The Whalefishes

Lyrics courtesy of www.sailorsongs.com    

It was in the year of forty four
In March the second day
That our gallant ship her anchors weighed
And for the sea they bore away brave boys
And for sea they bore away

And when we came to far Greenland
And to Greenland cold we came
Where there's frost and snow
And the whalefishes blow brave boys
And the whalefishes blow

Our bosun went to topmast high
With his spyglass in his hand.
A whale! there's a whalefish he cried
And she blows at every span brave boys
She blows at every span

Our captain stood on the quarterdeck
And a brave little man was he
Overhaul overhaul on your davit tackles fall
And launch your boats for sea brave boys
And launch your boats for sea

We struck the whale away he went
And he lashed out with his tail
And we lost the boat and five good men
And we never got the whale brave boys
And we did not get that whale

Oh Greenland is an awful place
Where the daylight's seldom seen
Where there's frost and snow
And the whalefishes blow brave boys
And the whalefishes blow

Lyrics courtesy of www.sailorsongs.com