Greenland Whaler (OT2003-3012-018)
Dublin Core
Title
Greenland Whaler (OT2003-3012-018)
Alternative Title
Ballad of the Greenland Whalers
Description
Song excerpted from audio recording OT2003-3012, part of VFC2003-0007 Margaret MacArthur Collection.
Creator
Source
Margaret MacArthur Collection -- VFC2003-0007. Vermont Folklife Center Archive, Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury, Vermont, United States of America.
Date Created
1964-07-15
Contributor
Is Part Of
Language
en
Type
Identifier
VFC2003-0007 OT2003-3012-018
Rights Holder
Vermont Folklife Center
Song Item Type Metadata
Local Title
Greenland Whaler
Standard Title
Greenland Whale Fishery
Standard Title Reference
Folk Music Index (http://www.ibiblio.org/folkindex)
Transcription
We set sail from Elizabeth bound
And you shall understand
Your name was all written down upon a book
And we set for Greenland
A whale, a whale! The captain cried
A whale that is here below
Haul up all up you'll run and take a rope
And that'll give him a blow
They gave him a blow and down he did fall
Into the water low
His tail did it flourish and it mounted a blow
[unintelligible]
We feasted seven long weeks on the whale
With one one more [unintelligible]
We and drank more cheerfully
And gave God thank for all
Greenland
[tape ends]
And you shall understand
Your name was all written down upon a book
And we set for Greenland
A whale, a whale! The captain cried
A whale that is here below
Haul up all up you'll run and take a rope
And that'll give him a blow
They gave him a blow and down he did fall
Into the water low
His tail did it flourish and it mounted a blow
[unintelligible]
We feasted seven long weeks on the whale
With one one more [unintelligible]
We and drank more cheerfully
And gave God thank for all
Greenland
[tape ends]
Location
Duration
1:09
Files
Collection
Citation
Atwood, Fred, “Greenland Whaler (OT2003-3012-018),” Vermont Folklife Center Digital Collections, accessed April 30, 2025, https://vtfolklifearchive.org/collections/items/show/1137.
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