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'Twas in eighteen hundred and fifty-three
On June the thirteenth day
When a whaling ship her anchor raised
And for Greenland sailed away (Brave boys)
And for Greenland sailed away
The lookout on the crosstrees stood
With a spyglass in his hand
"There's a whale, there's a whale, there's a whalefish," he cried
"She blows out every span" (Brave boys)
"She blows out every span"
We struck that whale and the line paid out
But she made a plunder with her tail
And the boat capsized and four men were drowned
And we never got that whale (Brave boys)
We never got that whale
"To lose that whale," the captain cried
"It grieves me four times four
But to lose four of my gallant men
It grieves me ten times more" (Brave boys)
"It grieves me ten times more"
Oh, Greenland is a dreadful place
A land that's never green
Where there's ice and snow
Where whalefishes blow
And daylight's seldom seen (Brave boys)
And daylight's seldom seen
'Twas in eighteen hundred and fifty-three
On June the thirteenth day
When a whaling ship her anchor raised
And for Greenland sailed away (Brave boys)
And for Greenland sailed away
Sailed, sailed away