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Thread #99894 Message #1997843
Posted By: nutty
15-Mar-07 - 04:14 PM
Thread Name: Songs about Whitby??!
Subject: RE: Songs about Whitby??!
I completed this song last year. It has been sung out but not extensively. I hope you like it.
HAUL ON THE SAIL ^^ CHORUS HAUL ON THE SAIL, BOYS, HAUL ON THE SAIL THERE'S A FAST TIDE FLOWING AND THE WIND IS BLOWING FREE HAUL ON THE SAIL, BOYS, HAUL ON THE SAIL TILL WE'RE SAFELY ANCHORED, IN OLD WHITBY
WHEN I SIGNED ON A WHALER, A YOUNG AND FOOLISH LAD I THOUGHT T'WOULD MAKE A MAN OF ME, WITH CASH I'D NEVER HAD BUT TWO YEARS ON I KNOW FOR SURE, I'M FINISHED WITH THE SEA AND LONG TO BE BACK HOME AGAIN , IN OLD WHITBY
FIRST WE MADE FOR GREENLAND, AND SAILED THE SEAS AROUND THOUGH WE SEARCHED FOR MONTHS ON END - ONE WHALE WAS ALL WE FOUND SO CAPTAIN SAID, FORGET THE WHALES, AND SEALS WE HAD TO TAKE WE SLAUGHTERED NEAR ONE THOUSAND THEN, OUR LIVING FOR TO MAKE
I HATE THE ARCTICS STORMY SEAS, THE ICEBERGS AND THE FLOES I HATE THE STINKING QUARTERS THAT WE LIVE IN DOWN BELOW BUT MOST OF ALL THE SLAUGHTER - THE ENDLESS BLOOD AND GORE I HATE IT ALL AND LONG TO BE IN WHITBY TOWN ONCE MORE
I LONG TO SEE THE GREEN, GREEN, GRASS AND WALK THE HEATHER MOOR AND LISTEN TO THE WATER AS THE WAVELETS LAP THE SHORE NO MORE I'LL GO TO FROZEN LANDS WITH BLINDING ICE AND SNOW BUT I'LL STAY WARM IN WHITBY TOWN, WITH ALL THE FRIENDS I KNOW
SO WHEN MY FEET ARE ON DRY LAND, AND THE SHIP'S TIED TO THE QUAY I'LL TURN MY BACK AND MAKE MY WAY HOMEWARD FROM THE SEA THANK GOD, I AM A SINGLE MAN NO COMPANY DEBT I OWE SO MANY MEN MUST SIGN AGAIN AND BACK TO SEA THEY GO.