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Blow Ye Winds in the Morning

from From Boston Harbor by Crosscurrents Music

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Just before the Civil War, Massachusetts was the whaling capital of the world, and Boston was the eighth largest whaling port. From 1784 to 1901, 74 whaling ships made 170 voyages to the Arctic, Antarctic, and Pacific. A whaling voyage could last up to four years and bring home whale oil for machines and lamps as well as whalebone for hoopskirts, corsets, collar stays, and umbrellas.

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´Tis advertised in Boston, New York and Buffalo
Five hundred brave Americans a whaling for to go

CHORUS:
Singing Blow ye winds in the morning
Blow ye winds hi- oh
Clear away your running gear
And blow , boys, blow.

They send you to New Bedford
That famous whaling Port
And give you to some land sharks
To board and fit you out

They tell you of the clipper ships
A-going in and out
And the say you'll take five hundred sperm
Before you're six months out

And now we're out to sea my boys
The wind comes on to blow
One half the the watch is sick on deck
The other half below

The skipper's on the quarterdeck
A-squinting at the sails
When up aloft the lookout sights
A mighty school of whales

Then lower down the boats my boys
And after him we'll travel
But if you get too near his fluke
He'll kick you to the devil

And now that he is ours my boys
We tow him alongside
Then over with our blubber hooks
And rob him of his hide

When we get home, our ship made fast
And we get through our sailing
A winding glass around we'll pass
And damn this blubber whaling

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from From Boston Harbor, released June 9, 2022
trad. New England

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Crosscurrents Music Boston, Massachusetts

Lynn Noel brings traditional song and heritage arts online to create community. Lynn has a voice of striking clarity and power, equally at home in rhythmic chanteys and flowing ballads.

Lynn is a respected song session leader on both sides of the Atlantic and the producer and host of the Mermaid's Tavern online folk club. She is currently Program Chair of the New England Folk Festival (NEFFA). ... more

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