Greenland Whale Fishery chords by Jon Boden
Verse 1
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They took us jolly sailor lads
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A -fishing for the whale
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On the fourth day of August in 1864,
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Bound for Greenland we set sail,
brave boys,
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Bound for Greenland we set sail.
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The loyal cow stood on
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the cross -tree's high
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With a spyglass in his hand
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There's a whale, there's a whale,
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there's a whale for she cried
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And she blows at every span, brave boys
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And she blows at every span
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Well, the captain stood
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on the quarter -deck
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And the sword of a man was he
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Over haul, over haul, let your gavitacles fall
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An d we'll launch them boats to sea,
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brave boys
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And we'll launch them boats
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to sea
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Well, we strapped that whale
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and the lion played out
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But she gave a flurry with her tail
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And our boat capsized,
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we lost seven other men
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And we never caught that whale,
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brave boys
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And we never caught that whale
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Oh, the losing of seven fine sea men
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Well, grieved our captain so,
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But the loathing of a
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bloody sperm whale.
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Oh, it grieved him ten times more,
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brave boys.
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Oh, it grieved him ten times more.
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Oh, Greenland is a horrid place
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Where us poor sailors have to go
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Where the rose and the lily
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never bloom in spring
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And there's only ice and snow, brave boys,
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And there's only ice
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and snow.
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Greenland Whale Fishery
Jon Boden
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