| Lyrics: | PADDY AND THE WHALE
Paddy O'Brian left Ireland in glee;
He had a strong notion old
England to see;
He shipped in the Nellie, for England was bound,
And the whiskey he drank
made his head go around,
cho: Laddy whack, fol de dol, fol de rol I dee dee
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O, Paddy been never sailing before;
It made his heart ache when he heard the loud
roar;
For the glance of his eye, a whale he did spy:
"I'm going to be ate," says
Paddy,"by-and-by"
O, Paddy run forward and caught hold of the mast
He grasped his
arms round and there he held fast
The boat gave a tip, and, losing his grip,
Down in the
whale's belly poor Paddy did slip,
He was down in the whale six months and five
days
Till luck one day to his throat he did pop.
The whale give a snort and then give a
blow,
And out on the land poor Paddy did go.
O, Paddy is landed and safe on the
shore;
He swears that he 'll never go to sea any more.
The next time he wishes old England
to see,
It will be when the railroad runs over the sea.
Note: Alternate chorus I've
heard is:
Caterwaulin', Tarpaulin', Harpoonin' and all
Tune is another Derry
Down variant RG
From Ballads and Sea Songs of Newfoundland, Greenleaf
Collected from John
Edison, Fleur de Lys, 1929
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