The Dubliners - Greenland Whale Fishery | Текст песни

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In eighteen hundred forty four, on March the eighteenth day
A whaling ship, her anchor she weighed
And for Greenland bore away, brave boys,
And for Greenland bore away

The lookout in the crosstrees 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 quarterdeck
The ice was in his eye
Overhaul, overhaul, let your jib sheets fall
And go put your boats to sea, brave boys
And go put your boats to sea

The boats were lowered and the men aboard,
The whale was full in view
Resolved, resolved were these whalermen bold
For to steer where the whale fish blew, brave boys
For to steer where the whale fish blew

The harpoon struck, and the line played out,
With a single flourish of its tail
She capsized our boat, and we lost five men,
And we didn't catch that whale, brave boys
And we didn't catch the whale

The losing of those five jolly men,
It grieved our captain sore,
But the losing of that sperm whalefish,
Oh, it grieved him ten times more, brave boys,
Now it grieved him ten times more.

Up anchor now, the captain, he cried
For the winter stars do appear
And it's time that we've left this cold country
And for England we will steer, brave boys
And for England we will steer

For Greenland is a barren land
A land that bares no green
Where there's ice, there's snow and the whale fishes blow
And the daylight's seldom seen, brave boys
And the daylight's seldom seen