The Wanderer And The Whale

Am         G         Am
As we set sail for Dauphin Bay
Am          G       Am
On a wild and stormy sea
Am          Em      G
I spied the biggest whale, me boys
G                   Am
That ever you’ve had seen.


[Chorus]
    C                 G
And indeed, my lads, it’s true, my lads!
Am            G        Am
I (never was known to lie.
Am             Em            Am
And if you had sailed on the Wanderer
           G                   Am
You’d have seen him the same as I.


[Verse]
     Am            G     Am
This wonderful old whale, Sir
   Am       G    Am
Was playful as a goat.
   Am            Em             Am
He swallowed the captain and the boatswain, too
    G                         Am
And all/one??? of our whaling boats.


[Chorus]
    Am       G        Am
One night was cold and damp, Sir
    Am       G       Am
The wind was blowing keen
   Am      Em     Am
He borrowed my old oilskin
    G                  Am
And took my turn at the wheel.


[Chorus]
        Am       G          Am
Well the man who speared this whale, Sir
    Am       G          Am
Was up to his kneels in blood.
       Am        Em      Am
And the boy who told the tale, Sir
    G                  Am
Was carried away in the flood.


[Chorus]
     Am              G    Am
This singers of this song, boys
    Am    G      Am
Are roving Irish men.
     Am      Em   Am
If you buy us all a pint of rum
     G          Am
We’ll sing it all again.

     Am              G    Am
This singers of this song, boys
    Am    G      Am
Are roving Irish men.
     Am      Em   Am
If you buy us all a pint of rum
     G          Am
We’ll sing it all again.