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Whale Tooth Ivory

from The Three Minstrels by The Three Minstrels

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A likely lad when I left home
Still drenched in milk no wench had I spoiled
No end of trouble did I found
The sea life I am bound

Set sail me lads weigh up let's go
Astern of troubles leeward fro
Leave your mothers on the pier
Adventure's where we go

The Katie Leigh was my first command
A sturdy whaler she held at hand
The weather turned a nasty snarl
The chase was on at last

Ten years or more we sailed for shore
Our backs were scarred from the sun that bore
Downtrodden men we chased the dream
Of whale tooth ivory

So now we sail towards the bead
Our minds are set our knives are sheathed
Be patient men, takes time to see
The trail of the monster we seek

Sixteen men three crates of rum
One harpoon beats a murderer's drum
We brace ourselves for evils stare
And sink it deep down in his oily hide

Old Kev cried out "I have a hold"
Its tail struck out and near sunk us all
Joe unsheathed his knife and cut the load
Before this watery Bull had us all

Take us home oh south bound breeze
Find the shore for we are weak
Ten years or more we've sailed for shore
The whale's tooth had us all

A. May

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from The Three Minstrels, released November 28, 2015

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