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"Greenland Whale Fisheries" is a traditional sea song. In most of the versions collected from oral sources, the song opens up giving a date for the events that it describes (usually between 1823 and 1853). However, the song is actually older than this and a form of it was published as a ballad before 1725. It has been given a Roud number of 347. Folk singer Paul Kaplan recorded a song with the same tune under the title "Call Me the Whale". Following a similar chronology, it tells the story from the whale's perspective. Covered by Ryan's Fancy on their 1971 album Dark Island.

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  • Greenland Whale Fisheries (euskaraz Groenlandiako Bale Arrantzaleak) ingelesez abestu ohi den arrantzale edo itsasgizonen abesti herrikoi bat da. Abestia 1846. urtean girotua dago, bertan Groenlandiara bidean itsasoratu berri den bale arrantzaleen espedizioaren nondik norakoak azaltzen dira. Musika talde ugari abesti honen bertsioak moldatu izan ohi dituzte: The Dubliners, The Pogues... (eu)
  • "Greenland Whale Fisheries" is a traditional sea song. In most of the versions collected from oral sources, the song opens up giving a date for the events that it describes (usually between 1823 and 1853). However, the song is actually older than this and a form of it was published as a ballad before 1725. It has been given a Roud number of 347. Folk singer Paul Kaplan recorded a song with the same tune under the title "Call Me the Whale". Following a similar chronology, it tells the story from the whale's perspective. Covered by Ryan's Fancy on their 1971 album Dark Island. (en)
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  • "Greenland Whale Fisheries" is a traditional sea song. In most of the versions collected from oral sources, the song opens up giving a date for the events that it describes (usually between 1823 and 1853). However, the song is actually older than this and a form of it was published as a ballad before 1725. It has been given a Roud number of 347. The song tells of a whaling expedition that leaves for Greenland. The lookout spots a "whalefish", and harpoon boats are launched. However, the whale strikes the boat with its tail, capsizing it, and several men are killed. The captain grieves over losing his men, but especially for having lost his prey. He then orders the ship to sail for home, calling Greenland a "dreadful place". Like most traditional songs, "Greenland Whale Fisheries" exists in different versions. Some change details (such as the date of the expedition), and others add or remove verses. Some modern versions, including the ones recorded by Judy Collins and Theodore Bikel, The Chad Mitchell Trio, and later by The Pogues, flip the captain's expression of grief to make him regret losing his catch even more than losing his crew. In the version popularized by The Weavers and Peter, Paul and Mary, a shanty recorded by Alan Lomax from a Bahamian fisherman is appended, which begins, "When the whale gets strike, and the line run down, and the whale makes a flounder with her tail..." Folk singer Paul Kaplan recorded a song with the same tune under the title "Call Me the Whale". Following a similar chronology, it tells the story from the whale's perspective. Covered by The Dubliners on their 1969 album At Home with The Dubliners, and on the B-Side of their 1965 single, "Roisin Dubh". Covered by Ryan's Fancy on their 1971 album Dark Island. In the Futurama episode "The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz", Bender, in an ironic state of soberness, sings a snippet of the song. The Greenland Whalefishers, a Celtic punk band from Norway, is named after the song. (en)
  • Greenland Whale Fisheries (euskaraz Groenlandiako Bale Arrantzaleak) ingelesez abestu ohi den arrantzale edo itsasgizonen abesti herrikoi bat da. Abestia 1846. urtean girotua dago, bertan Groenlandiara bidean itsasoratu berri den bale arrantzaleen espedizioaren nondik norakoak azaltzen dira. Musika talde ugari abesti honen bertsioak moldatu izan ohi dituzte: The Dubliners, The Pogues... (eu)
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