Blow Ye Winds

(album: At Large - 1959)

'Tis advertised in Boston, New York, and Buffalo a hundred hearty sailors, a whaling for to go"

Blow, ye winds, O' morning, blow, ye winds, hi ho
Haul away your running gear and blow, boys, blow

They tell you of the clipper ships a-running in and out
They say you'll take five hundred whales before you're six months out

Blow, ye winds, O' morning, blow, ye winds, hi ho
Haul away your running gear and blow, boys, blow

The skipper's on the after deck a-squinting at the sails
When up above the lookout spots a mighty school of whales

Blow, ye winds, O' morning, blow, ye winds, hi ho
Haul away your running gear and blow, boys, blow

Then lower down the boats, my boys, and after him we'll travel
But if you get too near his tail, he'll kick you to the devil

Blow, ye winds, O' morning, blow, ye winds, hi ho
Haul away your running gear and blow, boys, blow

And now that he is ours, my boys, we'll bring him alongside
Then over with our blubber hooks and rob him of his hide

Blow, ye winds, O' morning, blow, ye winds, hi ho
Haul away your running gear and blow, boys, blow

When we get home, our ship made fast, and we get through our sailing
A brimming glass around we'll pass and hang this blubber whaling

Blow, ye winds, O' morning, blow, ye winds, hi ho
Haul away your running gear and blow, boys, blow