john cook chords by Schooner Fare

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Verse 1
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Oh, John Cook,
ye have taken us to hell;
Locked up in the ice off Baffin Island.
We've been here for a year,
now the water's comin' clear;
Won't you set for home,
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John Cook, without the oil?
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We sailed

Verse 2
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her out from Gloucester,
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to hunt the mighty whale;
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A crew of twenty seasoned
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whalin' men.
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With Slocum at the helm and me
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and Drury haulin' sail,
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And the Captain shouting orders
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at the wind.

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Verse 3

The Captain's wife had begged to go

and Cook could not deny her;

For Annie Cook was sweet

and young and fair.

She's been this last year down below,

a'huddled near the fire;

The whaler's lot was more

than she could bear.

Verse 4
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Oh, John Cook,
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ye have taken us to hell;
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Locked up in the ice off Baffin Island.
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We've been here for a year,
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now the water's comin' clear;
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Won't you set for home,
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John Cook, without the oil?

Verse 5
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With one year gone and one to go
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we'd less than half the oil;
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Four hundred barrels filled
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and in the hold.
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The Captain turned her north'ard where
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he knew we'd find the whale
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But instead of whales we
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found the bitter cold.

Verse 6
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The Atlantic Queen did shudder as
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she braved the arctic gales;
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But her master would not heed
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the mate's advice:
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Oh, Captain, turn her south'ard and
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damn the hellish whale;
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For if you don't we'll soon
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be trapped in ice.

Verse 7
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Oh, John Cook,
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ye have taken us to hell;
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Locked up in the ice off Baffin Island.
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We've been here for a year,
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now the water's comin' clear;
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Won't you set for home,
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John Cook, without the oil?

Verse 8
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Soon the ice stretched all around
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the proud Atlantic Queen;
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And nine months gone the food
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began to spoil.
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The Captain paced the foredeck,
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tortured, torn between,
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His love for Ann and lusting for the oil.

Verse 9
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For Annie Cook had begged her John
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to take her home to Gloucester,
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Or sure it was she'd lose her sanity.
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And the crew of the Atlantic Queen
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had charged her lord and master
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To point her south or face a mutiny.

Verse 10
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Oh, John Cook,
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ye have taken us to hell;
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Locked up in the ice off Baffin Island.
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We've been here for a year,
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now the water's comin' clear;
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Won't you set for home,
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John Cook, without the oil?

Verse 11
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The Captain made his choice,
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he'd not return without the oil.
His pride was more im
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portant than his wife.
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And when there came the mutiny
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he shot the Steward Boyle;
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To take the Queen they'd
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have to take his life.

Verse 12
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Two more weeks, the ice cleared north,
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we set out the whales to find;
We took three beasts be
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fore the second day.
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Michael Boyle had lost his life and
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Annie Cook had lost her mind,
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And the Captain's coal black
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hair had gone to gray.

Verse 13
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Oh, John Cook,
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Em 
ye have taken us to hell;
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Locked up in the ice off Baffin Island.
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We've been here for a year,
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now the water's comin' clear;
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Won't you set for home,
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John Cook, without the oil?
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Oh, John Cook,
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Em 
ye have taken us to hell;
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Locked up in the ice off Baffin Is land.
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We've been here for a year,
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now the water's comin' clear;
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Won't you set for home,
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John Cook, without the oil?