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T:The Greenland Fisheries
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w:In eigh-teen hun-dred and for-ty-six, And of March the eigh--tee-nth day,
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w:We - hois-ted our col-ours to - the - mast And for Green-land sailed - a - way
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w:brave boys, And for Green-land sailed - aw-ay.
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W:In eighteen hundred and forty-six
W:And of March the eighteenth day,
W:We hoisted our colours to the top of the mast
W:And for Greenland sailed away, brave boys,
W:And for Greenland sailed away.
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W:2
W:The lookout in the crosstrees stood
W:With spyglass in his hand;
W:There's a whale, there's a whale,
W:And a whalefish he cried
W:And she blows at every span, brave boys
W:She blows at every span.
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W:3
W:The captain stood on the quarter deck,
W:The ice was in his eye;
W:Overhaul, overhaul! Let your gibsheets fall,
W:And you'll put your boats to sea, brave boys
W:And you'll put your boats to sea.
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W:4
W:Our harpoon struck and the line played out,
W:With a single flourish of his tail,
W:He capsized the boat and we lost five men,
W:And we did not catch the whale, brave boys,
W:And we did not catch the whale.
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W:5
W:The losing of those five jolly men,
W:It grieved the captain sore,
W:But the losing of that fine whalefish
W:Now it grieved him ten times more, brave boys
W:Now it grieved him ten times more.
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W:6
W:Oh Greenland is a barren land
W:A land that's seldom green
W:Where there's ice and snow, and the whale-fishes blow
W:And the daylight's seldom seen, brave boys
W:And the daylight's seldom seen.

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