G [Verse] G D G On the twenty third day of the month of June C G D In the year of '54 G C D They signed us weary whaler men G D G C To sail for Greenland's shore brave boys – Am C D To sail for Greenland's shore [Verse] G D G C G D Our gallant ship her sails we set for the icy Greenland ground G C D Well, they said we'd take about a score or two a whale G D G C Before we're six months bound brave boys Am C D Before we're six months bound [Verse] G D G Oh the lookout up in the crosstree stood C G D with a spyglass in his hand G C D There's a whale there's a whale there's a whale fish he cried G D G C She blows on every span brave boys Am C D She blows on every span [Verse] G D G The captain stood on the quarterdeck C G D with his eye to the icy sea G C D "Overhaul! Overhaul! Let your davit-tackles fall G D G C Put your boats on the water cried he brave boys Am C D Put your boats on the water cried he [Verse] G D G Well the boats got down - and the crew’s aboard C G D And the whale was in full view G C D And the bosun roared put your backs to the oars G D G C And steer where the whale fish blew brave boys Am C D And steer where the whale fish blew [Instrumental] G D G C G D G D C Am C D Brave boys - "And steer where the whale fish blew [Verse] G D G Well the harpoon struck and the line played out C G D And the whale gave a thunder with its tail G C D And the boat capsized killing half a dozen men G D G C And we never did catch that whale, brave boys Am C D We never did catch that whale [Verse] G D G To lose those men," the captain said C G D "Well, it grieves my heart full sore G C D But we knew the losing of that hundred-barrel whale G D G C Well, it grieved him ten times more, brave boys Am C D It grieved him ten times more [Outro] G D G Oh, Greenland is a dreadful place C G D It's a place that's never green G C D Where there's ice and snow, and the whale fishes blow G D G C And the daylight's seldom seen, brave boys Am C D The daylight's seldom seen