[Intro]
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Landlubbers have awoken me releasing of me spirit from the bottom of the sea where me bones
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have laid since 1883 i'm the ghost of the scrimshaw carver
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As a cabin boy aboard the "Ocean Spray"
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out of Liverpool we sailed to Baffin Bay
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'cross the Greenland Sea for to hunt the mighty whale
[Chorus]
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"Hold steady there the beauty blows, bring her 'round to starboard and steady as she goes"
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and me old "Sea Daddy" taught' me all he knows. I'm the Ghost of the Scrimshaw Carver
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[Verse]
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"Over there she blows" I heard the look-out say
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"Off the starboard bow not a half a mile away"
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and the sea turned red as we took his life that day
[Chorus]
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With whale blubber a needle and a stone I carved a pretty picture on a piece of whalebone
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for to make some pennies for 'me family back at home I'm the Ghost of the Scrimshaw Carver
[Bridge]
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[Verse]
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The harpoon missed it's mark
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a great whale stood his ground
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making his escape he dived and pulled us down
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all hands on board were lost and never found.
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