Song Lyrics Unknown - Greenland Whale Fisheries    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> U>> Unknown Singer Lyrics [Unknown other resources]>> Greenland Whale Fisheries Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Unknown Music Title/Track: Greenland Whale Fisheries Theme ID: 4211 Album: N/A Greenland Whale Fisheries SOURCE: Bob Pfeffer SOURCE'S SOURCE: Journal, Bengal, 1833 TEXT: D A7 D 'Twas in 17 hundred and 84 D A7 And of March the seventeenth day D G That we weighed our anchors to our bow D A7 D And for Greenland bore away, brave boys D A7 D And for Greenland bore away. Bold Stevens was our captain's name And our ship the Lion so bold And we, poor souls, our anchors weighed To face the storms and cold, ... And when we arriv-ed in that cold countree Our goodly ship to moor We wished ourselves safe back again With those pretty girls on shore, ... Our boatswain in the maintop stood With a spyglass in his hand "A whale, a whale my lads," he cried And she spouts at every span, ... Our captain walked the quarter-deck And a fine little man was he "Overhaul, overhaul, let your davit tackles fall And launch your boats for sea," ... We struck that whale, and down she went But she gave a flourish with her tail And the boat capsized, and four gallant men were drown'd And we never caught that whale, ... Well, the losin' of those gallant men It grieves my heart full sore But the losin' of a hundred-barrel whale Well it grieves me ten times more, ... The winter star doth now appear So boys, we'll anchors weigh It's time to leave this cold countree And homeward bear away, ... Oh, Greenland is a dreadful place A land that's never green Where there's ice and there's snow and the whale-fishes blow And daylight's seldom seen, ... @sailor @work @death @animal versions of this recorded by Weavers and MacColl filename[ GREENLAN RPf ===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Griselda, Gruel, Guantanamera, guas De Maro, Guatemala Anthem Text, Guatemala Native Anthem Text, Gunboat Sailors, Guy Fawkes, Gypsy Davey, Gypsy Laddie, Gypsy Laddies, Gypsy Love Song, Gypsy Rover, Gypsys Warning, Hail The Yurt, Hal An Tow, Hallelujah Im A Bum, Halleys Comet, Halls Of Montezuma, Hame Dearie Hame, Hamlet, Hand Me Down, Handsome Cabin Boy, Handsome Molly, Handsome Young Sailor, Hangin Johnny, Hangman Or The Prickilie Bush, Happiness Is Just A Thing Called Joe, Happy Days, Happy Family, Happy Man, Hard Aint It Hard, Hard Cheese Of Old England, Hard Crackers Come Again No More, Hard Life Of The Cut, Hard Love, Hard Times Come Again No More, Hard Times Of Old England, Hard Working Miner, Hares On The Mountain, Hark The Herald Angels Sing, Harmony, Harp Without A Crown, Harrison Brady, Hartley Bill, Harvestsupper Song, Haughs of Cromdale, Haul Awa, Haul Away Joe, Haul Er Away, Other Unknown song Lyrics 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall Lyrics A Bird in a Gilded Cage Lyrics A Fenian Song Lyrics A Fool Such As I Lyrics A Friend Like You Lyrics A Hero of the Wrong War Lyrics A Horse Named Bill Lyrics A Hundred Years from Now Lyrics A Kangaroo Sat on an Oak Lyrics A Little Bit of Solitude Lyrics A Living Wage Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Unknown Prophets Lyrics Unleashed Lyrics Unleashed Power Lyrics Unlimited Nation Lyrics Unlimited Sound Lyrics UNLOCO Lyrics Unlord Lyrics UNLV Lyrics Unni Wilhelmsen Lyrics Uno Svenningsson Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy