Upon the isle of Newfoundland there lived a sailor boy He was a handsome sailor lad, his father's pride and joy He was born on board his father's ship on a dark and stormy morn And he helped the crew harpoon a whale on the day that he was born Chorus: :Jack was every inch a sailor :Five and twenty years a whaler :Jack was every inch a sailor :He was born upon the bright blue sea When Jack grew up to be a man he sailed from shore to shore He sailed his ship around the world a dozen times or more Harpooning whales was play to him for he was very strong And he was also very tall and his beard was very long CHO One night while Jack was standing watch a storm began to blow It blew so hard that soon the ship was tossing to and fro A great big wave rolled up to Jack and washed him to the rail And he was tossed into the sea and swallowed by a whale CHO Now when that whale had swallowed Jack it soon began to shake For this old whale had got himself a mighty stomach ache Well now, said Jack, this poor old whale don't know what he's about And he grabbed that whale all by the tail and pulled him inside out CHO Another version of the song is this: :'Twas twenty-five or thirty years since Jack first saw the light, :He came into this world of woe one dark and stormy night; :He was born on board his father's ship as she was lying to, :'Bout twenty-five or thirty miles southeast of
Baccalieu. : :::CHORUS: ::Oh, Jack was every inch a sailor, ::Five and twenty years a whaler; ::Jack was every inch a sailor, ::He was born upon the bright blue sea. : :When Jack grew up to be a man he went to the
Labrador, :He fished in
Indian Harbour where his father fished before; :On his returning in the fog he met a heavy gale, :And Jack was swept into the sea and swallowed by a whale. : :::CHORUS : :Oh, the whale went straight for
Baffin Bay, 'bout ninety
knots an hour, :And every time he'd blow a spray he'd send it in a shower; :Oh, now, says Jack unto himself, I must see what he's about, :He caught the whale all by the tail and turned him inside out. : :::CHORUS == References ==