Testo Jack Was Every In A Sailor Traditional Newfoundland
'Twas twenty-five or thirty years since Jack first saw the lightHe came into this world of woe one dark and story night
He was born on board his father's ship as she was lying to
'Bout twenty-five or thirty miles southeast of Bacalhao.
Jack was every inch a sailor
Five and twenty years a whaler
Jack was every inch a sailor
He was born upon the bright blue sea.
When Jack grew up to be a man he went to Labrador
He fished in Indian Harbour where his father fished before
On his returning in the fog he met a heavy gale
And Jack was swept into the sea and swallowed by a whale.
Jack was every inch a sailor
Five and twenty years a whaler
Jack was every inch a sailor
He was born upon the bright blue sea.
The whale went straight to Baffin Bay 'bout ninety knots an hour
And every time he'd blow that spray, he'd send it in a shower
'Oh, now,' says Jack unto himself, 'I must see what he's all about.'
He caught the whale all by the tail and turned him inside out.
Jack was every inch a sailor
Five and twenty years a whaler
Jack was every inch a sailor
He was born upon the bright blue sea.
Jack was every inch a sailor
Five and twenty years a whaler
Jack was every inch a sailor
He was born upon the bright blue sea.