Greenland Whale Fisheries Lyrics - Peter Paul & Mary With Symphony Orchestra: Prague - Peter, Paul & Mary

When the whale get strike and the line runs out 

And the whale makes a flounder with its tail 

And the boat capsized and I lost my darlin' man 

No more, no more Greenland for you, brave boys 

No more, no more Greenland for you 

Twas in eighteen hundred and fifty three 

On June the thirteenth day 

That our gallant ship her anchor weighed 

And for Greenland sailed away, brave boys 

For Greenland sailed away 

The lookout on the cross tree stood 

With a spyglass in his hand 

There's a whale, there's a whale, there's a whale fish, he cried 

And she blows at every span, brave boys 

She blows at every span 

Well we struck and whale and the line played out 

But she gave a flounder with her tail 

And the boat capsized and four men were drowned 

And we never caught that whale 

We never caught that whale 

Oh, to lose that whale, my captain cried 

It grieves my heart full sore 

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 

It's a land that's never green 

Where there's ice and snow and the whale fishes blow 

And daylight's seldom seen, brave boys 

And daylight's seldom seen 

When the whale gets strike and the line runs out 

And the whale makes a flounder with its tail 

And the boat capsized and I lost my darlin' man 

No more, no more Greenland for you, brave boys 

No more, no more Greenland for you