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New Zealand Sea Shanty, Soon May the Wellerman Come, Whaling song, Dunedin, Weller brothers

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There was a ship that put to sea,
The name of the ship was the Rosy Lee
The winds blew up, the rum went down,
And the southern seas did blow.

Soon may the Wellerman come
And bring us sugar and tea and rum.
One day, when the whalin' is done,
We'll take our leave and go.

We'd not been two weeks from shore
When we spied a whale and furthermore
The captain called all hands and swore
He'd take that whale in tow.

Soon as the boat had hit the water
A whale's tail came up and caught her.
All hands on deck harpooned and caught her
And we tok that whale in tow

A line we dropped down in pursuit
She raised her tail, a last salute
The harpoon lodged there's no dispute
Then she dived down below.

For six long days, and six long nights,
She took us south with all her might
Until we were too tired to fight
And then we let her go.

The line was cut, the whale was freed
The captain's mind was not on greed
But he belonged to the sailers' creed
So we let that wha-ale go

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from Three Spirits Corner, track released January 1, 1998

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Whole Peeled Dunedin, New Zealand

Whole Peeled plays an eclectic range of music drawing on influences from rock, folk and jazz.

They also played more acoustic oriented music under the name of The Maud Gonne Band.

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