I'll never not hear Stan Rogers' voice in my head when I hear this, BUT I'm so glad to hear it get the Shanty of the Week treatment with Seán's backing harmonies.

I'm grateful for the explanations behind the references in the song. Indeed it would be amazing to see you collaborate with the Longest Johns again.

Absolutely love this shanty. Was going through the journals and logs of my 2x great uncle who started whaling at the age of 15. He had written about the shanties that they sang. He mentioned this one a few times and roll the ole chariot. Excited and looking forward to it

Bro what, dude was just giving a demonstration of the song and sung one of the best versions I've ever heard

Beautifully done! It's not often that a song gives me chills. And while I'm saying nice things, you absolutely killed it at the Chicago show with the Johns! Awesome night from start to finish

2:19 I see that risk board

This is my absolute favourite shanty, probably heard it over a hundred times this year alone. Your lovely vocals really enhance how lovely it is. Thank you, Seán

i love this song which the Assassins Creed games introduced to it. I love the dreadnoughts version it sounds absolutely mystical.

This series has been a huge part of getting my breath control after catching covid this last winter, thank you so much.

Rewatching this after hearing you live with The Longest Johns, so glad the live collab happened.

one of my favorite Song, thank's for spare it with us

One of my favourits shantys, thanks Seán. Can picture whalers anchored off Lahaina and whalerman enjoying rum and pleasant company under the palms.

Sean is the personification of sea shanties

One of the best shanties

Thank you for the translation and explanation.

dude ur voice is good i can feel the atmosphere sailing to find utophia, keep making this

Old Maui as well as leave her Johnny are my favorite. The performance you've given for both are the best I've heard. Thank you.

Can't wait it's my favorite

I may not be up at 5:30 for the premiere, but I'm looking forward to this one~

Thanks a lot for the historical background! That’s very interesting to me! And the cover is awesome!! I like it so much! Listening to your song makes me feel the spirit of those times :D Wonderful😇

this one is my favorite shanties

Can't get into my day without one of these shanties. How can something in this world be this brilliant. It just makes a powerful bend with the mind. Thank you for this sir ❤

Thank you. These are great. My Daughters love them and your moustache.

One of my favorite shanties, would you do a video of Stan Rogers Barrett’s Privateers?

Tu es formidable! Merci.

I was actually just about to see if you’d do this song knocked it out of the park again!

Yes, I am singing along. Not sure how much the neighbours appreciate it...

Brilliant. I love this song, one of my all-time favourites. In our group in our concerts we always play an original Hawaiian song directly after Old Maui, fits perfectly.

Every time the song says "me boys" it makes me think of mr krabs

It premiers as soon as my school starts

Sean, you give dear old Stan a run for his money man. Also, in better times, it would be absolutely amazing to see and hear you with the Dreadnoughts or maybe Tri Yann.

Stan Roger's version of this has been on the Shanty Playlist for the babies here for almost three years. It is a favorite of the 3 year old. This was a treat today!

Incredible!

absolutely love this shanty. Was singing it back 30+ years ago with my group. Thanks for the definitions and the wonderful harmonies.

Oh hell yes, an absolute classic! Think this is the second shanty I heard once I fell down the rabbit hole.

Great work, Sean!

Is this one going to get a "just the shanty" video? This song perplexes me now. The main mast is cracked, the stuns'ls booms are broken, and their sails are baggy. Does this mean that "rolling" down means they're just limping their way home with the waves and what wind they can pick up? Are they singing about how excited they are to get home despite how badly the ship is damaged and how much longer it'll take to get to Maui? Or am I just misinterpreting the lyrics?

Ahoy captain 💙👍

Love this!

Oh boy oh boy! I asked him to make this a few months ago. Finally man!

Perfect as usual

Awesome shanty choice! Adding a few more terms to my sailing dictionary, and I can’t wait to listen to this version while I’m sailing tomorrow!

So I don't know much about sailing but from the explanations that you gave, sounds like the sailors are having a rough journey home. I have heard the Longest Johns sing this many times and I never thought much about the lyrics before.

Almost coming up to one year of SoTW! The fact you've been able to put out high quality shanty week after week is incredible, best of luck!

Oh, this will surely make a great addition to my playlist of many great people singing this beautiful piece. Thanks Sean!

There’s so manu great version of this song! This version is probably one of my favourites!

The proxy braggards version is absolutely unmatched

That map though?

Collaborate more with the Longest Johns! Lowlands Low was masterful!

My favorite shanty ever, thanks for this beautiful version and all the explanations. You're the best.

Another of my favourites 😃

Instantly one of my favorites! This version is so epic

Ooo I've been waiting for this one!

It's hard to go wrong with this shanty! I'm going to have to add this version to my list of favorites, next to The Longest Johns and Stan Rogers (may he rest in peace)

Simply incredible! Thanks Sean!

Simply amazing!

Truly Amazing!

Really, gale used to mean gentle breeze? I didn't know that. That would explain why sea shanties often talk about gales ccasually, I thought it was seamen acting tough and saying "it's just a little storm, no big deal".

I was wondering, if you could sing The Weary Whaling Grounds in the near future?

it was lovely, thx for sharing

always love seeing a new shanty keep up the good work!!

Ooh a classic!

This was an excellent video! I hope you get a lot of eyes on it. It occurs to me that we're only a few weeks out from a year of shanties. So that's pretty cool.

Coming up on the 1 year anniversary here pretty soon Mr. D

Would love to meet for a drink and a sing song if you are UK bound at any point!

This is my favorite sea shanty, and this was a very interesting rendition to listen to! :D

Brilliant video, Sean!

You are gonna sing with The Longest Johns in person?? It would be so cool if you could appear in one of their livestreams as a guest!

Save the whales, love the girls! Ahoy! :) One of the classic shanties, indeed.

Good ups. First visit to the channel, yall do any filk shanties? The most popular being Carmen Miranda's Ghost. Some faves of mine being Pushin' The Speed of Light, Dawson's Christian, and Sam Jones.

Wondering when he was going to do this one

What a great shanty! Great news about the Longest Johns. You guys were superb together, particularly when compared to the dog's breakfast that was Pressgang Mutiny's attempt to sing the same song with you. (I said as much to them in the video comments because the lack of respect to you in not even bothering to familiarize themselves with the song really annoyed me.) I know you'll say something lovely and polite so I'm willing to be the truth telling bad guy lol But Rolling Down to Old Maui has joined my short list of favorite shanties. Others presented for your consideration are Whup Jamboree, the Hog's Eye Man and Cyril Tawney's Chicken on a Raft. If you ever want to change it up and do a drinking song, When Jones' Ale Was New is a beauty...

May you upload it to Bandcamp please?

How many vocal harmonies are in these songs

My buddy is full blown Hawaiian. I wonder if he'd enjoy this one 🤔 idk drunk thoughts.

came here because of assassin

Damn dude, thats some nice staining on your railing

Is it ok to post new shanty Ideas in the comments? (Sorry for my broken English it isn't my Mother tongue)

man two daY OLD why aint i getting my notfications

Very good. Just as an aside, it’s pronounced “Folk-sill” not “fore-castle”

I missed the premiere because i overslept :(

Jeez if it was that bad can’t imagine how the whales felt.