Gotye - Somebody that I used to know - Dutch choir cover. Somebody That I Used To Know - WOTE Parody! Key of Awesome #55! The Bard of Boston: Way Hay And Up She Rises: The 5 Best Celtic Songs About Sailing And The Sea. Over the centuries, hundreds of Celtic songs have emerged that focus on the joys and heartaches of sailing and living life out on the open ocean. As with my post, The 6 Best Celtic Songs About Boston, I decided not to rank these Celtic songs numerically.
Instead, I've organized them according to theme and lyrical content. Please let me know of any other great Celtic seafaring songs in the comments section below. Drunken Sailor The Drinking Song Drunken Sailor is a capstan sea chantey. Chords & LyricsFurther Reading: BBC: Sea Shanties, The Mudcat Cafe: Oro Se Do Bheatha Bhaile The Irish Rover Hyperbole On The High Seas The Clancy Brothers (Pat, Liam and Tom) and Tommy Makem collectively copyrighted their adaptation and arrangement of The Irish Rover in 1962. Chords & LyricsFurther Reading: The Mudcat Cafe: Irish Rover, The Session: Irish Rover Back Home In Derry The Voyager's Lament In comparison to The Irish Rover, Back Home In Derry has a tone that is much more somber. Lyrical Time-line: Nothing Ruins Comedy by Tim Minchin. Yo Ho, Yo Ho! A pirates life for me.