judy collins-greenland whale fisheries Lyrics

when the whale gets strike
and the line run down
and the whale makes a flunder with its tail
and the boat capsized
and i lost my darling man;
no more
no more greenland for you
brave boys
no more
no more greenland for you. it was in eighteen hundred and fifty-three
on june the thirteenth day
that our gallant ship her anchor weighed
and for greenland sailed away
brave boys
and for greenland sailed away. the lookout on the crosstree stood
with a spyglass in his hand. there’s a whale there’s a whale there’s a whalefish he cries, she blows out every span brave boys she blows out every span.” we struck that whale and the line paid out but she made a flunder with her tail; and the boat capsized and four men were drowned and we never caught that whale whale brave boys we never caught that whale. “to lose my crew the captain cried, it grieves my heart full sore; but to lose that whale it grieves me ten times more brave boys it grieves me ten time more.” oh greenland is a dreadful place a land that’s never green where there’s ice and snow and the whalefishes blow and daylight is seldom seen brave boys and daylight is seldom seen. when the whale gets strike and the line run down and the whale makes a flunder with its tail and the boat capsized and i lost my darling man; no more no more greenland for you brave boys no more no more greenland for you.”