Jack Was Every Inch A Sailor-Burl Ives/Ralph Hunt Singers

[ti:Jack Was Every Inch A Sailor] [ar:Burl Ives/Ralph Hunt Singers] [al:Across The Seven Seas] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Jack Was Every Inch A Sailor - Burl Ives/Ralph Hunt Singers [00:01.36]Written by：Public Domain [00:02.72]Jack was ev'ry inch a sailor [00:07.19]Five and twenty years a whaler [00:11.88]Jack was ev'ry inch a sailor [00:16.12]He was born upon the bright blue sea [00:20.10] [00:21.18]Jack was ev'ry inch a sailor [00:25.81]Five and twenty years a whaler [00:30.34]Jack was ev'ry inch a sailor [00:34.38]He was born upon the bright blue sea [00:38.31] [00:39.15]Now 'twas twenty five or thirty years [00:43.25]Since Jack first saw the light [00:44.71] [00:45.36]He came into this world of woe [00:47.72]One dark and stormy night [00:49.89]He was born on board his father's ship [00:52.42]When she was lying to [00:54.31] [00:54.84]'Bout twenty five or thirty miles [00:57.09]Southeast of Baccalieu [00:59.02] [00:59.69]Jack was ev'ry inch a sailor [01:04.37]Five and twenty years a whaler [01:08.53] [01:09.09]Jack was ev'ry inch a sailor [01:13.35]He was born upon the bright blue sea [01:17.40] [01:18.22]When Jack grew up to be a man [01:22.09]He went to Labrador [01:23.92] [01:24.50]He fished in Indian harbour [01:26.52]Where his father fished before [01:29.02]On his returning in the fog [01:31.41]He met a heavy gale [01:33.51]And Jack was swept into the sea [01:35.91]And swallowed by a whale [01:37.88] [01:38.52]Jack was ev'ry inch a sailor [01:43.06]Five and twenty years a whaler [01:47.16] [01:47.73]Jack was ev'ry inch a sailor [01:51.13] [01:51.77]He was born upon the bright blue sea [01:56.47]The whale went straight for Baffin's bay [02:00.56]About ninety knots an hour [02:02.63]And every time he'd blow a spray [02:05.23]He'd send it in a shower [02:07.42]O now says Jack unto himself [02:09.83]I must see what he's about [02:11.97]He caught the whale all by the tail [02:14.43]And turned him inside out [02:16.18] [02:17.01]Jack was ev'ry inch a sailor [02:21.67]Five and twenty years a whaler [02:25.74] [02:26.28]Jack was ev'ry inch a sailor [02:30.38]He was born upon the bright blue sea