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Save the Whales - Country Joe McDonald

When my grandpa was a boy

He went down to the general store

Saw a picture book of a whale

Shooting IT'S spout and flashin' IT'S 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

There're lots of whales in the deep blue sea

We kill them for the industry

We drag 'em 'longside and chop 'em in two

And melt 'em down and sell 'em to you

There hardly is a sailor alive

Who can keep the tears from his eyes

As he remembers the good old days

When there were no whales to save

Thank the Russians and Japanese

For scouring the deep blue seas

Looking for ivory and perfume

And plastic toys and pet food

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

Early in the morning

Hooray and up she rises

Hooray and up she rises

Hooray and up she rises

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

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

When my grandpa was a boy

He went down to the general store

Saw a picture book of a whale

Shooting IT'S spout and flashin' IT'S 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 one more time

Hooray and up she rises

Hooray and up she rises

Hooray and up she rises

Early in the morning