The Pogues – Greenland Whale Fisheries (Guitar)

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In eighteen hundred and forty-six

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On March the eighteenth day

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We hoisted our colors to the top of the mast

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And for Greenland sailed away, brave boys

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And for Greenland sailed away

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The lookout in the crosstrees stood

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With spyglass in his hand

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There's a whale, there's a whale

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And a whalefish he 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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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 jib-sheets fall

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And you'll put your boats to sea, brave boys

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And you'll put your boats to sea

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Our harpoon struck and the line played out

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With a single flourish of his tail

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He capsized the boat and we lost five men

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And we did not catch the whale, brave boys

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And we did not catch the whale

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The losing of those five jolly men

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It grieved the captain sore

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But the losing of that fine whalefish

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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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Now Greenland is a barren land

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A land that bears no green

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

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And the daylight's seldom seen, brave boys    

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And the daylight's seldom seen