The Greenland Whale Fisheries

歌詞

Twas eighteen hundred and twenty-four On March the eighteenth day We hoist our colours to the top of the mast And to Greenland sailed away, brave boys And to Greenland sailed away Now the lookout on the mainmast stood With spyglass in his hand "There's a whale, there's a whale A whalefish", he cried And she blows at every span, brave boys And she blows at every span Now the harpoon struck and the lines played out But she gave such a flourish with her tail She capsized our boat and we lost five men And we could not catch that whale, brave boys And we could not catch that whale Oh, Greenland is a barren place It's a place that bears no green Where there's ice and snow and the whalefish blow And the daylight's seldom seen, brave boys And the daylight's seldom seen