Greenland Whale Fisheries chords by Judy Collins, Theodore Bikel

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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No more,
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no more, Greenland,
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for you brave boys.
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No more, no more Greenland for you.
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It was 1863,
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on June of the 18th day,
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When our gallant ship,
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her anchor did lift,
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For Greenland's sailed away
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For Greenland's sailed away
The Lord God on the crossbeam stood
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With the spyglass in his hand
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There's a whale, there's a whale,
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there's a whale fishing right
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And she blows at every span, brave boys
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Yes, she blows at every span
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Well, we struck the whale,
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and the line played out,
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And the whale made a flunder with his tail,
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And the boat capsized,
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and four men were drowned.
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And we never caught that whale,
brave boys,
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No, we never caught that whale.
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Oh, lords, for of my gallant men
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It grieves my hearth all sore
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But the losing of this great farm quail
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It grieves me ten times more, brave boy
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Yes, it grieves me ten times more
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Elk Greenland is a  dreadful place,
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it's a land that's never green.
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Where there's ice and snow,
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and the whale fishers blow,
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And daylight seldom seen,
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brave boys, daylight seldom seen.
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And the whale gets strike,
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and the line plays out,
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And the whale makes a
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blunder with his tail,
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And the boat capsized,
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and I lost my darling man.
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No more, no more,
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Greenland for you, great boys.
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No more, no more,
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Greenland for you.
Thank you.