PETER, PAUL & MARY - Greenland Whale Fisheries lyrics
rate meWhen the whale get strike and the line runs out<br />
And the whale makes a flounder with its tail<br />
And the boat capsized and I lost my darlin' man<br />
No more, no more Greenland for you, brave boys<br />
No more, no more Greenland for you<br />
<br />
Twas in eighteen hundred and fifty three<br />
On June the thirteenth day<br />
That our gallant ship her anchor weighed<br />
And for Greenland sailed away, brave boys<br />
For Greenland sailed away<br />
<br />
The lookout on the cross tree stood<br />
With a spyglass in his hand<br />
There's a whale, there's a whale, there's a whale fish, he cried<br />
And she blows at every span, brave boys<br />
She blows at every span<br />
<br />
Well we struck and whale and the line played out<br />
But she gave a flounder with her tail<br />
And the boat capsized and four men were drowned<br />
And we never caught that whale<br />
We never caught that whale<br />
<br />
Oh, to lose that whale, my captain cried<br />
It grieves my heart full sore<br />
But to lose four of my gallant men<br />
It grieves me ten times more, brave boys<br />
It grieves me ten times more<br />
<br />
Oh, Greenland is a dreadful place<br />
It's a land that's never green<br />
Where there's ice and snow and the whale fishes blow<br />
And daylight's seldom seen, brave boys<br />
And daylight's seldom seen<br />
<br />
When the whale gets strike and the line runs out<br />
And the whale makes a flounder with its tail<br />
And the boat capsized and I lost my darlin' man<br />
No more, no more Greenland for you, brave boys<br />
No more, no more Greenland for you<br /><br />
