{"id":9207,"date":"2021-04-01T06:29:42","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T10:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=9207"},"modified":"2025-06-16T13:02:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T17:02:22","slug":"the-weary-whaler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=9207","title":{"rendered":"The Weary Whaler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/images\/Weary_Whaler.jpeg\" width=\"500\/\"\/><\/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=\"about\"><b><br \/>\n<title>HTMLFont size<\/title><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"color:green;font-size:22px;\">The Weary Whaler<\/h1>\n<p style=\"color:blue;font-size:18px;\">This is a sea chantey from the golden age of sail. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eWmOq5kvgSQ\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eWmOq5kvgSQ\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eWmOq5kvgSQ\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eWmOq5kvgSQ\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eWmOq5kvgSQ\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eWmOq5kvgSQ\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eWmOq5kvgSQ\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eWmOq5kvgSQ\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eWmOq5kvgSQ\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eWmOq5kvgSQ\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eWmOq5kvgSQ\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"lyrics-header\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eWmOq5kvgSQ\"><\/p>\n<p><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eWmOq5kvgSQ\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eWmOq5kvgSQ\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eWmOq5kvgSQ\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eWmOq5kvgSQ\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eWmOq5kvgSQ\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"audio_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eWmOq5kvgSQ\"> <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/music\/Weary_Whaler.mp3\"><br \/>\nThe Weary Whaler &#8211; Click To Play MP3 <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/b><b><\/b><b><\/b><b><\/b><b><\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Lyrics:<br \/>\n[Em] If I had the wings of a gull, me boys,<br \/>\nI would spread &#8217;em [Am] and fly [Em] home.<br \/>\nI&#8217;d leave old Greenland&#8217;s icy grounds<br \/>\nFor of right whales [Am] there is [Em] none.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>[Em] And the weather&#8217;s rough and the winds do blow<br \/>\nAnd there&#8217;s little comfort here.<br \/>\nI&#8217;d sooner be snug in a Glasgow pub,<br \/>\nA-drinkin&#8217; [Am] of strong [Em] beer.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Oh, a man must be mad or want money bad<br \/>\nTo venture catchin&#8217; whales.<br \/>\nFor we may be drowned when the fish turns around<br \/>\nOr our head be smashed by his tail.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Though the work seems grand to the young green hand,<br \/>\nAnd his heart is high when he goes,<br \/>\nIn a very short burst he&#8217;d as soon hear a curse<br \/>\nAs the cry of: \u201cThere she blows!\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Well, these trials we bear for nigh four years,<br \/>\nTill the flying jib points for home.<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re supposed for our toil to get a bonus of the oil,<br \/>\nAnd an equal share of the bone.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>But we go to the agent to settle for the trip,<br \/>\nAnd we&#8217;ve find we&#8217;ve cause for lament.<br \/>\nFor we&#8217;ve slaved away four years of our lives<br \/>\nAnd earned about three pound ten.<\/p>\n<p><\/b><b><\/b><b><\/b><b><\/b><b><\/b><b><\/b><b><\/b><b><\/b><b><\/b><b><\/b><b><\/b><b><\/b><b><\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eWmOq5kvgSQ\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eWmOq5kvgSQ\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eWmOq5kvgSQ\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eWmOq5kvgSQ\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eWmOq5kvgSQ\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eWmOq5kvgSQ\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eWmOq5kvgSQ\"><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eWmOq5kvgSQ\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><br \/>\n<\/b><b><\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do I download this Mp3? 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