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Greenland Whale Fisheries
Trad arr. Kenny/ Loughlin/ Shaw/ Staines/ Tingey
In eighteen hundred and forty six
On march the eighteenth day
We hoisted our colours to the top of the mast
And for Greenland bore away brave boys
And for Greenland bore away
The lookout in the crows nest he stood
The glass was in his eyes
There’s a whale, there’s whale
There’s a whale fish he cried
And she blows on every span brave boys
And she blows on every span
The captain he stood on the quarter deck
The ice was in his eyes
Overhaul overhaul
Let your jib sheets fall
And go put your boats to sea brave boys
And go put your boats to sea
The boats were lowered, the men they were aboard
The whale it was in full view
Resolved, resolved
Was each whale man bold
For to steer where the whale fish blew brave boys
For to steer where the whale fish blew
The harpoon struck, the line played out
With a single flourish of her tail
She capsized our boat
And we lost five me
And we did not catch that whale brave boys
And we did not catch that whale
The loosing of those five jolly men
It grieved out captain so sore
But the loosing of that sperm whale fish
Oh it grieved him ten times more brave boys
Oh it grieved him ten times more
Up anchor now our captain he cried
For the winter stars they do appear
And its time we left this cold country
And for north strand we will steer brave boys
And for north strand we will steer
In eighteen hundred and forty six
On march the eighteenth day
We hoisted our colours to the top of the mast
And for Greenland bore away brave boys
And for Greenland bore away
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