...There was harpineery and picaneery
And boat steerery also
And twelve jolly tars to tug at the oars
And a-whelking we did go brave boys
And a-whelking we did go

We struck that whelk and down she went
By the flourish of her tail
By chance we lost a man overboard
And we did not get that whelk brave boys
And we did not get that whelk....