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