IntroVerse 1There Once Was A Ship That Put To SeaAnd The Name Of The Ship Was The Billy O' TeaThe Winds Blew Up, Her Bow Dipped DownBlow, Me Bully Boys, Blow (Huh!)ChorusSoon May The Wellerman ComeTo Bring Us Sugar And Tea And RumOne Day, When The Tonguing Is DoneWe'll Take Our Leave And GoVerse 2She Had Not Been Two Weeks From ShoreWhen Down On Her A Right Whale BoreThe Captain Called All Hands And SworeHe'd Take That Whale In Tow (Huh!)ChorusSoon May The Wellerman ComeTo Bring Us Sugar And Tea And RumOne Day, When The Tonguing Is DoneWe'll Take Our Leave And GoVerse 3Before The Boat Had Hit The WaterThe Whale's Tail Came Up And Caught HerAll Hands To The Side Harpooned And Fought HerWhen She Dived Down Low (Huh!)ChorusSoon May The Wellerman ComeTo Bring Us Sugar And Tea And RumOne Day, When The Tonguing Is DoneWe'll Take Our Leave And GoVerse 4No Line Was Cut, No Whale Was Freed;The Captain's Mind Was Not On GreedBut He Belonged To The Whaleman's Creed;She Took That Ship In Tow (Huh!)ChorusSoon May The Wellerman ComeTo Bring Us Sugar And Tea And RumOne Day, When The Tonguing Is DoneWe'll Take Our Leave And GoVerse 5For Forty Days, Or Even MoreThe Line Went Slack, Then Tight Once MoreAll Boats Were Lost (There Were Only Four)But Still That Whale Did Go (Huh!)ChorusSoon May The Wellerman ComeTo Bring Us Sugar And Tea And RumOne Day, When The Tonguing Is DoneWe'll Take Our Leave And GoVerse 6As Far As I've Heard, The Fight's Still On;The Line's Not Cut And The Whale's Not GoneThe Wellerman Makes His Regular CallTo Encourage The Captain, Crew, And AllChorusSoon May The Wellerman ComeTo Bring Us Sugar And Tea And RumOne Day, When The Tonguing Is DoneWe'll Take Our Leave And GoSoon May The Wellerman ComeTo Bring Us Sugar And Tea And RumOne Day, When The Tonguing Is DoneWe'll Take Our Leave And Go
