Greenland Whale Fisheries-Peter, Paul & Mary

[ti:Greenland Whale Fisheries] [ar:Peter, Paul and Mary] [al:The Best of Peter, Paul and Mary] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.55]When the whale get strike and the line runs out [00:09.65]And the whale makes a flounder with it's tail [00:17.03]And the boat capsized and I lost my darlin' man [00:25.45]No more, no more Greenland for you, brave boys [00:34.77] [00:35.40]No more, no more Greenland for you [00:44.26] [00:47.40]Twas in eighteen hundred and fifty three [00:52.38]On June the thirteenth day [00:57.68]That our gallant ship her anchor weighed [01:02.84]And for Greenland sailed away, brave boys [01:08.70]For Greenland sailed away [01:13.93]The lookout on the cross tree stood [01:18.46]With a spyglass in his hand [01:23.39]There's a whale, there's a whale, [01:26.18]There's a whale fish, he cried [01:28.67]And she blows at every span, brave boys [01:34.22]She blows at every span [01:38.44] [01:59.27]Well we struck and whale and the line played out [02:03.85]But she gave a flounder with her tail [02:08.94]And the boat capsized and four men were drowned [02:13.93]And we never caught that whale [02:19.07]We never caught that whale [02:23.81]Oh, to lose that whale, my captain cried [02:29.31]It grieves my heart full sore [02:33.88]But to lose four of my gallant men [02:39.27]It grieves me ten times more, brave boys [02:44.44]It grieves me ten times more [02:49.61]Oh, Greenland is a dreadful place [02:54.05]It's a land that's never green [02:59.10]Where there's ice and snow and the whale fishes blow [03:04.31]And daylight's seldom seen, brave boys [03:09.57]And daylight's seldom seen [03:14.04]When the whale gets strike and the line runs out [03:24.22]And the whale makes a flounder with it's tail [03:31.70] [03:32.35]And the boat capsized and I lost my darlin' man [03:41.57]No more, no more Greenland for you, brave boys [03:51.94]No more, no more Greenland for you [04:02.02]Greenland Whale Fisheries - Peter, Paul and Mary [04:03.96]