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