A straightforward, unaccompanied choral arrangement of this storming New Zealand sea shanty (also known as "Soon May the Wellerman Come") for any combination of voices. Approximately 2 minutes in length.

My name is Jake Alexander - I?m a composer, arranger and choir leader based in London. I create accessible arrangements that play to the strengths of community choirs. If you would like to offer any feedback, or just want to say hi, please get in touch at jake@jakealexander.org. Also, feel free to get in touch if you would like to be sent rehearsal tracks - these are available for all of my scores. Happy singing!

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Arrangement by David P. Zimmerman. 24 measures. A Cappella. 7 pages. Self-Published on SMP. This is an SSA a cappella arrangement of the sea shanty, "The Wellerman", as made popular recently on Tiktok.

Sea Shanty pack for choir leaders. Seven traditional shanties and sea songs to get your choirs rollin' along in true shanty style including The Wellerman.

​This pack includes scores and lyric sheets plus notes on the songs and sea shanties in general. There are FREE resources to accompany this pack including performance and backing tracks to rehearse, plus individual pdfs of everything for distribution to your singers. Details of how to claim these resources inside. Mixture of a cappella and accompanied songs (excerpts on the demo mp3)

THE WELLERMAN; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; DROP OF NELSON'S BLOOD (Roll the Chariot); RANDY DANDY O!; SPANISH LADIES; ROLL THE WOODPILE; BONEY WAS A WARRIOR

For a bonus FREE Drunken Sailor warm up/round (sheet music & track) head over to www.keepcalmandkeepsinging.com/seashanties

Easy Level

Sea Shanty pack for choir leaders. Seven traditional shantiesand sea songs to get your choirs rollin' along in true shanty styleincluding The Wellerman.

SSA version also works with mixed voices - 3 part women and add your men to the indicated part for each song

​This packincludes scores and lyric sheets plus notes on the songs and sea shanties ingeneral. There are FREE resources to accompany this pack including performanceand backing tracks to rehearse, plus individual pdfs of everything fordistribution to your singers. Details of how to claim these resources inside.Mixture of a cappella and accompanied songs (excerpts on the demo mp3)

THEWELLERMAN; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; DROP OF NELSON'S BLOOD (Roll the Chariot); RANDYDANDY O!; SPANISH LADIES; ROLL THE WOODPILE; BONEY WAS A WARRIOR

For a bonusFREE Drunken Sailor warm up/round (sheet music & track) head over to www.keepcalmandkeepsinging.com/seashanties

Easy Level

Also available in SAB

The sea shanty that exploded in popularity on TikTok arranged in a witty style for SAB choirs with piano accompaniment. Contrasting sections and textures give this setting unique character. The piano accompaniment is gritty, with big accented moments, and careful dissonances. With a tempo marking of "The motion of the ocean" you'll smell the salt air and feel the waves tossing your boat about!

The demo recording (recorded as TBB) includes some modifications and transpositions to the notated SAB score.

Moderately Easy to Intermediate a cappella arrangement of The Wellerman for TBB a cappella. Contrasting sections and textures set this arrangement apart.

Wellerman is traditional sea shanty song from New Zeeland recently come back into the spotlight! This song is arranged as an early intermediate 1 piano, 4 hand duet in Dm. (Approximately 1:30 min., 3 pages) You can look at other arrangements by Sandra Zylstra on Sheet Music Plus: http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/formats/singles/sandra-zylstra/600092+3001855 and at Piano Pronto: Composers Community https://pianopronto.com/composers-community/sandra-zylstra/.

A great easy and fun version of this popular sea shanty for SSA voices (also works with mixed voice choirs - 3 part women and add men where indicated)
Slightly more 'whale friendly' than the original this version sees the crew letting the whale go at the end!
FREE resources available for this include instrumental backing track,
individual voice part tracks, separate lyric sheet - email

A great easy and fun version of this popular sea shanty for SAB voices. Slightly more 'whale friendly' than the original this version sees the crew letting the whale go at the end!
FREE resources available for this include instrumental backing track, individual voice part tracks, separate lyric sheet - email keepcalmkeepsinging@gmail.com with proof of purchase