All Ye Young Sailors

Pierre LaPlante

Traditional Sea Chantey arranged by Pierre La Plante

Subtitle: Blow the Man Down!

General Info

Year: 2005
Duration: c. 1:30
Difficulty: I (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Daehn Publications, through C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $50.00   |   Score Only (print) - $5.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion, including:

• Bass Drum
• Bells
• Crash Cymbals
• Snare Drum
• Triangle
• Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

All Ye Young Sailors is taken from a line of one of the best known of all sea chanteys, Blow the Man Down. The song is sometimes called The Black Ball Line, named after a shipping company. It is "halyard" and "long drag" chantey, sung to ease the chores of hoisting the yards and catting the anchor. It was sung in call-and-response fashion by a skillful singer or "shanteyman," who was valued as much for his singing as for his seafaring ability. Old "salts" call a shantey "another hand on the rope."

- Program Note from score

This work was written at the suggestion of a colleague of Pierre La Plante's who wished there were more 6/8 pieces written for beginning bands.

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
• Audio CD: Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony (Scott A. Stewart, conductor) – 2005

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• Alcoa (Tenn.) Middle School 7th/8th Grade Band – Spring 2021
• Atlanta (Ga.) Youth Wind Symphony (Scott A. Stewart, conductor) – 15 December 2005 (2005 Midwest Clinic)

Works for Winds by This Composer

• All Ye Young Sailors (as arranger) (2005)
• American Riversongs (1991)
• American Sketches (2014)
• As I Walked Through the Meadow (2019)
• At the Old Camp Ground (2017)
• The Band in the Square (2006)
• The Cat's Pajamas (2018)
• Caribbean Rondo (2009)
• Come to the Fair!
• A Cowboy Symphony (2008)
• Early One Morning (as arranger) (2005)
• English Country Settings (1997)
• Fantasy on a Fiddle Tune (2005)
• Great American West Suite, The (2013)
• In the Forest of the King (2000)
• La Bonne Aventure (2010)
• Legends and Heroes (2003)
• Minka's Sleigh Ride (2007)
• Music for the King's Delight (2007)
• Overture on a Minstrel Tune (1979)
• Prairie Songs (1998)
• Prospect (1983)
• Red River Valley, The (as arranger) (2001)
• Song of the Mountain Horn (as arranger) (2013)
• Songs of the Plains (2015)
• Suite of English Country Dances (2022)
• Suite of Old French Songs (2015)
• The Thunder and the Roar (2004)
• Travelin' Music (2018)
• The Voyageurs (2002)
• A Walk in the Morning Sun (2010)
• Winds A' "Whispering" (as arranger) (1920/2009)
• Yorkshire Folk Song Suite (2016)

Resources

• La Plante, P. (2005). All Ye Young Sailors: "Blow the Man Down": Traditional Sea Chantey [score]. Dawhn: New Glarus, Wisc.
• Perusal score
• Pierre La Plante website Accessed 22 January 2022