blow ye winds!
Singer:burl ives
clear away your running gear
'tis advertised in boston
five hundred brave americans
clear away your running gear
they send you to new bedord
and give you to some land-sharks to board and fit you out
clear away your running gear
they tell you of the clipper-ships-a-going in and out
and say you'll take five hundred sperm before you're six months out
clear away your running gear
it's now we're out to sea
the wind comes on to blow
one half the watch is sick on deck
clear away your running gear
the skipper's on the quarter-deck a-squinting at the sails
when up above the lookout sights a mighty school of whales
clear away your running gear
then lower down the boats my boys and after him we'll travel
but if you get to nearest fluke he'll pick you through the devil
clear away your running gear
now we have got him turned up
we over with our blubber-hooks and rob him of his hide
clear away your running gear
and we get through our sailing
a winding glass around we'll pass and damn this blubber whaling!
clear away your running gear