Greenland Whale Fisheries-The Pogues

[ti:Greenland Whale Fisheries] [ar:The Pogues] [al:The Pogues In Paris - 30th Ann] [by:] [offset:0] [00:01.66]Greenland Whale Fisheries—The Pogues [00:03.26] [00:16.90]In eighteen hundred and forty-six [00:19.41]And of March the eighteenth day [00:22.16] [00:22.72]We hoisted our colors to the top of the mast [00:26.03]And for Greenland sailed away brave boys [00:30.84]And for Greenland sailed away [00:34.03] [00:34.97]The lookout in the crosstrees stood [00:38.22]With spyglass in his hand; [00:40.67] [00:41.61]There's a whale there's a whale [00:43.36]And a whalefish he cried [00:45.11]And she blows at every span brave boys [00:50.04]She blows at every span [00:52.92] [00:53.80]The captain stood on the quarter deck [00:57.11]The ice was in his eye; [00:59.73] [01:00.54]Overhaul overhaul Let your gibsheets fall [01:04.04]And you'll put your boats to sea brave boys [01:07.92] [01:08.83]And you'll put your boats to sea [01:12.88]Our harpoon struck and the line played out [01:16.36]With a single flourish of his tail [01:19.42]He capsized the boat and we lost five men [01:23.11]And we did not catch the whale brave boys [01:27.92]And we did not catch the whale [01:31.55] [01:45.61]The losing of those five jolly men [01:48.80]It grieved the captain sore [01:51.61] [01:52.11]But the losing of that fine whalefish [01:55.86]Now it grieved him ten times more brave boys [02:00.42]Now it grieved him ten times more [02:04.61]Oh Greenland is a barren land [02:08.23]A land that bares no green [02:11.30]Where there's ice and snow and the whalefishes blow [02:15.17]And the daylight's seldom seen brave boys [02:19.55]And the daylight's seldom seen