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Greenland Whale Fisheries (Demo)

by The Nick House Party

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St. Patrick's Day is just around the corner, and what better way to celebrate than this reinterpretation of the traditional whaling song, as made famous by the Pogues?

This track's free, but drop a coin in the bucket for an old sailor if yer feelin' generous. Drop five guineas and I'll even sing "The Grey Funnel Line" for ya.

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In eighteen hundred and forty-six
And of March the eighteenth day,
We hoisted our colors to the top of the mast
And for Greenland sailed away, brave boys,
And for Greenland sailed away.
The lookout in the crosstrees stood
With spyglass in his hand;
There's a whale, there's a whale,
And a whalefish he cried
And she blows at every span, brave boys
She blows at every span.
The captain stood on the quarter deck,
The ice was in his eye;
Overhaul, overhaul! Let your gibsheets fall,
And you'll put your boats to sea, brave boys
And you'll put your boats to sea.
Our harpoon struck and the line played out,
With a single flourish of his tail,
He capsized the boat and we lost five men,
And we did not catch the whale, brave boys,
And we did not catch the whale.
The losing of those five jolly men,
It grieved the captain sore,
But the losing of that fine whalefish
Now it grieved him ten times more, brave boys
Now it grieved him ten times more.
Oh Greenland is a barren land
A land that bares no green
Where there's ice and snow, and the whalefishes blow
And the daylight's seldom seen, brave boys
And the daylight's seldom seen.

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released March 17, 2020
Captain Nick House: Vocals, Guitar

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The Nick House Party Fayetteville, Arkansas

The Nick House Party is the one-man, genre-free musical project of Nick House, a reclusive computer expert with a master's degree in philosophy. His explosive live show has been described as "life-changing," and has earned him comparisons to Robert Smith and Peter Murphy.

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