Name: The Wellerman by Traditional New Zealand Folksong SAB Choir Digital Sheet Music
Brand: Kevin P. Lane
Price: 2.99 USD
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The Wellerman
by Traditional New Zealand Folksong SAB Choir - Digital Sheet Music

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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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