Music: Trad.
在18世纪和19世纪，鲸油被用于润滑精密机械的清洁，油灯燃料，需求量巨大。在18世纪晚期，来自欧洲、美洲和澳大利亚的捕鲸船在新西兰附近海域捕鲸。捕鲸站的工作人员工作环境艰苦，没有工资，Weller(威尔曼）公司成为了为这些捕鲸站Provided by生活所需品的主要供应商，例如成衣，烈酒，烟草，船只等。然而，1840年，Weller公司并未能够及时Provided by物资。
There was a ship that put to sea
The name of the ship was the Billy of Tea
The winds blew up, her bow dipped down
O blow, my bully boys, blow
Soon may the Wellerman come
And bring us sugar and tea and rum
One day, when the tonguin' is done
We'll take our leave and go
She had not been two weeks from shore
When down on her a right whale bore
The captain called all hands and swore
He'd take that whale in tow
Soon may the Wellerman come
And bring us sugar and tea and rum
One day, when the tonguin' is done
We'll take our leave and go
Before the boat had hit the water
The whale's tail came up and caught her
All hands to the side, harpooned and fought her
When she dived down below
Soon may the Wellerman come
And bring us sugar and tea and rum
One day, when the tonguin' is done
We'll take our leave and go
No line was cut, no whale was freed
The Captain's mind was not of greed
But he belonged to the whaleman's creed
She took the ship in tow
Soon may the Wellerman come
And bring us sugar and tea and rum
One day, when the tonguin' is done
We'll take our leave and go
For forty days, or even more
The line went slack, then tight once more
All boats were lost (there were only four)
But still the whale did go
Soon may the Wellerman come
And bring us sugar and tea and rum
One day, when the tonguin' is done
We'll take our leave and go
As far as I've heard, the fight's still on
The line's not cut and the whale's not gone
The Wellerman makes his regular call
To encourage the Captain, crew, and all
Soon may the Wellerman come
And bring us sugar and tea and rum
One day, when the tonguin' is done
We'll take our leave and go
Soon may the Wellerman come
And bring us sugar and tea and rum
One day, when the tonguin' is done
We'll take our leave and go