Notable Recordings and Performances
The song has been widely recorded under a number of titles by a range of performers including the King's Singers, Pete Seeger, and The Irish Rovers. It also forms part of a contrapuntal section in the BBC Radio 4 UK Theme by Fritz Spiegl, in which it is played alongside Greensleeves.
Don Janse produced a particularly artistic arrangement in the early 1960s which has been included in several choral music anthologies. The arrangement was first recorded by The Idlers. This arrangement has been performed by several collegiate groups over the years, including the Yale Alley Cats.
This song has been recorded by Sam Spence under the name "Up She Rises", and is frequently used as background music for NFL Films.
The Belgian skiffle-singer Ferre Grignard covered the song in 1966.
A different version of this song titled "Drunken Whaler" accompanied the E3 trailer for the video game Dishonored, featuring darker lyrics and slightly slower tempo.
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