Tom: Dm
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When my grandpa was a boy, he went down to the general store
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Saw a picture book of a whale shooting its spout and flashin' its tail
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Then he got a sailor's dream 'bout cruisin' around on the salty sea
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Joinin' up with a fishin' crew to go out and get him a whale or two
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Tell me what kind of men are these who sail upon the salty seas
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Up in the rigging in the afternoon, swabbin' the decks and sharpenin' harpoons
[Chorus]
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Hooray and up she rises, hooray and up she rises
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Hooray and up she rises, early in the morning
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Hooray and up she rises, hooray and up she rises
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Hooray and up she rises, early in the morning
[Verse 2]
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There're lots of whales in the deep blue sea, we kill them for the industry
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We drag 'em 'longside and chop 'em in two and melt 'em down and sell 'em to you
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There hardly is a sailor alive who can keep the tears from his eyes
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As he remembers the good old days when there were no whales to save
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Thank the Russians and Japanese for scouring the deep blue seas
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Looking for ivory and perfume and plastic toys and pet food
[Chorus]
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Hooray and up she rises, hooray and up she rises
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Hooray and up she rises, early in the morning
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Hooray and up she rises, hooray and up she rises
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Hooray and up she rises, early in the morning
[Verse 3]
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Shanghaied by the light of the moon, put out from Boston in the middle of June
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After six months out at sea, it's nothin' but death and misery
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Set out on a three-year cruise, a union ship and a union crew
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And after six months you begin to see, that whalin's not what it used to be
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A modern ship and a modern crew with sonar scopes and explodin' harpoons
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A mechanical boat made outta steel, a floating machine built to kill the whales
[Chorus]
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Hooray and up she rises, hooray and up she rises
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Hooray and up she rises, early in the morning
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Hooray and up she rises, hooray and up she rises
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Hooray and up she rises, early in the morning
[Reprise]
Dm C
When my grandpa was a boy, he went down to the general store
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Saw a picture book of a whale shooting its spout and flashin' its tail
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Then he got a sailor's dream 'bout cruisin' around on the salty sea
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Joinin' up with a fishin' crew to go out and get him a whale or two
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Tell me what kind of men are these who sail upon the salty seas
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Up in the rigging in the afternoon, swabbin' the decks and sharpenin' harpoons
[Chorus]
Dm C
Hooray and up she rises, hooray and up she rises
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Hooray and up she rises, early in the morning
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Hooray and up she rises, hooray and up she rises
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Hooray and up she rises, early in the morning
