It was 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
About twenty -five or thirty miles
Jack was every inch a sailor,
five and twenty years a whaler.
Jack was every inch a sailor,
he was born upon the great blue sea.
When Jack grew up to be a man,
He fished in Indian Harbor
where his father fished before.
On his returning in the fog,
and Jack was swept into the sea
and swallowed by a whale.
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.
The whale went straight for Baffin's Bay
and every time he'd blow a spray
he'd send it in the shower.
and to himself I must see what he's about.
He cut the whale all by the tail
and turned him inside out.
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.
