Ahab's Foe
On Christmas Day many years ago
The Pequod sailed away from land
We bid Nantucket our fare-thee-wells (Ho!)
We weighed anchor on a swell
Heave, ho, away we go
We're off to lay the white whale low (Hey!)
Heave, ho, away we go
We're off to find old Ahab's foe
For three long years we sailed the seas
From Atlantic waves to Pacific shoals
With giant's head, Tashtego plunged
'Till brave old Queequeg dived down low (Hey!)
Heave, ho, away we go
We're off to lay the white whale low (Hey!)
Heave, ho, away we go
We're off to find old Ahab's foe
When Queequeg started turnin' green
We built his coffin, death forseen
But when he failed to die at last
A lifeboat made from death's failed grasp
Heave, ho, away we go
We're off to lay the white whale low (Hey!)
Heave, ho, away we go
We're off to find old Ahab's foe
At last old Moby Dick was seen
His harpoon back, his mind still keen
For three long days we battled well (Huah!)
While down below old Ahab fell
Heave, ho, away we go
We're off to lay the white whale low (Hey!)
Heave, ho, away we go
We're off to find old Ahab's foe
The old man's rage did blind us all
Except poor Starbuck, bless his soul
I alone survived the white whale's wrath
Saved by a coffin turned to a raft
Heave, ho, away we go
We're off to lay the white whale low (Hey!)
Heave, ho, away we go
We're off to find old Ahab's foe
Heave, ho, away we go
We're off to lay the white whale low (Hey!)
Heave, ho, away we go
We're off to find old Ahab's foe
The Pequod sailed away from land
We bid Nantucket our fare-thee-wells (Ho!)
We weighed anchor on a swell
Heave, ho, away we go
We're off to lay the white whale low (Hey!)
Heave, ho, away we go
We're off to find old Ahab's foe
For three long years we sailed the seas
From Atlantic waves to Pacific shoals
With giant's head, Tashtego plunged
'Till brave old Queequeg dived down low (Hey!)
Heave, ho, away we go
We're off to lay the white whale low (Hey!)
Heave, ho, away we go
We're off to find old Ahab's foe
When Queequeg started turnin' green
We built his coffin, death forseen
But when he failed to die at last
A lifeboat made from death's failed grasp
Heave, ho, away we go
We're off to lay the white whale low (Hey!)
Heave, ho, away we go
We're off to find old Ahab's foe
At last old Moby Dick was seen
His harpoon back, his mind still keen
For three long days we battled well (Huah!)
While down below old Ahab fell
Heave, ho, away we go
We're off to lay the white whale low (Hey!)
Heave, ho, away we go
We're off to find old Ahab's foe
The old man's rage did blind us all
Except poor Starbuck, bless his soul
I alone survived the white whale's wrath
Saved by a coffin turned to a raft
Heave, ho, away we go
We're off to lay the white whale low (Hey!)
Heave, ho, away we go
We're off to find old Ahab's foe
Heave, ho, away we go
We're off to lay the white whale low (Hey!)
Heave, ho, away we go
We're off to find old Ahab's foe
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Writer(s): Seth Staton Watkins
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