Greenland Whale Fisheries The Journeymen

[Intro]
Well, the whalefish struck
And the line run out
But the whale made a flourish with her tail
Then the boat capsized
Ten men were drowned
No more, no more Greenland for you, brave boys
No more, no more Greenland for you

[Verse 1]
'Twas in eighteen hundred and sixty-three
On June the thirteenth day
When our gallant ship her anchor weighed
And for Greenland sailed away, brave boys
For Greenland sailed away

[Verse 2]
The lookout in the crosstrees stood
A spyglass in his hand
"It's a whale! It's a whale! It's a whalefish!" he cried
"And she blows from every span, brave boys
She blows from every span!"

[Verse 3]
We struck that whale but the line ran out
And the whale made a flourish with her tail
When the boat capsized ten men were drowned
And we never caught that whale, brave boys
We never caught that whale