Old Mother Blubber Hunter

from Flight of the Blue Whale by Pointed Man Band

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Old Mother Blubber Hunter, she’s been cuttin’ in, no wonder she’s been striking it rich. Stopping all the peg-legs from shaking down the gold and dregs, now this operation’s a cinch. Making off with all the strips reduced down upon her ship she sets a course and off she sails. 40 gallons to a barrel, now all she has to do is travel to the black markets for sales.

The Sailor’s Life, O’ it is for me! Especially when the seas are all free competition it puts me in position to reap all that has been sown. As long the sirens are singing their songs taking the pirates and putting them on the land to dig the sand, turn them into varmints and now they’re gone!

When she comes into a town, everybody gather ‘round, she’s puts on quite the show! So much more than lanolin, everything she’s handling; cosmetics to lanterns aglow. Once it’s gone, then off she goes. Scouting out for blow holes, she’s got the market, tipping the scales. 50 tons it can be done, she’s got her sights on the blue whale!

The Whaler’s Life, O’ it is for me! Especially when the seas are all free competition it puts me in position to reap all that has been sown. As long the sirens keep singing their songs I’ve got an edge here to keep on turning blubber into oil, I’ll be living like a royal so sound them drums made of whale bones!

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from Flight of the Blue Whale, released April 24, 2015

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