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Amersham nostalgia: Town s unexpected historic link to whaling

To bring us sugar and tea and rum One day, when the tonguin’ is done We’ll take our leave and go” You may be aware that this is the chorus of a sea shanty that recently went viral and catapulted Nathan Evans a former postman to the No. 1 spot in the UK charts. What you may not realise is that this 19th-century whaling song from New Zealand has its roots in Amersham! The Wellerman of the song was a supply ship belonging to the firm of Weller & Co founded in Australia in the 19th-century. The money to establish the business came from the Weller Brewery in Amersham. Weller & Co, which was founded by Joseph Weller and his sons, Joseph, George, and Edward.

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Sea shanty about New Zealand settlers resurfaces about 190 years later

A sea shanty called Wellerman is rising up the UK record charts about 190 years after the Weller family settled in Aotearoa.

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Sea shanty about NZ settlers resurfaces about 190 years later

Sea shanty about NZ settlers resurfaces about 190 years later A sea shanty called Wellerman is rising up the UK record charts about 190 years after the Weller family settled in Aotearoa. The Longest Johns rendition of Wellerman has made it into the official top 40 charts in Britain. Before that, it was a viral sensation on TikTok, sung by Scottish postie Nathan Evans, who now has a record deal. The song immortalises whaling family the Wellers, who settled in Dunedin in 1831. RNZ tracked down Edward Weller s great-great grandson and name sake, Edward Ellison, who is a kaumātua at Ōtakou Marae in Dunedin.

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The viral Wellerman sea shanty is also a window into the remarkable cross-cultural whaling history of Aotearoa New Zealand

In a year of surprises, one of the more pleasant was the recent runaway viral popularity of 19th century sea shanties on TikTok. A collaborative global response to pandemic isolation, it saw singers and musicians layering harmonies atop an original recording of Soon May the Wellerman Come by Scottish postie Nathan Evans. Spread via TokTok and other social media, it has become the most popular song in the “ShantyTok” trend. What many fans possibly didn’t realise at first, though, was that the Wellerman shanty is an old New Zealand composition. More than that, it is a window into an earlier era of global interconnection that shaped the social and economic history of our southern coasts.

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MIL-Evening Report: The viral Wellerman sea shanty is also a window into the remarkable cross-cultural whaling history of Aotearoa New Zealand

MIL-Evening Report: The viral Wellerman sea shanty is also a window into the remarkable cross-cultural whaling history of Aotearoa New Zealand
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