WELLERMAN - Nathan Evans

Wellerman - Nathan Evans Listen to the song and complete the missing words. There once was a ship that put to seaThe name of the ship was the Billy of TeaThe winds blew up, her bow dipped downO blow, my bully boys, blow (Huh!)[Chorus]Soon may the Wellerman comeTo bring us sugar and tea and rumOne day, when the tonguin' is doneWe'll take our leave and go[Verse 2]She'd not been two weeks from shoreWhen down on her, a right whale boreThe captain called all hands and sworeHe'd take that whale in tow (Huh!)[Chorus]Soon may the Wellerman comeTo bring us sugar and tеa and rumOne day, when the tonguin' is donеWe'll take our leave and go[Verse 3]Before the boat had hit the waterThe whale's tail came up and caught herAll hands to the side, harpooned and fought herWhen she dived down low (Huh!)[Chorus]Soon may the Wellerman comeTo bring us sugar and tea and rumOne day, when the tonguin' is doneWe'll take our leave and go[Verse 4]No line was cut, no whale was freedThe Captain's mind was not of greedAnd he belonged to the whaleman's creedShe took that ship in tow (Huh!)[Chorus]Soon may the Wellerman comeTo bring us sugar and tea and rumOne day, when the tonguin' is doneWe'll take our leave and go[Verse 5]For forty days, or even moreThe line went slack, then tight once moreAll boats were lost, there were only fourBut still that whale did go (Huh!)[Chorus]Soon may the Wellerman comeTo bring us sugar and tea and rumOne day, when the tonguin' is doneWe'll take our leave and go[Verse 6]As far as I've heard, the fight's still onThe line's not cut and the whale's not goneThe Wellerman makes his regular callTo encourage the Captain, crew, and all (Huh!)[Chorus 2x]Soon may the Wellerman comeTo bring us sugar and tea and rumOne day, when the tonguin' is doneWe'll take our leave and go Matching Match the right words whaling ship Billy Of Tea Nathan Evans British musician wellermen ships owned by the British Weller brothers whaler the man who catches whales Wellerman is a well-known whaling song the workers at these bay-whaling stations were paid in slops (ready made clothing), spirits and tobacco provisions sugar, tea, rum Some information from history: In November 1831 the brothers Joseph Brooks, George and Edward Weller established a whaling station at Te Umu Kuri, on the Otago Peninsula, New Zealand. Throughout the rest of the decade, the Weller brothers were the only merchants regularly trading from one end of New Zealand to the other.The 1860s sea shanty "Soon May The Wellerman Come" pays tribute to one of the Weller Brothers' primary functions; supplying from their base "sugar, tea and rum" to New Zealand shore whaling stations. The song recounts how the whalers found relief from their arduous labors when the Weller brothers' shipping vessel, "The Wellerman," arrived with their provisions. Weller brothers were Joseph, Edward and George. TRUE FALSE They established a dolphin station. TRUE FALSE The Wellerman usually arrived with provisions like tea and rum. TRUE FALSE Wellerman - REMIX Listen the remix and then look up the words in the dictionary. Use the dictionary to look up these words. Match the meanings. SHORE POBŘEŽÍ TOW TÁHNOUT HARPOON HARPUNOVAT FREED ZBAVIT, OPROSTIT SLACK UVOLNĚNÝ, POVOLENÝ ENCOURAGE POVZBUDIT Do you like the song Wellerman? YES NO