Greenland Fishing (Remastered)

歌詞

'Twas in eighteen hundred and fifty-three And of June the thirteenth day That our gallant ship her anchor weighed And for Greenland bore away, brave boys And for greenland bore away The lookout in the crosstrees stood With his spy glass 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 She blows at every span!" And the captain stood on the quarterdeck 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 in full view Resolved was each seaman bold To steer where the whale fishes blew, brave boys To steer where the whale fishes blew We struck that whale and the line paid out But she gave a flourish with her tail And the boat capsized and four men were drowned And we never caught that whale, brave boys And we never caught that whale "To lose the whale," our captain cried "It grieves my heart full sore But, oh to lose four gallant men It grieves me ten times more, brave boys It grieves me four times more!" Oh, Greenland is a dreadful place A land that's never green Where there's ice and snow, and the whale fishes blow And the daylight's seldom ever seen, brave boys And the daylight's seldom ever seen