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Greenland Whalers

from Loose Cannons by The Jolly Rogers

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They took us jolly sailor lads,
A-fishing for the whale.
On the fourth day of August in 1864,
Bound for Greenland we set sail.
The lookout stood on the crosstrees high,
With a spyglass in his hand.
“There’s a whale, there’s a whale,
There’s a whale-fish” he cried,
“And she blows at every span”.
The Captain stood on the Quarterdeck,
And a sod of a man was he.
“Overhaul, overhaul,
Let your Davit-tackles fall!”
“And we’ll launch them boats to sea”.
We struck that whale and the line played out,
But she gave a flurry with her tail.
And the boat capsized,
We lost seven of our men.
And we never got that whale.
Now the losing of seven fine seamen,
Oh, it grieved our Captain sore.
But the losing of,
A bloody Sperm Whale.
Oh, it grieved him ten times more.
Now Greenland is a horrid place,
Where us fishing lads have to go.
Where the Rose and the Lilly,
Never bloom in spring.
And there’s only ice and snow.

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from Loose Cannons, released September 1, 2007

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The Jolly Rogers Kansas City, Missouri

Pirates before pirates were cool. The Jolly Rogers were born as the Earth still cooled, waaaay back in 1991. Bringing maritime music, sea shanties, drinking and bawdy songs to audiences before pirates were all the rage, they've been a main stage act at venues across America and Europe. ... more

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