time a few months back XD. Now I want to ask him to play again sometime. My sister really likes the bit "what's that thing spinning? Somebody should stop it". It makes her laugh every time. This song is also an accurate representation of me trying to navigate my online classes this year.

Man seeing a ship built entirely of cardboard boxes reminds me of my childhood. Awesome video, and quite a lovely song to boot. Gotta love an old "fake it till you make it"

The best part is "what's that thing spinning? Someone should stop it." hahahaha

I can’t wait for the “Got no Beard” video. My group of friends absolutely love that song.

"i am holding the clipboard, IM IN CONTROL!"

The screaming at the end is just me, all the time, always

this was such a fun video to watch. just a bunch of lads living their best lives. you guys are awesome and I hope you stick around for a while.

This video and the amount of interaction in the comments, I love it. Such a fun group.

I play these guys at work ALL THE TIME

There you go ! A little grog and some boxes . 👍🏻

You, bellow head and the dreadnoghts are my favourite bands

This is by far my personal favourite shanty of yours! I've been mastering a golden age of piracy D&D campaign online for the last 2.5 years, this has been it's theme song for the last month. It is a true and perfect metaphor for the party and our hilarious misadventures, we play it before the start of every session! Happy days to see the music video! And in addition, my Johns D20s arrived this afternoon, what a perfect day!

Basically my professional life and it all worked out fine in the end.

I love the fact that they just built an entire ship out of cardboard for this song. 😂

It doesn't matter how many times you watch this it just gets better & better.

"Big ship, little ship, cardboard box!"

I'm just glad no Suzuki Vitaras were harmed in the making of this video!

Commenting and liking to boost the algorithm because the whole world needs to see this!

My favorite song and an absolutely brilliant video. You guys are brilliant! I see Dave's stick got an upgrade and became a mast, nicely done lads!

Sailing a cardboard ship through the audio waves!

Me my lads made a plan back in middle school to buy one of them old 1700s like boats and sail and leave America onto the open Atlantic. What good times those where, and I wish we could commit to that plan

This song always makes me happy

Having only just become a fan of the Longest Johns in recent months, I didn't see this video until today. It might be my new favourite music video. ❤ They just look like they're having so much damn fun! I miss the Before Times. 🙁 I hope one day we'll be able to play together and watch live music and hang around being idiots (the not-dangerous, not-science-ignoring kind) again.

Looks like Robbie went down this his cardboard ship.

I love how these guys are just vibing

Really just an allegory for my life. Ive no idea whats going on but hey, im in control! 😆

Love your music have forced my family and friends to spend many....many many hours listening to these splendid songs (Im not the guy who proudly sings drunken sailor any time i take a shot of rum)

This is just what four friends do for fun and then suddenly they started singing and I love it!