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Oh the year was 1734
When disciples set sail on the word of their lord
The lookout exclaimed as they crossed Baffin Bay
There was something emerging from within the waves
It was a most unusual sight
Wondrous and wiggling and wrinkled and white
Its head as high as the ship
Its tail behind so long and thick
The sea creature of Greenland
Most dreadful and monstrously big
Oh it truly was a magnificent beast
So curving and floppy, a king of the sea
It rose up above the ship's yard arm
And excitedly waved to the sea men's alarm
It was a most unusual sight
Wondrous and wiggling and wrinkled and white
Its head as high as the ship
Its tail behind so long and thick
The sea creature of Greenland
Most dreadful and monstrously big
Every port, the sailors would spread the word
A serpent of gobsmacking, glorious girth
With every retelling it doubled in scale
And then old Willie whaler caught wind of the tale
It was a most unusual sight
Wondrous and wiggling and wrinkled and white
Its head as high as the ship
Its tail behind so long and thick
The sea creature of Greenland
Most dreadful and monstrously big
Old Willie he knew what the whales would do
When they'd see a whale they wanted to woo
They'd float on their backs, put it all on display
Oh yes, inviting that whale to play
It was a most unusual sight
Wondrous and wiggling and wrinkled and white
Its head as high as the ship
Its tail behind so long and thick
The sea creature of Greenland
Most dreadful and monstrously big
It was a most unusual sight
Wondrous and wiggling and wrinkled and white
Its head as high as the ship
Its tail behind so long and thick
The sea creature of Greenland
Most dreadful and monstrously big