Blow Ye Winds Heigh Ho-Pete Seeger/The Weavers

[ti:Blow Ye Winds Heigh Ho] [ar:Pete Seeger] [al:Pete Seeger and the Weavers, Vol. 1] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Blow Ye Winds Heigh Ho - Pete Seeger/The Weavers [00:10.26]'Tis advertised in Boston New York and Buffalo [00:14.11]Five hundred brave Americans a-whaling for to go [00:18.16]Singin' blow ye winds in the morning [00:20.33]Blow ye winds heigh ho [00:22.24]Clear away your running gear [00:24.30]And blow blow blow [00:25.65] [00:27.13]They'll send you to New Bedford town [00:29.25]That famous whaling port [00:30.53] [00:31.04]And hand you to some land-sharks [00:32.87]There to board and fit you out [00:34.98]Singin' blow ye winds in the morning [00:37.08]Blow ye winds heigh ho [00:38.42] [00:39.10]Clear away your running gear [00:41.05]And blow blow blow [00:43.37] [00:43.99]They'll tell you of the clipper [00:45.33]Ships a-going in and out [00:47.17] [00:47.70]And say you'll take five hundred [00:49.47]Sperm before you're six months out [00:51.65]Singin' blow ye winds in the morning [00:53.82]Blow ye winds heigh ho [00:55.30] [00:55.87]Clear away your running gear [00:57.81]And blow blow blow [00:59.37] [01:00.76]It's now we're out to sea my boys [01:02.62]The wind comes on to blow [01:04.66]One half the watch is sick on deck [01:06.50]The other half below [01:08.33]Singin' blow ye winds in the morning [01:10.79]Blow ye winds heigh ho [01:12.00] [01:12.69]Clear away your running gear [01:14.52]And blow blow blow [01:16.78] [01:17.35]And as for the provisions [01:19.24]We don't get half enough [01:20.63] [01:21.16]A little piece of stinkin' beef and [01:23.36]A damn small bag of duff [01:25.04]Singin' blow ye winds in the morning [01:27.09]Blow ye winds heigh ho [01:28.80] [01:29.35]Clear away your running gear [01:31.08]And blow blow blow [01:33.44] [01:34.01]The skipper's on the quarterdeck [01:35.84]A-squintin' at the sails [01:37.80]When up aloft the lookout cries [01:39.91]He sights a school of whales [01:41.48]Singin' blow ye winds in the morning [01:43.67]Blow ye winds heigh ho [01:45.71]Clear away your running gear [01:47.64]And blow blow blow [01:49.73] [01:50.30]So clear away the boats me boys [01:52.09]And after him we'll travel [01:54.17]But if you get too near his flukes [01:56.00]He'll kick you to the devil [01:57.63]Singin' blow ye winds in the morning [02:00.06]Blow ye winds heigh ho [02:02.27]Clear away your running gear [02:03.96]And blow blow blow [02:06.07] [02:06.86]When comes the stowing down [02:08.33]Me boys 't will take both night and day [02:10.67]And you'll all have 50 cents [02:12.09]Apiece on the 190th lay [02:14.15]Singin' blow ye winds in the morning [02:16.43]Blow ye winds heigh ho [02:18.74]Clear away your running gear [02:20.55]And blow blow blow [02:23.16]And now we're homeward bound [02:24.57]Me boys and when we're through our sailin' [02:27.15]A winding glass around we'll pass [02:29.00]And damn this blubber whaling [02:30.60]Singin' blow ye winds in the morning [02:33.06]Blow ye winds heigh ho [02:35.00]Clear away your running gear [02:37.11]And blow blow blow