'Jack Was Every Inch A Sailor'

Fergus O'Byrne, Dermot O'Reilly along with Phyllis Morrissey onboard the M.V. Bonavista on her final voyage down the coast of Labrador in 1986.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Newfoundland/Irish
• Traditional

[kelticknots]

Not sure if they had a name but Phyllis played with Dermot and Fergus for a bit in the late 80's

[libraeG]

im not sure how the hell i ended up here . . . but thats okay . . . i think

[rsmithlal]

Fergus is the best =)

[crazynance]

Chorus:

The whale went straight for Baffin's Bay

Bout ninety knots an hour

And every time he'd blow a spray

He'd send it in a shower

"O now", says Jack unto himself

"I'll see what he's about"

He caught the whale all by the tail

And turned he inside out

Chorus:

[crazynance]

Chorus:

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

[crazynance]

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 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 South-east of Bacalieu

[TheAssassin999999999]

I used to sing this in my old choir as a kid.

[TheRimDoctor]

Jack was every centimetre a sailor.

[maletnessscott]

proper ting.

[tamething1]

Excellent rendition!!! Love it.

[renata31000]

So cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!