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