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The Wellerman
by Traditional New Zealand Folksong SAB Choir - Digital Sheet Music

Name: The Wellerman by Traditional New Zealand Folksong SAB Choir - Digital Sheet Music
Brand: Kevin P. Lane
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Product Details

Title The Wellerman
Artist Traditional New Zealand Folksong
Score Type
PDF, Included with PASS
Composer trad.
Arranger Kevin P. Lane
Format Digital Sheet Music
Pages 8
Arrangement SAB Choir
Publisher Kevin P. Lane
Level 2
Product ID 1730313
Genre Traditional Folk World Multicultural 21st Century
Instruments Choir

Product Description

A lively setting of this now famous song for SAB and piano. The piano plays a descriptive part painting the actions of the whale and sailors alike.
This 19th-century New Zealand whaling song, sometimes reffered to as a sea shanty, tells the story of whalers waiting for supplies from the "Wellerman,". The song describes a whaling crew hunting for the 'right' whale and waiting for a supply ship to arrive with provisions like sugar, tea, and rum. The lyrics reflect the hardships of whaling life, where crews often spent months or years at sea.
The Wellerman ships were operated by the Weller brothers, who were English traders supplying whaling stations in New Zealand in the early 19th century. The song likely originated as a work chant for whalers and seafarers.

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