Greenland Fishery

[Verse 1]
No more, no more can we stay on shore
Gonna work for the company
Where there's ice and there's snow and the whale-fishes play
And the Greenland Fishery, boys
The Greenland Fishery

[Verse 2]
The lookout climbed the top mast high
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, boys
She blows at every span"

[Verse 3]
And the captain stood on the quarterdеck
And the ice was in his eyе
"Overhaul, overhaul, let your davit tackle fall
Let your harpoon fly, boys
Let your harpoon fly"

[Verse 4]
The harpoon struck and the line played out
But the fish gave a flash with the tail
And the boats capsized and we lost a dozen men
And a hundred barrels of oil, boys
A hundred barrels of oil

[Verse 5]
With the losing of a dozen brave men
It grieved the company sore
But the losing of all those dollars and cents
Grieve them ten times more, boys
Grieve them ten times more