Oh if I had the wings of a gull, me boys, I would spread them and fly home. I would leave old Greenland's icy ground, For the right whale here is none. Oh the weather's rough and the winds do blow, And there's little comfort here. And I'd sooner be snug in an Edinburgh pub A-drinking of strong beer.
Oh, a man must be mad or he's wanting money bad To adventure catching whales, For he may be drowned when the fish he turns around Or his head smashed in by the tail. Oh the work seems grand to a young green hand And his heart is high when he goes, But in a very short burst he would sooner hear a curse Than the cry of "There she blows!"
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Thy words the raging winds control, And rule the boisterous deep
Thou mak'st the sleeping billows roll The rolling billows sleep, The rolling billows sleep
Thou mak'st …
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"All hands on deck now, for God's sake! Move briskly if you can." And you stumble on deck so dizzy and so sick, For your life you don't give a damn. High overhead the great flukes spread And the mate gives the whale the iron And soon the blood in a purple flood From his spout hole comes a flyin'.
These trials we bear for nigh on four years 'Til our flying jib points to home. We're supposed for our toil to get a bonus on the oil And an equal share of the bone. But we go to the agent to settle for the trip And there we have cause to repent, For we've slaved away four years of our lives And earned about three pounds ten. Teksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa. |
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