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Title: Audio: The Whale Catchers
Author: Roger McGuinn
Release Date: December 19, 2003 [eBook #10501]
Language: English
Character set encoding: US-ASCII
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The Whale Catchers
(Traditional)
On the twenty-third of March, my boys,
We hoisted our topsail,
Crying, "Heav'n above protect us
With a sweet and a pleasant gale."
We never was down-hearted
Nor let our courage fail
But bore away up to Greenland
For to catch the Greenland whale,
For to catch the Greenland whale.
And when we came to Greenland
Where the bitter winds doth blow,
We tacked about all in the north
Among the frost and snow.
Our finger-tops were frozen off,
And likewise our toe-nails,
As we crawled on the deck, my boys,
Looking out for the Greenland whale
Looking out for the Greenland whale.
And when we came to Davis Strait
Where the mountains flowed with snow,
We tacked about all in the north
Till we heard the whalefish blow.
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