{"id":6916,"date":"2001-03-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2001-03-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2019-11-07T12:48:55","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T16:48:55","slug":"catch-the-greenland-whale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=6916","title":{"rendered":"Catch The Greenland Whale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/images\/Folkden_Podcast_Art.jpg\" height=\"200\" width=\"220\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"audio\">\n<div class=\"alignright caption\"><a href=\"?page_id=6069\">How do I download this Mp3?<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"audio_link\">Mp3: <a href=\"http:\/\/ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/music\/Greenland.mp3\">Catch The Greenland Whale<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"about\">I first heard this song on a whaling album.  I&#8217;ve tried to keep as close to the original as possible, including the key and tempo.<\/p>\n<p>The banjo is tuned in an open Dm tuning, and the 12-string is playing melody. It&#8217;s all in Dm.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics-header\">Lyrics:<\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics\">\nOn the [Am] twenty-third of [Em] March, my boys,<br \/>\nWe [Am] hoisted our [Em] topsail,<br \/>\nCrying, [Am] &#8216;Heav&#8217;n above [Em] protect us<br \/>\nWith a sweet and a [D] pleasant [Em] gale.&#8217;<br \/>\nWe never was down-[Am] hearted<br \/>\nNor let our courage [Em] fail<br \/>\nBut [Am] bore away up to [Em] Greenland<br \/>\nFor to catch the [D] Greenland [Em] whale,<br \/>\nFor to catch the [D] Greenland [Em] whale.<\/p>\n<p>And when we came to Greenland<br \/>\nWhere the bitter winds did blow,<br \/>\nWe tacked about all in the north<br \/>\nAmong the frost and snow.<br \/>\nOur finger-tops were frozen off,<br \/>\nAnd likewise our toe-nails,<br \/>\nAs we crawled on the deck, my boys,<br \/>\nLooking out for the Greenland whale<br \/>\nLooking out for the Greenland whale.<\/p>\n<p>And when we came to Davis Strait<br \/>\nWhere the mountains flowed with snow,<br \/>\nWe tacked about all in the north<br \/>\nTill we heard the whalefish blow.<br \/>\nAnd when we catch that whale, brave boys,<br \/>\nHomeward we will steer.<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll make them valleys ring, my boys,<br \/>\nA-drinking of strong beer.<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll make them lofty alehouses<br \/>\nIn London town to roar;<br \/>\nAnd when our money is all gone,<br \/>\nTo Greenland go for more,<br \/>\nTo Greenland go for more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: Catch The Greenland Whale I first heard this song on a whaling album. I&#8217;ve tried to keep as close to the original as possible, including the key and tempo. The banjo is tuned in an open Dm tuning, and the 12-string is playing melody. It&#8217;s all in Dm. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=6916\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Catch The Greenland Whale&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-seafaring"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6916"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8536,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6916\/revisions\/8536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}