"Queensland Whalers" -Eric
I've sailed the Atlantic with ice flows in the breeze I've sailed the Dutch East Indies o'er the calm sunny seas When I of missing seamen me heart returns again To a season spent in Moretan Bay Queensland Whaling Men.
Yo-ho you Queensland Whalers, you've cut the sugar You've driven herds of o'er the dry and dusty plain You've dug the ore at Isa, laid countless miles of And now you've come to Bay to catch a Humpback Whale
To men chased the brumbies, caught bullocks by the tail It really is no to catch a humpback whale You steer your sea-horse, poke your gun through the rigging struts And when she runs through the scrub, you belt her in the guts
Yo-ho you Queensland Whalers, you've cut the sugar You've driven herds of cattle o'er the dry and plain You've dug the ore at Isa, laid countless miles of And now you've to Moreton Bay to catch a Humpback Whale
Now men up in the nest, so whaling legends go When they spy a whale they yell out "Thar She Blows!" But here in sunny Queensland you'll often them shout "There goes a bloody mate, so get yer finger out!"
Yo-ho you Queensland Whalers, you've cut the cane You've driven herds of cattle o'er the dry and plain You've dug the ore at Isa, laid miles of rail And now you've come to Bay to catch a Humpback Whale
Moreton to Caloundra, bronze whaler sharks abound They wait like dingoes in the scrub for a wounded that's down But but for all their bloody savagery, well they can't compare With the big bite that the tax man takes he gets hold of your share!
Yo-ho you Whalers, you've cut the sugar cane You've driven herds of cattle the dry and dusty plain You've dug the ore at Isa, laid countless miles of And now you've come to Moreton Bay to catch a Whale
And when the season's over, we'll head for Brisbane And in the nearest our sorrows we will drown With beer and firey whiskey and when had enough We'll steer a steady zig zag course and never a stuff!
Yo-ho you Queensland Whalers, you've cut the cane You've herds of cattle o'er the dry and dusty plain You've dug the ore at Isa, laid countless miles of And now you've come to Moreton Bay to catch a Whale