(Intro)
G D Am G
When the whale gets strike and the line runs out
C Am D
And the whale makes a flounder with its tail
G C Am D
And the boat cap-sized and I lost my darlin' man
G C Am C D
No more, no more Green-land for you, brave boys
G C Am G
No more, no more Green-land for you
(Main Song)
G C G Am D
'Twas in eighteen hundred and fifty-three, on June the thirteenth day,
G Am C D
That our gallant ship, her anchor weighed,
G Am D
And for Greenland sailed away, brave boys,
G C (D) G
and for Greenland sail-ed a-way.
G C G Am D
The lookout on the cross tree stood, with a spyglass in his hand,
G Am C D
"There's a whale, there's a whale, there's a whalefish," he cried,
G Am D
And she blows at every span, brave boys,
G C (D) G
She blows at ev-ery span.
G C G
Well we struck that whale and the line played out
Am D
But she gave a flounder with her tail
G Am C D
And the boat capsized and four men were drowned
G Am D
And we never caught that whale
G C (D) G
We never caught that whale
G C G
Oh, to lose that whale, my captain cried
Am D
It grieves my heart full sore
G Am C D
But to lose four of my gallant men
G Am D
It grieves me ten times more, brave boys
G C (D) G
It grieves me ten times more
G C G
Oh, Greenland is a dreadful place
Am D
It's a land that's never green
G Am C D
Where there's ice and snow and the whale fishes blow
G Am D
And daylight's seldom seen, brave boys
G C (D) G
And daylight's sel-dom seen
(Outro)
G D Am G
When the whale get strike and the line runs out
C Am D
And the whale makes a flounder with its tail
