Blow Ye Winds (Traditional) Hamish, Nick, Ian line-up

 

'Tis advertised in Boston New York and Buffalo

A hundred brave Americans a whalin' for to go

 

Singing 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-going in and out

They say you'll take five hundred sperm before you're six months out

 

Blow, ye winds, o' mornin', blow, ye winds, hi ho

Haul away your runnin' gear and blow, boys, blow

 

The skipper's on the quarter deck a-squintin' at the sails

When up aloft the lookout spies a mighty school of whales

 

Now clear away the boats, my boys and after him we'll travel

But if you get too near his fluke he'll kick you to the devil

 

When we get home, our ship made fast, we get through our sailin'

A winding glass, around we'll pass an damn this blubber whalin'

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