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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?

Anyone have the rest of the song?