Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Greenland Whale Fisheries, artist - Van Dyke Parks.
Date of issue: 25.09.2006
Song language: English
Greenland Whale Fisheries |
In eighteen hundred and forty-six |
Twas march the eighteenth day |
We hoisted our colors to the top of the mast |
And for Greenland boor away, brave boys |
And for Greenland boor away |
The lookout in the cross-trees stood |
With a spyglass in his hand; |
Theres a whale, there’s a whale |
A whale-fish he cried |
And she blows at every span, brave boys |
And she blows at every span |
Now the boats were launched and the men aboard |
And the whale was full in view |
Resolved it was each seaman bold |
To steer it where the whale-fish blew, brave boys |
To steer it where the whale-fish blew |
We stuck that whale and the line played out |
And the whale made a flounder with her tail |
The boat capsized and we lost a gallant crew |
And we never caught that whale, brave boys |
And we never caught that whale |
To lose those men, our captain said |
It grieves my heart full sore |
But lose the sale of a hundred barrel whale |
Well it grieves me ten times more, brave boys |
Well it grieves me ten times more |
Now Greenland is a dreadful place |
A place that’s never green |
Where there’s ice and snow, and the whale-fishes blow |
And the daylights seldom seen brave boys |
And the daylights seldom seen |