Текст песни: The Greenland Whale Fishers + перевод

They took us jolly sailor lads

Out fishing for the whale

On the fourth day of August in 1864

Bound for Greenland we set sail

The lookout stood on the crosstrees high

With a 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.»

The captain stood on the quarterdeck

And a sod of a man was he

«Overhaul, overhaul, let your davitackles fall

And we’ll launch them boats to sea.»

We struck that whale and the line played out

But she gave a flourish with her tail

The boat capsized, we lost seven of our men

And we never caught that whale

Now the losin' of seven fine seamen

Oh, it grieved the captain so

That the losin' of the bloody sperm whale

Oh, it grieved him ten times more

Now Greenland is a horrid place

Where us whaling lads have to go

Where the rose and the lilies never bloom in spring

Oh there’s only ice and snow

The winter star doth now appear

So boys we’ll anchor aweigh

It’s time to leave this cold country

Now let’s homeward sail away

Now let’s homeward sail away

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