The Longest Johns – Greenland Whale Fisheries (Guitar)

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In eighteen hundred and fifty-six

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On June the thirteenth day

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We hoisted our colours to the top of the mast

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And for Greenland bore away

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(Brave boys, for Greenland bore away)

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Well, the lookout on the crosstrees stood

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A spy-glass in his hand

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"There's a whale, there's a whale, there's a whalefish!" he cried,

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"And she blows at every span!"

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(Brave boys, and she blows at every span!)

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For Greenland is a hell of a place

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It's a place that's never green

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Where there's ice and there's snow and the whalefishes blow

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And the daylight's seldom seen, brave boys

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The daylight's seldom seen

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Our Captain stood on the quarterdeck

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A gallant man was he

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"Overhaul, overhaul, let your davit tackles fall,

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And we launch our boats to sea."

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(Brave boys, we launch our boats to sea)

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Well, the harpoon struck and the line paid out

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But she gave a flourish with her tail

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And the boat capsized and we lost seven men

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And we ne'er did catch that whale

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(Brave boys, and we ne'er did catch that whale)

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For Greenland is a hell of a place

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It's a place that's never green

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Where there's ice and there's snow and the whalefishes blow

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And the daylight's seldom seen, brave boys

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The daylight's seldom seen

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Now the losing of those seven brave men

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It grieved the captain sore

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But the losing of that bloody great whale

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It grieved him ten times more

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(Brave boys, it grieved him ten times more)

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For Greenland is a hell of a place

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It's a place that's never green

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Where there's ice and there's snow and the whalefishes blow

        G          D      G
And the daylight's seldom seen, brave boys

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The daylight's seldom seen

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For Greenland is a hell of a place

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It's a place that's never green

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Where there's ice and there's snow and the whalefishes blow

        G          D      G
And the daylight's seldom seen, brave boys

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The daylight's seldom seen