Oh the noble fleet of whalers out sailing from Dundee,
well manned by British sailors to work them on the sea;\u00a0
on the Western Ocean passage none with them can compare\u00a0
for there’s not a ship could make the trip as the Balena I declare.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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And the wind is on her quarter and her engine working free,\u00a0
and there’s no other sailer a-sailing from Dundee\u00a0
can beat the aul’ Balena and you needna try her on,\u00a0
for we challenge all both large and small from Dundee to St. Johns.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There’s the new built Terra Nova, she’s a model with no doubt,\u00a0
there’s the Arctic and the Aurora, you’ve heard so much about,\u00a0
there’s Jacklin’s model mail-boat, the terror of the sea\u00a0
couldn’t beat the aul’ Balena, boys, on a passage from Dundee.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bold Jacklin carries canvas and fairly raises steam\u00a0
and Captain Guy’s a daring boy, goes ploughing through the stream,\u00a0
but Mallan says the Eskimo could beat the blooming lot,\u00a0
but to beat the aul’ Balena, boys, they find it rather hot.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And now that we have landed, boys, where the rum is mighty cheap,\u00a0
we’ll drink success to Captain Burnett, lads, for getting us ower [sic] the deep,\u00a0
and a health to all our sweethearts, an’ to our wives so fair,\u00a0
not another ship could make that trip but the Balena I declare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Oh the noble fleet of whalers out sailing from Dundee,well manned by British sailors to work them on the sea;\u00a0on the Western Ocean passage none with them can compare\u00a0for there’s not a ship could make the trip as the Balena I declare.\u00a0 Chorus: And the wind is on her quarter and her engine working free,\u00a0and … <\/p>\n