Rolling Home
Traditional
- Lyrics written by
- [Traditional]
- Originally written by
- [Traditional]
- Language
- German
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Rolling Home written by [Traditional]
- Comments
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A sea shanty of which the refrain is sung in English as in the original and the remainder in "plattdeutsch" (Low German), the German particularly spoken in Northern Germany.
The original refrain goes "Rolling home to merry England, rolling home, sweet land to thee", but the Low German one "Rolling home, rolling home, rolling home across the sea. Rolling home, to good old Hamburg, rolling home, min Deern to di".
The Low German verses describe life aboard a run-down Hamburg sailing ship called "Magelhan" or "Magellan". The song is therefore listed in some song collections under the title "Magellan, du ole Kasten". - Licensing
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