El Pony Pisador – Roll Down (sea shanty by Peter Bellamy)

El Pony Pisador – Roll Down (also known as Walk Around Me Brave Boys) (Matricular una galera, 2019) Roll Down és una peça de l’òpera folk The Transports (1977) de Peter Bellamy i és una cançó habitual als festivals de sea shanties. Aquesta és la primera cançó que vam fer per a aquest disc, quan al principi el concebíem estrictament com un disc de música marinera. La versió original la cantàvem acapella, utilitzant recursos propis dels barbershop quartets, un tipus de grups vocals populars dels Estats Units. Vam decidir posar-li un videoclip perquè el nostre amic Miquel Zelich té una barca i pensàvem que quedaria molt bonic. Un cop vam veure el videoclip vam veure que sense instruments d’acompanyament quedava massa poca cosa i vam decidir arranjar-la. Qualsevol similitud amb les campanyes publicitàries d’una coneguda marca cervesera amb el nom d’un cos celeste seguit per la paraula ordi però canviant la O per una D, la R per una A i la D i la I per dues M és pura casualitat. —- Ye ladies of Plymouth, we bid you goodbye, Ro-o-o-oll down! We’ll rock you and roll you again by and by, Walk around, me brave boys, and roll down! And we will ro-o-o-oll down! Walk around, me brave boys, and roll down! The anchor’s away and the sails are unfurled We’re bound for to sail her halfway ‘round the world In the deep Bay of Biscay the seas do run high, Them poor weary transports they’ll wish they could die When the great southern whales on our quarter do spout Them poor weary transports, they’ll goggle and shout When at last we draw near to Australia’s bold strand Them poor weary transports, they’ll long for the land And when we set sail for the old England’s shore The poor stranded transports we’ll see them no more —- Original shanty by Peter Bellamy Arranged by El Pony Pisador Mixed by Óscar López “Dumbleoscar” Mastered by Ferran Conangla Video recording and post-production by Guillem Sanchez Fotosiqui Estudio Published by Coopula Editorial El Pony Pisador are: Adrià Vila: Mandolin & vocals Guillem Codern: Banjo & vocals Martí Selga: Double Bass & vocals Miquel Pérez: Fiddle, drums & vocals Ramon Anglada: Guitar & vocals www.elponypisador.com