There's a bit of correspondence over on fRoots about the origins of a sampled recording of the Greenland Whale Fisheries .
It's on a Mr Scruff record, and it sounds to me like an American 1950's folkie. Now Mudcat is the place for this kind of esoteric knowledge: any offers. Mr Scruff claims he's forgotten where he sampled it from, so there are no clues. Play the record, and you'll soon come to the bit of song that needs identifying, and even if you don't the record is very enjoyable.