paroles de chanson Greenland Whale Fisheries (The John Peel Show) [as Pogue Mahone] [April 1984] [Live] - The Pogues

In 1846
On March the 18th day
We hoisted our colors to the top of the mast
And for Greenland sailed away
Brave boys
And for Greenland sailed away

The lookout in the cross-trees stood
With spyglass in his hand
"There's a whale, there's a whale
And a whalefish," he cried
And she blows at every span
Brave boys
And she blows at every span

The captain stood on the quarter deck
The ice was in his eye
Overhaul, overhaul!
Let your gibsheets fall
And you'll put your boats to sea
Brave boys
And you'll put your boats to sea

The harpoon struck and the line played out
With a single flourish of his tail
He capsized the boat and we lost five men
And we did not catch the whale
Brave boys
And we did not catch the whale

The losing of those five jolly men
It grieved the captain sore
But the losing of that fine whalefish
Now, it grieved him ten times more
Brave boys
Now, it grieved him ten times more

Oh, Greenland is a barren land
A land that bares no green
Where there's ice and snow
And the whalefishes blow
And the daylight's seldom seen
Brave boys
And the daylight's seldom seen