[ Featuring The Stonemasons ]
Tis advertised in Boston, New York, and Buffalo
Five hundred brave Americans a-whaling for to go
Sing blow ye winds in the morning
Blow ye winds high oh
Clear away the running gear
And blow ye winds high oh
They'll send you to New Bedford the famous whaling port
They'll give you to some land sharks who'll board and fit you out
They'll send you to a boarding house for there a time to dwell
The thieves there are thicker than the other side of hell
Sing blow ye winds in the morning
Blow ye winds high oh
Clear away the running gear
And blow ye winds high oh
They'll tell you of the clipper ships a whalin'in and out
They'll say you'll take five hundred sperm before you're six months out
It's devils for your company if you'll take my advice
You'll keep what cash ye have from dancing with the cards and dice
Sing blow ye winds in the morning
Blow ye winds high oh
Clear away the running gear
And blow ye winds high oh
Sing blow ye winds in the morning
Blow ye winds high oh
Clear away the running gear
And blow ye winds high oh
Now comes the running rigging which you're all supposed to know
Tis"Lay aloft, ye son of a dog, or overboard ye go!"
The skipper's on the quarter deck a squinting at the sails
When up aloft the lookout spies a mighty school of whales
Sing blow ye winds in the morning
Blow ye winds high oh
Clear away the running gear
And blow ye winds high oh"Now clear away the boats me boys and after him we'll travel
And if you get too near his fluke he'll kick you to the devil!"
Now here we've got him turn-ed up we'll tow him alongside
We'll over with our blubber-hooks and rob him of his hide
Sing blow ye winds in the morning
Blow ye winds high oh
Clear away the running gear
And blow ye winds high oh
Sing blow ye winds in the morning
Blow ye winds high oh
Clear away the running gear
And blow ye winds high oh
Sing blow ye winds in the morning
Blow ye winds high oh
Clear away the running gear
And blow ye winds high oh
