Write a song about Moby Dick.
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Sung in traditional Irish folk song type melody
Verse 1:
A gang of lads were out hunting for sperm whales (oh hee oh ha!)
But what they got instead was getting burned aye (oh hee oh ha!)
Squeeze some oil out of the whales in order to get rich (oh hee oh ha!)
But watch out lads for here is good ol Moby Dick (oh hee oh ha!)
Chorus (repeat 2 times):
'You can kill one whale but you cannot kill them all
For kill too many and that will be your fall
There's a new whale in the sea and he's frightful
Cause he's out for revenge and not just being spiteful'
Verse 2:
The lads got more than they were barging for (oh hee oh ha!)
when they sailed away so far from shore (oh hee oh ha!)
Killing some whales in a scheme to get rich (oh hee oh ha!)
but boy they didn't count on the wrath of Moby Dick (oh hee oh ha!)
Chorus (repeat 2 times):
'You can kill one whale but you cannot kill them all
For kill too many and that will be your fall
There's a new whale in the sea and he's frightful
Cause he's out for revenge and not just being spiteful'
Bridge:
Moby Dick (Moby Dick?) oh yeah that's it
The whale who won't stop and never quits
Moby Dick (Moby Dick?) oh yeah that's it
You killed his family and now he's pissed
(violin solo)
Chorus (repeat 4 times):
'You can kill one whale but you cannot kill them all
For kill too many and that will be your fall
There's a new whale in the sea and he's frightful
Cause he's out for revenge and not just being spiteful'
We crash into each other, just so we can feel something.
Clap along, tap your feet.
share"The Whale"
Fielding and Dyer
1972
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYxE5FevaYg
The band Mountain (Lesley West and co.) wrote "Nantucket Sleigh Ride" about exactly this historical Essex episode, in 1971. You can find it on youtube.
"...I reaally like bananas... I know it ain't profound or nuthin..." - FarSide Gorilla
"Don't Kill the Whale" 1978
by the soon to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - Yes!!!