Subject: RE: Any June Songs? From: GUEST,mg Date: 29 May 21 - 03:22 PM
greenland whale fisheries?

THE GREENLAND FISHERY

‘Twas in eighteen hundred and fifty three
And of June the thirteenth day,
That our gallant ship her anchor weighed,
And for Greenland bore away, brave boys,
And for Greenland bore away.

From An Introduction to English Sea Songs and Shanties
Published by the English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS), March 2016
Written by: David Atkinson, 2009