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