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In eighteen hundred and forty-six
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On March the eighteenth day
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We hoisted our colors to the top of the mast
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And for Greenland sailed away, brave boys
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And for Greenland sailed away

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The lookout in the crosstrees stood
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With spyglass in his hand
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There's a whale, there's a whale
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And a whalefish he cried
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And she blows at every span, brave boys
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And she blows at every span

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

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

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The losing of those five jolly men
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It grieved the captain sore
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But the losing of that fine whalefish
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Now it grieved him ten times more, brave boys
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Now it grieved him ten times more
     
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Now Greenland is a barren land
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A land that bares no green
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Where there's ice and snow, and the whalefishes blow
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And the daylight's seldom seen, brave boys    
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And the daylight's seldom seen

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