Boys say "yeah I'm fine" then listen this for 4 hours straight

LoWlAnDs lOwlAnDs AWay *seconds later* : hit an island

I love the fact that Edward chose this song to be the password to the secret chamber in the Ac syndicate

"And then I knew my love was dead" Fuck my force choke ability

As a former sailor this song means a lot to me. For those of you that don't understand. "lowlands away" would have been an announcement made that land was sighted. When you are out on the open ocean land seems to appear all of a sudden and especially back in the day would have been announced to the entire crew, probably being yelled by someone whose job it was to stand watch for such things. "John" would have been a word used to indicate the Bowson, or perhaps the officer of the watch. This individual singing the song is asleep and dreaming while this announcement is being made over and over again. As with most dreams it takes your existing environment and mixes it with the dream. While the announcement is being made over and over again he dreams of his wife/girlfriend on land. It seems as though He made some sort of promise to return to her etc. And right before he arrived back home she died. I suspect the land they are coming back to and the "lowlands away" announcement is being made for, is probably their home port. He just missed her. Very powerful and emotional song. amazing.

The “hey” in the background gets me every time. It’s like hanging out with your buddies and genuinely having a great time.

These shanties are just so iconic, Black Flag was just so good at including the pirate aesthetic while keeping the best qualities of the previous AC games. Such a masterpiece, I hope it gets remastered soon

Perhaps the most iconic sea shanty, for me :')

Ya'll making me cry lads

“FIRE” “loosen the sails” “sing a shanty lads”

Everytime the crew starts singing this, I always stop sailing just to let them finish it.

Think about this the next time you think to attack that frigate.

Best ac game of all .

I loved it when I saw this song was the key to open a secret passage at Edward's mansion in AC Syndicate. This must have been his favourite sea shanty.

“She made no sound, no word she said.” “And then I knew, my love was dead.”😔

Girls: "I didn't believe he didn't cry at the titanic, do men even have feelings?" Boys:"...And then I knew....my love was dead....."

Never noticed how depressing this song is

With Leave her Johnny, I think this is one of the best song in the world

😔Why are there no better pirate games than Assassin's Creed Black Flag?

Anytime they start singing Lowlands you pretty much just need to sail around for the next 3 minutes until they're done.

One thing that Ive always wished for is a first person vr version of Black flag. Itd be strange to pull off but imagine hearing this at the wheel of the jackdaw in first person

This song, of you think about it, is directly related to Edward. He to lost his wife while he was at sea trying to make money. Idk I might be trippin

This song is beautiful. It reminds me of when I was younger, watching my dad play black flag with my mom just In the other room. Back when we all lived together. I would wait hours until my dad came home from work so we could play this game and this song was my favorite. I get chills from listening to this song because it unlocks so many memories. Now I’m replaying the game years later with my parents divorced, still playing this shanty over and over.

I sang, I cried and I'm happy. My life was sht sometimes but it's the little moments like this that keep me alive. I wish every dear reader a happy holiday and please, feel good. Being alive is awesome

AC black flag first rule: Never attack a ship while this shanty is on.

This was Edward's favourite, perhaps it reminded him of Caroline. ☹

4 years ago I lost a woman I loved and her daughters in a house fire and every time I’d hear this song it’d bring me to tears every time. I mourned their passing for years and it took my years to recover. While I’ve recovered, I still think of them occasionally with nothing but absolutely love and joy. Today I have 3 children of my own and I’m marrying their mother. Yet when ever I hear this song I can’t help but to be moved and flashback to the time when life was much simpler.

I only now realized that the whole song was about his love dying cause I was so lost in the amazing music

Way back, I got a text in the family chat that Carrie Fischer had died from overdose. My family had always been big Star Wars fans, so the news was very heart-wrenching. I was playing Rogue when I got the text and set sail at sea. As I sat there, watching my ship sail, letting the news soak in, my crew started to sing this song without any interaction from me. It was very fitting

In loving memory of the quartermaster, the only friend of the gentleman pirate!

Hundreds of years in the future people will be singing this on the open seas on other worlds, I know it. Times may change, but man does not.

I feel sometimes I was born in the wrong century.😊

Me a dutchman when I go on vacation outside the Netherlands: Lowlands away

Came here for the lyrics not to cry! :(

This song literally gives me shivers. It's must've been such a fantastic brotherhood of men singing with such passion through those times. Absolutely incredible such songs and their meanings exist and are recreated for the people of today to listen to and enjoy. It's almost like passing the torch. Truly, truly majestic.

Damn, first time played the game, it was 4 weeks after I lost my girlfriend to a car accident it cutted really deep, such a good song tho, this one stayed in my mind for all the years after.

As Haytham and Jenny got older, Edward put his pirating days behind him, especially since he was now established in London society, but I'm sure there were times, when he was looking at a sunset off his balcony terrace, he would love to be back at the wheel of the Jackdaw with Adewale and the voices of his men bellowing out a merry tune. I think that's why he chose this song as the piano password in AC Syndicate. ☠️

this has a deep meaning..... I could feel it

This game was released in 2013. I am still listening to the sea shanties in 2022. You did good, everyone who had a hand in these wonderful tunes.

I deeply remember how this started playing right after Blackbeard died, in that moment when you just sail away to the horizon. Suddenly I had tears and I didn't even noticed.

Marvelous! The best sea shanty in the game!

The hunters came close, so we hid in a storm, but alas, were still followed. 3 brigs and 2 frigates were just too much for us to handle, but we had the sea and possibly Poseidon himself at our side. I still am unsure how we made this through. A lot of good men died today and the Jackdaw is barely holding it together. As we finally saw the rain stopping and the first glimpses of the sun touching our faces, one of the crewmen, barely 18 years old, climbed on a crate and started. “I dreamed a dream, the other night”

knowing this songs have been passed down for generations but it all stems from one mans pain is a type of melancholic beauty。

I don't know why I'm tearing up with nostalgia I still have the game on my PC

This is where men cried

This game was so good and the shanties were so amazing, that I got 100% out of the main game: all maps, all treasures, all shanties, all everything. I wish someone makes an open world other than Sea of Thieves. You know? Something more into the AC estetic. Talking about this shanty, man, I totally get the dream this sailor had. My current job sents me into business trips that last for months, sometimes years, and I understand the feeling of having a dream of his love one or ones, but then dreaming that that love one is dead, just to suddenly wake up and not being sure if it was a message or only a dream. I love this song, 'cause even though we now have all this technology that allows us to quickly send a message and get an answer back, one still has that feeling of missing the lips, hugs, soft cheek of that someone special who you simply love. Shanties have an amazing power, I simply love them.

What boys really want is just to sail for dangerous adventures with the bros

I dreamed a dream the other night Lowlands, lowlands away me John! My love she came dressed all in white Lowlands away I dreamed my love came in my sleep Lowlands, lowlands away me John! Her cheeks wer wet, her eyes did weep Lowlands away She came to me at my bedside Lowlands, lowlands away me John! All dressed in white, like some fair bride Lowlands away And bravely in her bosom fair Lowlands, lowlands away me John! A red red rose, my love did wear Lowlands away She made no sound, no word she said Lowlands, lowlands away me John! And then I knew my love was dead Lowlands away Then I awoke to hear the cry Lowlands, lowlands away me John! Oh watch on deck, oh watch ahoy Lowlands away

The moment following Mary's death I remember the first quiet sailing I had . Somberly staring at the sunset hearing the waves and just feeling the words and emotions. A bittersweet moment but the most memorable for me

Greatest advice I've ever heard, first thing he was told when he woke up "watch the deck, oh watch ahoy" that's real advice just worded in a commoner english. Staying vigilant of today and tomorrow instead of grieving his loss..

Music truly is a thing from the heavens. God this is beautiful

The jackdaw still holds a place in our heart because that crew even tho they’re ai they felt so real while singing sea shanties if there’s one thing I can build in real life it would be the jackdaw

Estou jogando Assasins creed 4 black flag neste momento e ouvindo essa música... LOOOOOWWLANDS AWAAAYY

Easily the best shanty in the game. Even Kenway loves it and he never mentions any shanty we pick up. The one song I’ll let play completely before leaving my boat.

currently crying about my current relationship because it's going through a rough patch. great song :)

I hold this song close to me. In the game, I'd purposely take my time sailing just to listen to it in full. Nowadays, it's a coping mechanism. My anxiety can be soothed by it, any pent up emotions I can let go, a way to remember better times. All thanks to a game about killing the biggest bastards in history and feuding with ancient Gods.

After a month of messing around on multi-player, I finished the last campaign achievement and sailed on the horizon towards the British isles. My Elite sails, with the wind at its back, the wheel of Thatch to guide us toward a new future and the mount of the jackdaw, pesky little bird. As I sailed I realized I had done everything this game had to offer, I ushered the crew to sing a shanty and this.. this us the very shanty they sang for our last voyage. To all who sail the seas whether they be new or seasoned veterans, remember to cherish the crew you have and never forget the ones you lost along the way. ~Captain 8ball

It's rare that I play a game with just the games own audio, normally I listen to music or have a movie/youtube video playing. But something about this game in particular makes me wanna be fully immersed. Having the crew start singing while you sail was such a genius idea. I'm not a huge fan of collectibles in games either but when I see that music note I drop everything to chase after it.

Don't tell me I'm not the only one that got out their old PS3 and started the game up again, and loaded up their save game, and started sailing the jackdaw then for another hour to go through all the shanties...

One of my favourite shanty

I’m not gonna lie, you’d be suprised how much an influence black flag has on the current United States Navy. Myself included. I joined because I was confused and I ended up coming back to this game and seeing how it was and I joined and now I sail the seas in the pacific and I think of this song and sing shanties with the boys who want to. It’s a hard working life in which a lot of sacrifice is needed but is truly unique.

Playing through this game again and honestly, what a masterpiece! Sailing back to your cove as the sun is setting while the crew belt this out at the top of their lungs, all the nostalgia of the first time I played it coming back to me, awesome.

Sometime I didn't use fast travel so that I can enjoy the song and game weather

Me: getting shot at by a whole military of ships. The Crew: LOWlANdS AwaY

Yaay! My favorite shanty ever!

And then I knew... My wife was dead...

favorite shanty of AC Blackflag...love this game

Men don't cry, only let the tears down on their cheeks.

Got to stop drinking while i'm listening shanties....i always start to cry

Why Ubisoft? Why now?

I remember reading somewhere that they got this one on the first take. Respect.

It was perfect it was perfect to the last minute

2:02 thats when i realized what this song was about. that hit hard man

Never gonna forget the crew sang this song through the night under the gray sky only the sounds of sea and the voices echoes singing this song, not a even single event to stop was beautiful

Crew: Lowlands! Lowlands away me Jo!- Adewalé: STORM CAPTAIN, LOOKS BAD!

This song, playing out on the open sea against a darkening sky, with tinges of teal setting sunlight breaking just under the caps, full sail... Easily among the most immersive moments in gaming.

This and Stormalong John are the most saddest shanties in the game.

this first sounds like a nice song but if you had played syndicate and heard the backstory about this you just have to cry...Edward is just such a nice husband for writing this song for caroline because she passed away ❤❤

This song plays. You're out in the open ocean. You see the sights around you. What a fucking game

This could be the best most saddest shanty I've heard but u can't help but sing along

Good to hear that we are not allone with the pain almost all men have to take when it comes to women...

"And then i knew my love was dead" made me cry. I don't know why xd

Can't resist to sing along this beautiful sea shanty

Wanna of the best game songs in my childhood iconic

Was I the only one sobbing my eyes out at the ending ?

This song was always sang at the most beautiful moments .. I’ll never forget this shanty. Thank you to the team that made this marvelous game.

So basically this song talks about Caroline, Edward's wife who passed on when he was living away from her

the sea shanties just made this game even better, when you travel with the good ol jackdaw through the seas and sing along with your crew.

Everytime i listen to this masterpiece It reminds me of her Memories are all that's left

It was an amazing ride, to play this game. Rogue was stunning too. Very nice time i had with them. Thanks

It's such a powerful song. To bear the responsibility of the open ocean as a sailor just to come home to discover you've lost everything. It's enough to make a grown man weep.

This, parting glass, Stormalong along john and leave her johnny made my eyes wet. Black Flag has the best soundtrack in any video games. R.i.p edward james kenway the best pirate/assassin ever walked the planet.

This game was the greatest.

Black Flag is a sweet masterpiece and this song gives me goosebumps. Amazing adventure! ♥️🔥

This song always manages to bring tears to me eyes.

Ah man I remember all of the times that I would sing along to this Shanty as well as the others while playing the game. Ahh good times ☺️😊

Lowwwlaaaaands awaaaaayyy *slowly removes pirate hat and places on chest*

This song has haunted me for years.

Sang this to my cat when he died and was being wrapped up to be cremated. I miss you Tom Thumb Cat 😢

Edward Kenway…❤