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Correct Greenland Whale Fisheries Lyrics
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Ryan's Fancy
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Correct Greenland Whale Fisheries
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In eighteen hundred forty one, on June the thirteenth day A whaling ship, her anchor she weighed And for Greenland she set sail, brave boys And for Greenland she set sail The lookout on the cross tree stood With spyglass in his hand There's a whale, there's a whale, there's a whale fish, he cried And she blows at every span, brave boys And she blows at every span The captain he stood on the quarter deck And delight was in his eyes Overhaul, overhaul, let your jib sheet fall And we'll launch your boats to sea, brave boys And we'll launch your boats to sea Now the boats were lowered and the men aboard, And the whale was full in view Resolved, resolved were these whaler men bold Hard to steer where the whale fish blew, brave boys Hard to steer where the whale fish blew We struck that whale and the line gave out For she gave blunder with her tail And the boat capsized and four men drowned And we never caught that whale, brave boys And we never caught that whale To lose that whale, our captain he cried It grieves me poor mind sore But to lose four men of my gallant crew Aye it grieves me ten times more, brave boys Aye it grieves me ten times more Up anchor now, the captain he cried For the winter star do appear And it's time we will leave from this cold country And for England we will steer, brave boys And for England we will steer Greenland is a barren land A land that knows no green Where there's ice and there's snow and the whale fishes blow And the daylight's seldom seen, brave boys And the daylight's seldom seen
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