Verse 1’Twas On The Briny Ocean, On A Whale Ship I Did Go.Oft' Times Thought Of Distant Friends, Oft' Times I Thought Of Home.Rememb'ring Of My Youthful Days, It Grieves My Heart Full SoreAnd Feign I Would Return Again To My Home Native Shore.Verse 2Though Dreary, Discontented, I Then Resolved To GoMy Fortunes On The Seas To Find, To Ease Me Of My Woe.I Shipped Aboard A Whaleship To Sail Without DelayTo The Pacific Ocean, There For A While To Stay.Verse 3Through Dreary Storms And Tempest And Through Some Steady GalesAround Cape Horn We Made Our Way On Lookout For Sperm Whales.They Will Use You,They Will Rob You; Worse Than Any Slaves.Before You Go A-Whaling, Boys, You Best Be In Your Graves.Verse 4If Ever I Return Again, A Solemn Vow I'll MakeI'll Never Go A-Whaling, My Liberty To Stay.I'll Stay At Home Contented, Never Venture Far.But The Pleasures Are But Few, My Boys, Far From Your Native Shore.
