There Once Was A Ship That Fought To Sea, The Name Of The Ship Was The Billy At Sea, The Winds Blew Up Her Bow Deck Down Up Below, My Pulley Boys Blow Soon May The Wellerman Come To Bring Us Sugar And Tea And Rum One Day When The Tongan Is Done We'll Take Our Leave And Go Now She'd Not Been Two Weeks From The Shore When Down On Her A Right Whale Bore The Captain Called All Hands And Swore He'd Take That Whale In Two Soon May The Wellerman Come To Bring Us Sugar And Tea And Rum One Day When The Tongan Is Done We'll Take Our Leave And Go Before The Boat Had Hit The Water The Whale's Tail Came Up And Caught Her Hanged To The Side Harpoon And Fought Her When She Died Down Low Soon May The Wellerman Come To Bring Us Sugar And Tea And Rum One Day When The Tongan Is Done We'll Take Our Leave And Go No Line Was Cut No Whale Was Freed The Captain's Mind Was Not Of Grief But He Belonged To The Whaleman's Creed She Took That Ship And Tore Soon May The Wellerman Come To Bring Us Sugar And Tea And Rum One Day When The Tongan Is Done We'll Take Our Leave And Go Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Daa From Far Far Today's Or Even More The Line Went Slack The Tide Was More All Boats Were Lost There Were Only Four And Still That Whale Did Go Soon May The Wellerman Come To Bring Us Sugar And Tea And Rum One Day When The Tongan Is Done We'll Take Our Leave And Go Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Daa As Far As I've Heard, The Fight's Still On The Line's Not Cut And The Whale's Not Gone The Wellerman Makes His Regular Call To Encourage The Catching Crew And All Soon May The Wellerman Come To Bring Us Sugar And Tea And Rum One Day When The Tugging Is Done We'll Take Our Leave And Go Soon May The Wellerman Come To Bring Us Sugar And Tea And Rum One Day When The Tugging Is Done We'll Take Our Leave And Go Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Daa Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da
