Greenland Whale Fisheries-The Pogues

[ti:Greenland Whale Fisheries] [ar:The Pogues] [al:Just Look Them Straight In The Eye And Say... PogueMahone!!] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Greenland Whale Fisheries - The Pogues [00:09.76]In eighteen hundred and forty-six [00:13.16]And of march the eighteenth day [00:15.77] [00:16.56]We hoisted our colors to the top of the mast [00:20.16]And for greenland sailed away brave boys [00:24.82]And for greenland sailed away [00:27.97] [00:29.24]The lookout in the crosstrees he stood [00:32.66]With spyglass in his hand [00:36.10]There's a whale there's a whale [00:37.68]And a whalefish he cried [00:39.87]And she blows at every span brave boys [00:44.35]And she blows at every span [00:47.45] [00:48.78]The captain stood on the quarterdeck [00:52.12]The ice was in his eye [00:55.71]Overhaul overhaul let your gibsheets fall [00:59.52]And you'll put your boats to sea brave boys [01:03.99]And you'll put your boats to sea [01:07.65] [01:08.49]The harpoon struck and the line played out [01:11.96]With a single flourish of his tail [01:14.67] [01:15.40]He capsized the boat and we lost five men [01:19.23]And we did not catch that whale brave boys [01:23.64]And we did not catch that whale [01:26.95] [01:42.33]The losing of those five jolly men [01:45.97]It grieved the captain sore [01:49.46]But the losing of that fine whalefish [01:53.22]Now it grieved him ten times more brave boys [01:57.86]Now it grieved him ten times more [02:01.05] [02:02.32]Oh greenland is a barren land [02:05.85]A land that bears no green [02:08.62] [02:09.27]Where there's ice and snow and the whalefishes blow [02:13.08]And the daylight's seldom seen brave boys [02:17.69]And the daylight's seldom seen