Notes: Last line in verses and chorus: Between the C and Am: strike strings once in between
           changing from the C to the Am chord.
       If you are a beginning guitar player you can also NOT play the C and E7 chords
           in last line chorus and verses. So you go from the Dm to the Am.
       

BPM:      97
Released: 7 June 2018
Album:     Between Wind And Water


[Verse 1]
  
There once was

 a ship that p

ut to sea,
            
The name of th

              
e ship was the

  
 “Billy of Tea

”,

The winds blew

 up, her bow d

ipped down,
           
O blow, my bul

       
ly boys, blow 

(Huh!).


[Chorus]
            
Soon may the W

ellerman come,
            
To bring us su

        
gar and tea an

d rum,
             
One day, when 

    
the tonguin' i

s done,
            
We'll take our

         
 leave and  go

.


[Verse 2]
    
She had not be

en two weeks f

rom shore,
            
When down on h

      
er, a right wh

ale bore,

The captain ca

lled all hands

 and swore,
            
He'd take that

         
 whale in   to

w (Huh!).


[Chorus]
            
Soon may the W

ellerman come,
            
To bring us su

        
gar and tea an

d rum,
             
One day, when 

    
the tonguin' i

s done,
            
We'll take our

          
 leave and   g


o.


[Verse 3]
  
Before the boa

t had hit the 

water,
            
The whale's ta

        
il came up and

 caught her,
    
All hands to t

he side, harpo

oned and fough

t her,
            
When she dived

        
 down low (Huh

!).


[Chorus]
            
Soon may the W

ellerman come,
            
To bring us su

        
gar and tea an

d rum,
             
One day, when 

    
the tonguin' i

s done,
            
We'll take our

          
 leave and   g


o.


[Verse 4]
   
No line was cu

t, no whale wa

s freed,
            
The Captain's 

          
mind was not o

f greed,
    
But he belonge

d to the Welle

rman's creed,
            
She took that 

      
ship in  tow (

Huh!).


[Chorus]
            
Soon may the W

ellerman come,
            
To bring us su

        
gar and tea an

d rum,
             
One day, when 

    
the tonguin' i

s done,
            
We'll take our

         
 leave and  go

.


[Verse 5]
    
For forty days

, or even more

,
            
The line went 

            
slack, then ti

ght once more,
    
All boats were

 lost, there w

ere only four,
            
But still that

         
 whale did  go

 (Huh!).


[Chorus]
            
Soon may the W

ellerman come,
            
To bring us su

        
gar and tea an

d rum,
             
One day, when 

    
the tonguin' i

s done,
            
We'll take our

        
 leave and go.


[Verse 6]
   
As far as I've

 heard, the fi

ght's still on

,
            
The line's not

             
 cut and the w


hale's not gon

e,
    
The Wellerman 

makes his regu

lar call,
            
To encourage t

            
he Captain, cr

ew, and all (H

uh!).


[Outro]
            
Soon may the W

ellerman come,
            
To bring us su

        
gar and tea an

d rum,
             
One day, when 

    
the tonguin' i

s done,
            
We'll take our

         
 leave and  go

.(Huh!)
            
Soon may the W

ellerman come,
            
To bring us su

        
gar and tea an

d rum,
             
One day, when 

    
the tonguin' i

s done,
            
We'll take our

        
 leave and go.