Harry Robertson – Ballina Whalers

Harry Robertson – Ballina Whalers Lyrics

Artist: Harry Robertson
Song: Ballina Whalers

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In ’56 I sailed on board
A ship called Byron One

She carried trawler men on deck
And a harpoon whaling gun
With a tractor as a whale winch
The ship an old Fairmile

Twin diesels turned the props around
We whaled the Aussie style
Heigh-ho ye trawler men, come on
Forget the snapper and the prawn

And it’s out of Ballina we’ll sail
A-fishing for the humpback whale
So keep a sharp lookout me lads
For the whale is on the run

And we’ll chase ’em into Byron Bay
And we’ll kill them with our gun
The harpoon and the line fly true
Bedding deep into the whale

And she split the timbers of the ship
With a flurry of her tail
Heigh-ho ye trawler men, come on
Forget the snapper and the prawn

And it’s out of Ballina we’ll sail
A-fishing for the humpback whale
The rigging struts were snapped in two
We reeled beneath the blow

Then the gunner fired a killer shot
And the humpback sank below
Now make her tail fast to the bow
We’ve got no time for bed

For four-and-twenty hours each day
We kept that factory fed
Heigh-ho ye trawler men, come on
Forget the snapper and the prawn

And it’s out of Ballina we’ll sail
A-fishing for the humpback whale
The flensing men upon the land
Some had been jackaroos

But they skinned the blubber off them whales
Like they skinned the kangaroo
One hundred whales and fifty more
To the factory we did send

Till a message said, “Knock off, me lads
The season’s at an end”
Heigh-ho ye trawler men, come on
Forget the snapper and the prawn

And it’s out of Ballina we’ll sail
A-fishing for the humpback whale
Back in to Ballina we sailed
Tied up and stowed the gear

Then all hands headed for the pub
And we filled ourselves with beer
Heigh-ho ye trawler men, come on
Forget the snapper and the prawn

And it’s out of Ballina we’ll sail
A-fishing for the humpback whale
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Release Year: 2013