Key: E major•
Verse 1
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Oh, in 1844, on
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March the eighteenth day,
And for
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Greenland bore away, boys,
And for
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Greenland bore away.
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The lookout on the main mast stood,
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his spine last in his hand,
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And she blows at every span, brave boy,
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and she blows at every span
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The captain stood on the quarter -deck
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The ice was in his eye
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Overhaul, overhaul, let your gypsy fall
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And go putty your boats to sea,
brave boys
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And go putty your boats to sea
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The whale was hauled in view
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For to steal were the whalefish blue,
brave boys
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For to steal were the whalefish blue
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She capsized our boat
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And we did not catch that whale,
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And we did not catch that whale
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It grieved our captain sore
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But delusion of that spell of wild fish
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Now it grieved him ten times more,
brave boys
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Now it grieved him ten times more
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A banker now, a captain, he cried,
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And it's time that we left
And for
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England we will stay, brave boys,
And for
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England we will stay
For
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Greenland is a barren land,
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A land that bears no green,
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And the daylight's seldom seen,
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And the daylight's seldom seen.
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