Blow Ye Winds (From the Album The Kingston Trio at Large) - The Kingston Trio

'Tis advertised in Boston, New York, and Buffalo a hundred hearty sailors,

a whalin' for to go."

Blow, ye winds, O' mornin', blow, ye winds, hi ho.

Haul away your runnin' gear

and blow, boys, blow

They tell you of the clipper ships a-runnin' in and out.

They say you’ll take

five hundred whales before you’re six months out

Blow, ye winds, O' mornin', blow, ye winds, hi ho.

Haul away your runnin' gear

and blow, boys, blow

The skipper’s on the after deck a-squintin' at the sails.

When up above the

lookout spots a mighty school of whales

Blow, ye winds, O' mornin', blow, ye winds, hi ho.

Haul away your runnin' gear

and blow, boys, blow

Then lower down the boats, my boys, and after him we’ll travel but if you get

too near his tail, he’ll kick you to the devil

Blow, ye winds, O' mornin', blow, ye winds, hi ho.

Haul away your runnin' gear

and blow, boys, blow

And now that he is ours, my boys, we’ll bring him alongside.

Then over with our

blubber hooks and rob him of his hide

Blow, ye winds, O' mornin', blow, ye winds, hi ho.

Haul away your runnin' gear

and blow, boys, blow

When we get home, our ship made fast, and we get through our sailin'.

A brimmin' glass around we’ll pass and hang this blubber whalin'

Blow, ye winds, O' mornin', blow, ye winds, hi ho.

Haul away your runnin' gear

and blow, boys, blow