Wonderful Whale, The (Jack and the Whale)

DESCRIPTION: Jack harpoons a whale. The whale swallows Jack. Jack lights his pipe. The whale gets sick and dies. Jack in the whale reaches land. He sells the carcass for its oil.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1870 (source: Frank-JollySailorsBold)
KEYWORDS: sea ship humorous talltale whale whaler
FOUND IN: US(NE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Frank-JollySailorsBold 141, "The Wonderful Whale (Jack and the Whale)" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #31383
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor" (theme: the Jonah motif, a humorous tale of being swallowed by a whale)
File: FJSB141

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