Jack Was Every Inch A Sailor'Twas twenty-five or thirty years since Jack first saw the light He came into this world of woe one dark and stormy night He was born on board his father's ship as she was lying to 'Bout twenty-five or thirty miles southeast of Bacalhao. Chorus: Jack was every inch a sailor Five and twenty years a whaler Jack was every inch a sailor He was born upon the bright blue sea. When Jack grew up to be a man he went to Labrador He fished in Indian Harbour where his father fished before On his returning in the fog he met a heavy gale And Jack was swept into the sea and swallowed by a whale. Chorus: Jack was every inch a sailor Five and twenty years a whaler Jack was every inch a sailor He was born upon the bright blue sea. The whale went straight for Baffin Bay 'bout ninety knots an hour And every time he'd blow a spray, he'd send it in a shower "Oh, now," says Jack unto himself, "I must see what he's about." He caught the whale all by the tail and turned him inside out. Chorus: Jack was every inch a sailor Five and twenty years a whaler Jack was every inch a sailor He was born upon the bright blue sea. Jack was every inch a sailor Five and twenty years a whaler Jack was every inch a sailor He was born upon the bright blue sea. |