“The Whale-Catchers”
Description
Singer and his shipmates sail to Greenland after whales. He describes hardships of their lives, and looks forward to arrival back home, when they will make the alehouses of London roar. When they've spent all their money, they'll go back to Greenland.
Notes
This song is distinct from "The Greenland Whale Fishery." It shares much of its final verse with a song called "Adieu, My Lovely Nancy" [indexed as "Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy"] collected from an Irish immigrant in Missouri and sung by the Copper family in Sussex. - PJS
Cross references
- cf. "Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy"
References
- Vaughan Williams/Lloyd, p. 100, "The Whale Catchers" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Roud #3291
- BI, VWL100