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Thread #69957 Message #1190306
Posted By: Rapparee
20-May-04 - 08:50 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: John Cook (?)
Subject: Lyr Req: Schooner Fare: John Cook (?)
There's a song by Schooner Fare with the first verse and chorus
We sailed her out of Gloucester the hunt the mighty whale A crew of twenty seasoned whaling men With Slocum at the wheel and me and Drury haulin' sail And the Captain shouting orders at the wind. The Captain's wife had begged to go and Cook could not deny her For Annie Cook was sweet and young and fair She's been this last year down below a-huddled near the fire A whaler's lot was more than she could bear.
CHORUS
Oh-oh John Cook you have taken us to hell Locked up in the ice off Baffin Island We've been her for a year now the water's runnin' clear Won't you head for home, John Cook, without the oil?