Greenland Whale Fisheries Lyrics

The song Greenland Whale Fisheries is performed by The Pogues in the album named Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say...Pogue Mahone in the year 2008 .



(Traditional)
In eighteen hundred and forty-six
On March the eighteenth day
We hoisted our colors to the top of the mast
And for Greenland sailed away, brave boys
And for Greenland sailed away

The lookout in the crosstrees stood
With spygla*s in his hand
There's a whale, there's a whale
And a whalefish he cried
And she blows at every span, brave boys
She blows at every span

The captain stood on the quarter deck
The ice was in his eye
Overhaul, overhaul! Let your gibsheets fall
And you'll put your boats to sea, brave boys
And you'll put your boats to sea

Our harpoon struck and the line played out
With a single flourish of his tail
He capsized the boat and we lost five men
And we did not catch the whale, brave boys
And we did not catch the whale

The losing of those five jolly men
It grieved the captain sore
But the losing of that fine whalefish
Now it grieved him ten times more, brave boys
Now it grieved him ten times more

Now Greenland is a barren land
A land that bares no green
Where there's ice and snow, and the whalefishes blow
And the daylight's seldom seen, brave boys
And the daylight's seldom seen



The Pogues - Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say...Pogue Mahone

Jul 2008

  1. Kerry Polka [#]
  2. The Rocky Road to Dublin [#]
  3. Boys from the Country Hell ["Radio-Friendly" Version]
  4. NW3 [#]
  5. The Donegal Express/The Hen and the Cock Are in Carrickmacross [Rehearsal R
  6. Do You Believe in Magic? [#]
  7. Hot Asphalt [#]
  8. Danny Boy [BBC John Peel Show]
  9. Maggie May [#]
  10. Haunted [From Sid and Nancy]
  11. 0The Travelling People [Rehearsal Recording][#]
  12. Eve of Destruction [#]
  13. My Baby's Gone [Demo Recording][#]
  14. North Sea Holes [#]
  15. Garbo (Aka in and Out) [From Garbo]
  16. The Last of McGee [#]
  17. Afro-Cuban Be-Bop [From I Hired a Contract Killer]
  18. Young Ned of the Hill [Dub Version]
  19. Pinned Down/I'm Alone in the Wilderness [#]
  20. When the Ship Comes In [Demo Recording][#]
  21. Waxies Dargle [Live][#]
  22. Repeal of the Licensing Laws [Demo Recording][#]
  23. Dark Streets of London [Demo Recording][#]
  24. Greenland Whale Fisheries [Demo Recording][#]
  25. Streams of Whiskey [Demo Recording]
  26. The Auld Triangle [BBC John Peel Show]
  27. Poor Paddy on the Railway [BBC David "Kid" Jensen Show]
  28. Sea Shanty [Demo Recording][#]
  29. Transmetropolitan [Demo Recording][#]
  30. Kitty [Demo Recording][#]
  31. Boys from the County Hell [BBC David "Kid" Jensen Show]
  32. Connemara, Let's Go! (Aka Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go) [De
  33. Billy's Bones [BBC Janice Long Show]
  34. The Old Main Drag [BBC Janice Long Show]
  35. Sally Maclennane [BBC John Peel Show]
  36. The Town That Never Sleeps [#]
  37. Something Wild [#]
  38. Driving Through the City [#]
  39. Rainy Night in Soho [Oboe Version]
  40. Fairytale of New York [Demo Recording][#]
  41. Fairytale of New York [Demo Recording][#]
  42. Fairytale of New York [Demo Recording][#]
  43. Navigatoer [Live][#]
  44. The Aria [#]
  45. The Good, The Bad & The Ugly [From Straight to Hell]
  46. Haunted [Demo Recording][#]
  47. Love Theme from Sid and Nancy [#]
  48. Junk Theme [From Sid and Nancy]
  49. Glued Up and Speeding [From Sid and Nancy]
  50. Paris [From Sid and Nancy]
  51. A Needle for Paddy Garcia [From Sid and Nancy]
  52. JB 57 [#]
  53. Bowery Snax/Spiked [From Sid and Nancy]
  54. Hot Dogs with Everything [From Sid and Nancy]
  55. Rince del Emplacada [#]
  56. The Rake at the Gates of Hell [BBC Janice Long Show]
  57. Turkish Song of the Damned [BBC Janice Long Show]
  58. If I Should Fall from Grace with God [BBC Janice Long Show]
  59. Battle March [Demo Recording][#]
  60. Lullaby of London [Demo Recording][#]
  61. Shanne Bradley [Demo Recording][#]
  62. Streets of Sorrow [Demo Recording][#]
  63. Thousands Are Sailing [#]
  64. The Balinalee [#]
  65. Nicaragua Libré [#]
  66. Japan [Live][#]
  67. Sally Maclennane [Live]
  68. A Pair of Brown Eyes [Live]
  69. Kitty [Live]
  70. Maggie May [Live]
  71. Dirty Old Town [Live]
  72. The Sickbed of Cuchulainn [Live]
  73. Fiesta [7" Single Remix]
  74. If I Should Fall from Grace with God [12" Single Remix]
  75. Johnny Come Lately
  76. Boat Train [Demo Recording][#]
  77. Night Train to Lorca [Demo Recording][#]
  78. The Mistlethrush [#]
  79. Got a Lot of Livin' to Do
  80. Victoria [#]
  81. Murder [Version 1][#]
  82. Lust for Vomit [#]
  83. The Wake of the Medusa [Demo Recording][#]
  84. The Black Dogs Ditch [#]
  85. Aisling [#]
  86. Murder [Version 2][#]
  87. Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah [12" Single Remix]
  88. Maidrín Rua [#]
  89. Johnny Come Lately [Live][#]
  90. John Was [#]
  91. Miss Otis Regrets/Just One of Those Things
  92. All the Tears That I Cried
  93. The One and Only
  94. Afro-Cuban Be-Bop [From I Hired a Contract Killer]
  95. Turkish Song of the Damned [Live]
  96. London Calling [Live]
  97. I Fought the Law [Live]
  98. The Girl from the Wadi-Hammamat [Demo Recording][*]
  99. Moving to Moldova [Demo Recording][#]
  100. Call My Name [#]
  101. The Sun and the Moon [Demo Recording][#]
  102. Living in a World Without Her [Demo Recording][#]
  103. Who Said Romance Is Dead? [Demo Recording][#]
  104. Sound of the City Night [Demo Recording][#]
  105. Four O'Clock in the Morning [Demo Recording][#]
  106. The Star of the County Down [Live][#]
  107. White City [Live][#]
  108. Medley: The Recruiting Sergeant/The Rocky Road to Dublin/The Galway Rac
  109. The Parting Glass/Lord Santry's Fairest Daughter [Live][#]
  110. Goodnight Irene [Live][#][*]

Greenland Whale Fisheries