As i just looked in my music list for Wellerman, i saw some songs right behind it
(edit: no…not behind it…just a bit upper but conspicuously many
Halsy
Castle
Colors
Control
i just chose this lyrics versions.
I heard it often. This version is just not the best one.
By all means no, but that wasn’t really the point. I’m just thrilled to see these musicians still can do pretty good versions of their classics decades after they were first released 
or complete gigs decades after they where released themself, like Judas Priest at ‘Hellfest 2025’ 
(posted 17. july)
Empire Of The Sun - We Are The People
Because the song has been everywhere in recent years, I eventually looked up who this Wellerman actually was… only to discover that ‘who’ is wrong, and ‘what’ would be more correct:
“The Wellerman” is a supply or trading vessel of the Australian whaling company “Weller Bros.”, which supplies the whalers of the “Billy O’ Tea” (meaning: teapot) with provisions from their outpost in New Zealand.
Happy Birthday to the English bassist Dave Pegg, who is turning 78 today! He played/plays bass in Fairport Convention from 1969 to 79 and then from the band’s reformation in 85 until more or less now, and in Jethro Tull from 1979 until 95. Between 85 and 95 he took turns between the two bands. Then this became a little too much for him, so he quit Tull to focus on Fairport.
In addition to Fairport and Tull, Dave Pegg has played bass on plenty of other artists records. Among the best known are Nick Drake, John Martyn, Sandy Denny, Richard (& Linda) Thompson and Ralph McTell. He has also done a few low-key solo albums, which I’m not familiar with. So to celebrate Dave Pegg’s birthday, I’ve found three tracks he plays bass on. So here we go! To Dave Pegg on his birthday 
Jethro Tull - Fallen On Hard Times (1982)
Fairport Convention - Rising For the Moon (1975)
John Martyn - Over the Hill (1973)
As I sometimes do, I’d like to end this with a little trivia. Dave Pegg’s son Matt (born 1971) is also a bassist. In the first part of the 1990’s he used to stand in for his father in both Fairport and Tull, when dad was busy in the other band. In addition Matt Pegg was the bassist in Procol Harum from 1993 to 2022.
It’s time for a little music history again. Today I’d Like to give a mention to Lonnie Donegan, a Scottish singer and songwriter who played a most important part in the evolution of modern rock and pop music. In 1955 he released his debut single Rock Island Line. It was his take on a traditional song, until then best known from versions recorded by Leadbelly and Odetta.
Rock Island Line became a hit in the UK, and the song started a whole new music genre known as skiffle. Lonnie Donegan then went on to become one of the greatest stars in the UK for a few years, with several singles charting as high as number 1. He inspired loads of musicians to get guitars and play. Among these were three boys from Liverpool, namely John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison.
Apart from The Beatles, Lonnie Donegan inspired musicians who went on to be in bands that were part of the so-called British Blues Boom, including The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Who and The Hollies. Brian May, Jimmy Page and Mark Knopler has cited him as an influence. As they say, the rest is history.
Lonnie Donegan - Rock Island Line
As music trends changed in the 1960’s, Lonnie Donegan’s career faded. Still he was able to maintain some kind of career. He even had a few revivals now and then through the years. Unfortunately he had cardiac problems already in the 1970’s and suffered his first heart attack in 1976. In 2002 he suffered a fatal heart attack in the middle of a UK tour. It happened shortly before he was scheduled to appear together with The Rolling Stones on a tribute concert for George Harrison. He was 71 years old.
That fatal heart attack happend 23 years ago today. So here’s to the memory of a man who deseves all the credit he can get, and then some. As Brian May is quoted saying: “He really was at the very cornerstone of English blues and rock.”
Happy Birthday to the Scottish singer Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie, best known as Lulu. She’s turning 77 today! Damn fine singer she is. She is still active, and did some gigs earlier this year. On the 1st of June next year, she is scheduled for a concert at the Royal Albert Hall, that will raise funds for her charity “Lulu’s Mental Health Trust”. So Happy Birthday, Lulu
Lulu - To Sir With Love (1967)
As the last one remembered me on this one, i add it here. It has already been here by Grumpy on her birthday last year. But i like it.