[ti:Greenland Whale Fisheries] [ar:The Pogues] [al:The Pogues In Paris - 30th Ann] [offset:0] [00:01.67]Greenland Whale Fisheries—The Pogues [00:16.91]In eighteen hundred and forty-six [00:19.41]And of March the eighteenth day, [00:22.17] [00:22.73]We hoisted our colors to the top of the mast [00:26.04]And for Greenland sailed away, brave boys, [00:30.85]And for Greenland sailed away. [00:34.04] [00:34.97]The lookout in the crosstrees stood [00:38.23]With spyglass in his hand; [00:40.68] [00:41.61]There's a whale, there's a whale, [00:43.36]And a whalefish he cried [00:45.11]And she blows at every span, brave boys [00:50.04]She blows at every span. [00:52.92] [00:53.80]The captain stood on the quarter deck, [00:57.11]The ice was in his eye; [00:59.74] [01:00.55]Overhaul, overhaul! Let your gibsheets fall, [01:04.05]And you'll put your boats to brave sea, boys [01:07.92] [01:08.83]And you'll put your boats to sea. [01:12.89]Our harpoon struck and the line played out, [01:16.36]With a single flourish of his tail, [01:19.43]He capsized the boat and we lost five men, [01:23.11]And we did not catch the whale, brave boys, [01:27.93]And we did not catch the whale. [01:31.55] [01:45.61]The losing of those five jolly men, [01:48.80]It grieved the captain sore, [01:51.61] [01:52.11]But the losing of that fine whalefish [01:55.86]Now it grieved him ten times more, brave boys [02:00.43]Now it grieved him ten times more. [02:04.61]Oh Greenland is a barren land [02:08.24]A land that bares no green [02:11.30]Where there's ice and snow, and the whalefishes blow [02:15.18]And the daylight's seldom seen, brave boys [02:19.55]And the daylight's seldom seen.