\begin{song}[remember-chords]{title={Wellerman}, music={The Longest Johns}, lyrics={Nathan Evans}} \begin{verse} Th^{Am}ere once was a ship that ^{Am}put to sea \\ The ^{Dm}name of the ship was the ^{Am}Billy O' Tea \\ The ^{Am}winds blew up, her ^{Am}bow dipped down \\ Oh ^{E}blow, my bully boys, ^{Am}blow (huh) \end{verse} \begin{refren} ^{F}Soon may the ^{C}Wellerman come \\ To ^{Dm}bring us sugar and ^{Am}tea and rum \\ ^{F}One day, when the ^{C}tonguing is done \\ We'll ^{E}take our leave and ^{Am}go \end{refren} \begin{verse} ^She'd not been two ^weeks from shore \\ When ^down on her a ^right whale bore \\ The ^captain called all ^hands and swore \\ He'd ^take that whale in ^tow (huh) \end{verse} \begin{refren} \end{refren} \begin{verse} Be^fore the boat had ^hit the water \\ The ^whale's tail came ^up and caught her \\ All ^hands to the side, harpo^oned and fought her \\ ^When she dived down be^low (huh) \end{verse} \begin{refren} \end{refren} \begin{verse} No ^line was cut, no ^whale was freed \\ The ^captain's mind was ^not of greed \\ And ^he belonged to the ^Whaleman's creed \\ She ^took that ship in ^tow (huh) \end{verse} \begin{refren} \end{refren} \begin{verse} For ^forty days or ^even more \\ The ^line went slack then ^tight once more \\ All ^boats were lost, there were ^only four \\ But ^still that whale did ^go (huh) \end{verse} \begin{refren} \end{refren} \begin{verse} 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 captain, ^crew and all (huh) \end{verse} \begin{refren} \end{refren} \begin{refren} \end{refren} \end{song}