G'day Rapaire, Charley (... Ted ... John ... Uncle Tom Cobbley & all ...),

The song was written late '60s / early '70s by two blokes from down the Illawarra region, south of Sydney. I don't have the text and details handy, but it was recorded by a few Australian (and the odd American ... ?) groups in the '70s.

Rapaire is right about it being a straight lift of the story line of Moby Dick ... but those good old stories can make for good songs (Right, eh, Charley?).

I'll try to find more details of the authors (I heard one of them at the Australian Folk Festival at Kiama ... about 5 years back) so we can get it right - after I get home tonight.

Regards,

Bob