Wellerman

Anon. arr. The Longest Johns

transcr. Bruce Yang
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1. There once was a ship that put to sea, and the
had not been two weeks from shore when
fore the boat had hit the wa - ter the
line was cut, no whale was freed, the

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name of that ship was the Bil - ly o' Tea, the
down on her a right whale bore. The
wha - le's tail came up and caught her. All
cap - tain's mind was not on greed! But

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wind blew hard, her
cap - tain called all bow dipped down,
hands to the side, har - hands and swore, he'd
he be - longed to the pooned and fought her, when
Whale - man's Creed she
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blow, me bul - ly boys, blow! Huh!
take that whale in tow.
she dived down be - low.
took that ship in tow.
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Soon may the Wel - ler - man come to bring us su - gar and

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tea and rum. One day, when the ton guing is done, we'll

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take our leave and go. 2. She
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