Soon May the Wellerman Come歌詞

在18世紀和19世紀，鯨油被用於潤滑精密機械的清潔，油燈燃料，需求量巨大。在18世紀晚期，來自歐洲、美洲和澳大利亞的捕鯨船在紐西蘭附近海域捕鯨。捕鯨站的工作人員工作環境艱苦，沒有工資，Weller(威爾曼）公司成為了為這些捕鯨站提供生活所需品的主要供應商，例如成衣，烈酒，菸草，船隻等。然而，1840年，Weller公司並未能夠及時提供物資。
There was a ship that put to sea
The name of the ship was the Billy of Tea
The winds blew up, her bow dipped down
O blow, my bully boys, blow
Soon may the Wellerman come
And bring us sugar and tea and rum
One day, when the tonguin' is done
We'll take our leave and go
She had not been two weeks from shore
When down on her a right whale bore
The captain called all hands and swore
He'd take that whale in tow
Soon may the Wellerman come
And bring us sugar and tea and rum
One day, when the tonguin' is done
We'll take our leave and go
Before the boat had hit the water
The whale's tail came up and caught her
All hands to the side, harpooned and fought her
When she dived down below
Soon may the Wellerman come
And bring us sugar and tea and rum
One day, when the tonguin' is done
We'll take our leave and go
No line was cut, no whale was freed
The Captain's mind was not of greed
But he belonged to the whaleman's creed
She took the ship in tow
Soon may the Wellerman come
And bring us sugar and tea and rum
One day, when the tonguin' is done
We'll take our leave and go
For forty days, or even more
The line went slack, then tight once more
All boats were lost (there were only four)
But still the whale did go
Soon may the Wellerman come
And bring us sugar and tea and rum
One day, when the tonguin' is done
We'll take our leave and go
As far as I've heard, the fight's still on
The line's not cut and the whale's not gone
The Wellerman makes his regular call
To encourage the Captain, crew, and all
Soon may the Wellerman come
And bring us sugar and tea and rum
One day, when the tonguin' is done
We'll take our leave and go
Soon may the Wellerman come
And bring us sugar and tea and rum
One day, when the tonguin' is done
We'll take our leave and go