Blow Ye Winds lyrics

Dave Guard

`Tis advertised in Boston, New York, and Buffalo a hundred hearty sailors, a whalin` for to go.

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Blow, ye winds, O` mornin`, blow, ye winds, hi ho. Haul away your runnin` gear and blow, boys, blow.

They tell you of the clipper ships a-runnin` in and out. They say you`ll take five hundred whales before you`re six months out.

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The skipper`s on the after deck a-squintin` at the sails. When up above the lookout spots a mighty school of whales.

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Then lower down the boats, my boys, and after him we`ll travel but if you get too near his tail, he`ll kick you to the devil.

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And now that he is ours, my boys, we`ll bring him alongside. Then over with our blubber hooks and rob him of his hide.

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When we get home, our ship made fast, and we get through our sailin`. A brimmin` glass around we`ll pass and hang this blubber whalin`.

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