WELLERMAN

By................................................

There once was a ………… that put to sea CHORUS

The name of the ship was the Billy O' Tea

The …………….blew up, her bow dipped down Da-da-da-da-da

Oh blow, my bully ……………., blow (huh) Da-da-da-da-da-da-da

Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
Soon may the ………………………. come

To bring us ……………. and ………….and……… For forty days or even more

One day, when the tonguing is done The line went slack then tight once more

We'll take our leave and go All boats were lost, there were only four

But still that whale did go (huh)

She'd not been two weeks from shore

When down on her a right………………...bore

The captain called all hands and swore CHORUS

He'd take that whale in tow (huh)
As far as I've heard, the fight's still on
CHORUS The line's not cut, and the whale's not gone

Da-da-da-da-da The Wellerman makes his regular call

Da-da-da-da-da-da-da To encourage the captain, crew and all (huh)
Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
CHORUS (X2)
Before the boat had hit the ……….AWRTE

The whale's tail came up and caught her

All …………………….DHNAS to the side,

harpooned and fought her

When she dived down OLW (huh)

CHORUS

The captain's mind was not of greed

She took that ship in tow (huh)

No line was cut, no whale was freed

And he belonged to the Whaleman's creed