Greenland Voyage, The, or, The Whale Fisher's Delight

DESCRIPTION: ""Why stay we at home now the season is come? Jolly lads, let us liquor our throats." The singer urges others to prepare the ship for the voyage. The spot a whale; the singer cheers as they kill it, and congratulated them on their work
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1986 (Palmer-OxfordBookOfSeaSongs)
KEYWORDS: ship whaler drink
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Palmer-OxfordBookOfSeaSongs 36, "The Greenland Voyage, or, The Whale Fisher's Delight" (1 text)
Roud #V37548
File: PaSe036

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