Greenland Whale Fisheries

They signed us with a whaling crew

For the icy Greenland ground

They said we'd take a shorter way,

While we was outward bound brave boys

While we was outward bound

Oh the lookout up in the barrel stood

With a spyglass in his hand

There's a whale there's a whale there's a whale he

cried

And she blows at every span brave boys

And she blows at every span

The captain stood on the quarter-deck

And the ice was in his eye

Overhaul overhaul let your davit tackles fall

And put your boats to sea brave boys

And put your boats to sea

Well the boats got down and the men aboard

And the whale was full in view

Resolve resolve let these whaler men know

To see where the whale fish blew brave boys

To see where the whale fish blew

Well the harpoon struck, the line ran out

The whale give a floody with his tail

And he upset the boat, we lost half a dozen men

No more, no more Greenland for you brave boys

No more no more Greenland for you

Bad news bad news the captain said

And it grieved his heart full sore

But the losing of that hundred pound whale

Oh it grieved him ten times more brave boys

Oh it grieved him ten times more

Oh Greenland is a dreadful place

A land that's never green

Where the cold winds blow and the whale fish go

And the daylight's seldom seen brave boys

And the daylight's seldom seen