Greenland Whale Fisheries

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When the whale gets strike and the line runs out
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And the whale makes a flounder with its tail
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And the boat cap-sized and I lost my darlin' man
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No more, no more Green-land for you, brave boys
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No more, no more Green-land for you

(Main Song)
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'Twas in eighteen hundred and fifty-three, on June the thirteenth day,
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That our gallant ship, her anchor weighed,
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And for Greenland sailed away, brave boys,
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and for Greenland sail-ed a-way.

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The lookout on the cross tree stood, with a spyglass in his hand,
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"There's a whale, there's a whale, there's a whalefish," he cried,
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And she blows at every span, brave boys,
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She blows at ev-ery span.

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Well we struck that whale and the line played out
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But she gave a flounder with her tail
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And the boat capsized and four men were drowned
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And we never caught that whale
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We never caught that whale

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Oh, to lose that whale, my captain cried
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It grieves my heart full sore
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But to lose four of my gallant men
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It grieves me ten times more, brave boys
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It grieves me ten times more

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Oh, Greenland is a dreadful place
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It's a land that's never green
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Where there's ice and snow and the whale fishes blow
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And daylight's seldom seen, brave boys
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And daylight's sel-dom seen


(Outro)
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When the whale get strike and the line runs out
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And the whale makes a flounder with its tail