Humpback Whale Lyrics - Singles - Richard Shindell

Fifty six I sailed aboard 

A ship called Byron One 

She's carried trawler men on deck 

And a harpoon whaling gun 

Oh you trawlermen, come on 

Forget your snapper and your prawn 

For it's out of Ballina we'll sail 

Fishing for the humpback whale 

A tractor for a whale winch 

And the ship's an all fair mile 

Twin diesels turn the screws around 

She'll whale in a fine old style 

Oh you trawlermen, come on 

Forget your snapper and your prawn 

For it's out of Ballina we'll sail 

Fishing for the humpback whale 

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Keep a sharp look-out my lads 

The whale he's on the run 

And we'll drive him into Byron Bay 

And we'll shoot him with our gun 

Oh you trawlermen, come on 

Forget your snapper and your prawn 

For it's out of Ballina we'll sail 

Fishing for the humpback whale 

The harpoon and the line fly through 

Very deep into the whale 

She split the timbers of the ship 

With a flurry of her tail 

Oh you trawlermen, come on 

Forget your snapper and your prawn 

For it's out of Ballina we'll sail 

Fishing for the humpback whale 

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The rugging struts are snapped in two 

We reel beneath the blow 

The gunner fires a killer shot 

And that humpback's sent below 

Oh you trawlermen, come on 

Forget your snapper and your prawn 

For it's out of Ballina we'll sail 

Fishing for the humpback whale 

Make the tail fast to the bows 

We got no more time for bed 

For four and twenty hours each day 

We kept that factory fed 

Oh you trawlermen, come on 

Forget your snapper and your prawn 

For it's out of Ballina we'll sail 

Fishing for the humpback whale 

The friends and men upon the land 

Some had been Jackaroos 

They skin the blubber from the whales 

Like they were skinning kangaroos 

Oh you trawlermen, come on 

Forget your snapper and your prawn 

For it's out of Ballina we'll sail 

Fishing for the humpback whale 

A hundred whales and then fifty more 

Through the factory we did send 

And then the orders came - knock off me lads 

Your season's at an end 

Oh you trawlermen, come on 

Forget your snapper and your prawn 

For it's out of Ballina we'll sail 

Fishing for the humpback whale 

Back in to Ballina we steered 

Tied up and stowed the gear 

All hands headed for the pub 

And we filled ourselves with beer