Great Master - "Rolling Down To Old Maui" (video)

It's a damn tough life,
Full of toil and strife,
We whaler-men undergo
And we don't give a damn
When the gale is done,
How hard the Winds did blow

For we're homeward bound
From the Arctic ground
With a good ship, taut and free
And we won't give a damn
When we drink our rum
With the girls Of old Maui
With the girls Of old Maui

Once more we sail
With the northerly gale
Through the ice And wind and rain
Them coconut fronds, Them tropical lands
We soon shall see again

Six hellish months
We've passed away
On the cold Kamchatka sea
But now we're bound
From the Arctic ground
Rolling down to old Maui

Rolling down to old Maui,
Me boys
Rolling down to old Maui
We're homeward bound
From the Arctic ground
Rolling down to old Maui

Once more we sail
With the northerly gale
Towards our island home
Our mainmast sprung,
Our whaling done
And we ain't got far to roam

Our stu'n's'l booms is carried away,
What care we for that sound?
A living gale is after us, thank God
We're homeward bound!

Rolling down to old Maui,
Me boys
Rolling down to old Maui
We're homeward bound
From the Arctic ground
Rolling down to old Maui

How soft the breeze
Through the island trees
now the ice is far astern
Them native maids,
Them tropical glades
is awaiting our return

Even now their big brown eyes
look outhoping some fine day to see
Our baggy sails,
Running 'fore the gales
Rolling down to old Maui

Rolling down to old Maui,
Me boys
Rolling down to old Maui
We're homeward bound
From the Arctic ground
Rolling down to old Maui

We're homeward bound
From the Arctic ground
Rolling down to old Maui

Παλιές καραβάνες στον χώρο οι Great Master. Δημιουργήθηκαν στην Ιταλία το 1993, αλλά ουσιαστικά δισκογραφούν την τελευταία δεκαετία (στα 90ς είχαν μόνο δύο demos). Τέσσερα full length albums ο απολογισμός τους τα τελευταία δώδεκα χρόνια με το πέμπτο να είναι προ των πυλών. Ο διάδοχος του δίσκου "Skull and Bones - Tales from Over the Seas" τιτλοφορείται "Thy Harbour Inn" κι αναμένεται να κυκλοφορήσει μεθαύριο...

Great Master: «Here we are crew!!! We are about to reach the final chapter of our pirate adventure, and then we decided to fire two cannon shots for the occasion! On May 20th under Underground Symphony, "Thy Harbour Inn" will be released, a roundup of traditional seafaring songs revisited in a metal key, with all the energy and epic arrangements of the Great Master sound, mixed and mastered by Simone Mularoni at Domination Studio and at the same time we announce the official entry of Jack Lauretani on drums! The vessel awaits you, all aboard!!!»

Great Master (about the song): «"Rolling Down to Old Maui" is a traditional sea song from the mid 19th century. It expresses the anticipation of the crew of a whaling vessel of its return to Maui after a season of whaling in the Kamchatka Sea. Fifth track from the album "Thy Harbour Inn".»

Band: Great Master
Country of origin: Italy
Location: Mestre (Venice), Veneto
Formed in: 1993
Genre: Power Metal
Lyrical themes: Epic fantasy, Seas, Pirates
Years active: 1993-present

Video: "Rolling Down To Old Maui"
Album: "Thy Harbour Inn"
Type: Full length
Release date: May 20th, 2021
Format: CD, Digital

Track listing:
1. Randy Dandy Oh
2. All For Me Grog
3. Here’s A Health To The Company
4. Leave Her Johnny
5. Rolling Down To Old Maui
6. Skull & Bones (Acoustic Version)
7. The Shantyman’s Rundown
8. Treasure Island (Acoustic Version)
9. Long John Silver (Radio Edit Version)

Band members:
Stefano Sbrignadello - Vocals
Jahn Carlini - Guitars
Manuel Menin - Guitars
Massimo David - Bass
Jack Lauretani - Drums
Giorgio Peccenini - Piano, Keyboards

Miscellaneous staff: Simone Mularoni - Mixing, Mastering