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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 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 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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Before 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, harpooned and fought her \\
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When she dived down below (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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\begin{refren}
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\end{refren}
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\end{song}
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