Greenland Whale Fishery
(专辑: At Home With The Dubliners - 1969)
Twas in eighteen hundred andfifty-three And ofJune thethirteenthday, That ourgallant ship heranchor weighed, And forgreenlandbore away, brave boys, And for greenlandbore away. The
lookout in the
crosstrees stood With spyglass in his hand; There's a
whale, there's a
whale, there's whalefish he cried And she blows at every span, brave boys She blows at every span. The
captain stood on the
quarter deck, And a
fine little man was he; "Overhaul, overhaul! Let your davit tackles fall, And launch your boats for sea, brave boys And launch your boats for sea. Now the
boats were launched and the
men aboard, And the
whale was full in view. Resolv-ed was each seaman bold To steer where the
whalefish blew, brave boys To steer where the
whalefish blew. We stuck the
whale the
line paid out, But she gave a
flourish with her tail, And we never caught that whale, brave boys, And we never caught that whale. To lose the
whale," our captain said, It grieves my heart full sore, But oh! to lose (those) four gallant men It grieves me ten times more brave boys It grieves me ten times more. The
winter star doth now appear, So, boys we'll anchor weight; It's time to leave this cold country And homeward bear away, brave boys And homeward bear away. Oh Greenland is a
dreadful place A
land that's never green Where there's ice and snow, and the
whalefishes blow (and the) daylight's seldom seen brave boys But the
daylight's seldom seen. Now, as the
dawn is breaking my heart is breaking too As I
walk out on this may morn, my thoughts will be of you So write these words upon the
wall so everyone will know I
loved so much that I
could see his blood upon the
rose