Greenland Whale Fisheries
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- Опубліковано 13 лют 2011
- "Greenland Whale Fisheries" is a traditional sea shanty, first published around 1725. The song tells of a whaling expedition that leaves for Greenland.
Peter, Paul and Mary is an American folk-singing trio who ultimately became one of the biggest acts of the 1960s. The trio was composed of Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey, and Mary Travers.
When the whale get strike and the line runs out
And the whale makes a flunder with its tail
And the boat capsized and I lost my darlin' man
No more, no more Greenland for you, brave boys
No more, no more Greenland for you
Twas in eighteen hundred and fifty three,
on June the thirteenth day
That our gallant ship her anchor weighed
And for Greenland sailed away, brave boys,
And for Greenland sailed away.
The lookout on the crosstree stood
With a spyglass in his hand
There's a whale, there's a whale, there's a whalefish, he cried
And she blows at every span, brave boys
She blows at every span!
Well we struck that whale and the line played out
But she gave a flunder with her tail
And the boat capsized and four men were drowned
And we never caught that whale,
We never caught that whale.
Oh, to lose that whale, my captain cried,
It grieves my heart full sore
But to lose four of my gallant men
It grieves me ten times more, brave boys,
It grieves me ten times more!
Oh, Greenland is a dreadful place
It's a land that's never green
Where there's ice and snow and the whalefishes blow
And daylight's seldom seen, brave boys
And daylight's seldom seen
When the whale gets strike, and the line runs out
And the whale makes a flunder with its tail
And the boat capsized and I lost my darlin' man
No more, no more Greenland for you, brave boys.
No more, no more Greenland for you. - Розваги
One of my favorite PP&M tunes. Terrific photos and thanks for posting.
One of the great joys of my life was seeing them do this in concert in the 90s. One of my favourites, and I didn't expect it so when they started it, I was beyond excited. Great memory.
I’ve always loved this song. Their harmonies are luscious, and the story begins on my birthday!
13 June 1853? Are you 169 years old on Monday?
@@WalterSobchakEsq hahaha sometimes I feel that old!
I, met PP&M in Spain in 1964, They were on there way to Majorca then Ibether, It was a pleasant suppris. They sang my music, God loved them. Over.
The best folksong group ever..Rip Mary Travers
love the sea this song is awesome
Awesome. Gives me the chills.
I read in notes about the first version of this song that I heard that even back when this song was written, most people knew that whales are air breathing mammals (not fish), they just liked to sing it that way.
And of course there was an even chance that any whale "fish" they saw would be a "he," not a "she" "blowing at every stand"...
@@chrisj2539 You mean people knew that there was an even chance that they would see a male whale (hey, that rhymes!), they just liked to use the feminine pronoun on all of them when shouting the famous line when they saw a whale ("Thar she blows!")
It take special people Like PP&M to get people loving each other.
I think the reason they would pull it is that it isn't plainly anti-whaling. It's a shame, because it's a lovely, sad song of lost love in a time when this was a common occurrence. The harmonies on this are lovely. (The tune is in ballad meter, which also means that, like 'House of the Rising Sun', Amazing Grace can be sung very sweetly to this tune.)
wonderful
I think the key here is "first published in 1725" .... songs change when traveling through the years :)
I believe a Christmas song uses this tune
What is the name of the Christmas song?
Thank you. This keeps getting deleted from UA-cam.
Listen to Paul Kaplan's song Call Me the Whale. Same tune but a much different perspective. After you hear it this song will seem a lot more sad.
Call me the whale, for that's what I am
And all I aim to be.
You may call yourselves the kings of the land
But I am the king of the sea, brave boys
Yes, I am the king of the sea.
You came after me in your matchstick boats
With your harpoons poised for the kill
When I looked you in the eye, I never saw you cry
But I know that I gave you a chill, brave boys
I know that I gave you a chill.
I never ever meant you any harm brave boys,
When I sent you to the bottom with my tail.
I only meant to show you, (that) you should been at home
Instead of on the ocean chasing whales, brave boys
Instead of on the ocean chasing whales.
But you never got the message, so more and more you came
'til I ran out of places for to hide
When your boats got so big, that I couldn't bring you down
Then I knew you had turned the tide, brave boys
I knew you had turned the tide.
Now you hunt me down in your factory ships
And you never even touch me with your hands
In the morning I am playing with my babies in the waves,
In the afternoon I'm packed into your cans, brave boys
In the afternoon I'm packed into your cans.
You've gotten so efficient with your implements of death
That by now I am barely alive
But if you treat each other the way you've treated me
I think I am going to survive, brave boys
I know I am going to survive
+Nick Hof
Best verse of Kaplan's great song:
"But I never meant you any harm, brave boys
When I sent you to the bottom with my tail
I only meant to show you should've been at home
Instead of on the oceans chasing whales, brave boys
Instead of on the ocean chasing whales"
Now, there's a verse with very broad applicability.
Great tip ! Just listened, apart from the lyrics (and the different perspective indeed), I like his performance !
Oh gosh ...that's so sad ... 😢❤
They kind of ruin the joke of the song when they say that losing the men is what makes the captain sad. Good musicianship though.