One of my all time favorite Country Joe McDonald songs from his 1976 lp 'Paradise With an Ocean View.' Something cool coming along the horizon of the water's edge, the sea will tell, the ocean dreams of the whales swimming free and easy. Joe nails it home in this tune. Check out his music. A she might say now, "Give me an F........for Fish!!" Save the Whales Words and music by Joe McDonald When my grandpa was a boy, he went down to the general store Saw a picture book of a whale shooting its spout and flashin' its tail Then he got a sailor's dream 'bout cruisin' around on the salty sea Joinin' up with a fishin' crew to go out and get him a whale or two Tell me what kind of men are these who sail upon the salty seas Up in the rigging in the afternoon, swabbin' the decks and sharpenin' harpoons Hooray and up she rises Hooray and up she rises Hooray and up she rises Early in the morning Hooray and up she rises Hooray and up she rises Hooray and up she rises Early in the morning Shanghaied by the light of the moon, put out from Boston in the middle of June After six months out at sea, it's nothin' but death and misery Set out on a three-year cruise, a union ship and a union crew And after six months you begin to see, that whalin's not what it used to be A modern ship and a modern crew with sonar scopes and explodin' harpoons A mechanical boat made outta steel, a floating machine built to kill the whales Hooray and up she rises Hooray and up she rises Hooray and up she rises ...
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Save the Whales - Country Joe McDonald
Save the Whales - Country Joe McDonald Tube. Duration : 4.65 Mins.
One of my all time favorite Country Joe McDonald songs from his 1976 lp 'Paradise With an Ocean View.' Something cool coming along the horizon of the water's edge, the sea will tell, the ocean dreams of the whales swimming free and easy. Joe nails it home in this tune. Check out his music. A she might say now, "Give me an F........for Fish!!" Save the Whales Words and music by Joe McDonald When my grandpa was a boy, he went down to the general store Saw a picture book of a whale shooting its spout and flashin' its tail Then he got a sailor's dream 'bout cruisin' around on the salty sea Joinin' up with a fishin' crew to go out and get him a whale or two Tell me what kind of men are these who sail upon the salty seas Up in the rigging in the afternoon, swabbin' the decks and sharpenin' harpoons Hooray and up she rises Hooray and up she rises Hooray and up she rises Early in the morning Hooray and up she rises Hooray and up she rises Hooray and up she rises Early in the morning Shanghaied by the light of the moon, put out from Boston in the middle of June After six months out at sea, it's nothin' but death and misery Set out on a three-year cruise, a union ship and a union crew And after six months you begin to see, that whalin's not what it used to be A modern ship and a modern crew with sonar scopes and explodin' harpoons A mechanical boat made outta steel, a floating machine built to kill the whales Hooray and up she rises Hooray and up she rises Hooray and up she rises ...
One of my all time favorite Country Joe McDonald songs from his 1976 lp 'Paradise With an Ocean View.' Something cool coming along the horizon of the water's edge, the sea will tell, the ocean dreams of the whales swimming free and easy. Joe nails it home in this tune. Check out his music. A she might say now, "Give me an F........for Fish!!" Save the Whales Words and music by Joe McDonald When my grandpa was a boy, he went down to the general store Saw a picture book of a whale shooting its spout and flashin' its tail Then he got a sailor's dream 'bout cruisin' around on the salty sea Joinin' up with a fishin' crew to go out and get him a whale or two Tell me what kind of men are these who sail upon the salty seas Up in the rigging in the afternoon, swabbin' the decks and sharpenin' harpoons Hooray and up she rises Hooray and up she rises Hooray and up she rises Early in the morning Hooray and up she rises Hooray and up she rises Hooray and up she rises Early in the morning Shanghaied by the light of the moon, put out from Boston in the middle of June After six months out at sea, it's nothin' but death and misery Set out on a three-year cruise, a union ship and a union crew And after six months you begin to see, that whalin's not what it used to be A modern ship and a modern crew with sonar scopes and explodin' harpoons A mechanical boat made outta steel, a floating machine built to kill the whales Hooray and up she rises Hooray and up she rises Hooray and up she rises ...
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