Peter, Paul and Mary - Greenland Whale Fisheries (25th Anniversary Concert)

Peter, Paul and Mary perform "Greenland Whale Fisheries" live at their 25th anniversary concert in 1986. Now, two and a half decades later, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the formation of the group in the famed Greenwich Village, this joyous yet deeply moving live concert is being first released on DVD by Shout! Factory.
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Mary Travers has said she was influenced by Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, and the Weavers. In the documentary Peter, Paul & Mary: Carry It On - A Musical Legacy members of the Weavers discuss how Peter, Paul and Mary took over the torch of the social commentary of folk music in the 1960s.
Manager Albert Grossman created Peter, Paul and Mary in 1961, after auditioning several singers in the New York folk scene. After rehearsing them out of town in Boston and Miami, Grossman booked them into The Bitter End, a coffee house, nightclub and popular folk music venue in New York City's Greenwich Village.
They recorded their first self-titled debut album, Peter, Paul and Mary, the following year. It included "Lemon Tree", "500 Miles", and the Pete Seeger hit tunes "If I Had a Hammer" (subtitled "The Hammer Song") and "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?". The album was listed in the Billboard Magazine Top Ten for 10 months, including seven weeks in the #1 position. It remained a main catalog-seller for decades to come, eventually selling over two million copies, earning Double Platinum certification from the RIAA in the United States alone.
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Lyrics:
When the whale get strike and the line runs out And the whale makes a flounder with its tail And the boat capsized and I lost my darlin' man No more, no more Greenland for you, brave boys No more, no more Greenland for you
Twas in eighteen hundred and fifty three On June the thirteenth day That our gallant ship her anchor weighed And for Greenland sailed away, brave boys For Greenland sailed away
The lookout on the cross tree stood With a spyglass in his hand There's a whale, there's a whale, there's a whale fish, he cried And she blows at every span, brave boys She blows at every span
Well we struck and whale and the line played out But she gave a flounder with her tail And the boat capsized and four men were drowned [ From: www.metrolyrics... ] And we never caught that whale We never caught that whale
Oh, to lose that whale, my captain cried It grieves my heart full sore But to lose four of my gallant men It grieves me ten times more, brave boys It grieves me ten times more
Oh, Greenland is a dreadful place It's a land that's never green Where there's ice and snow and the whale fishes blow And daylight's seldom seen, brave boys And daylight's seldom seen
When the whale gets strike and the line runs out And the whale makes a flounder with its tail And the boat capsized and I lost my darlin' man No more, no more Greenland for you, brave boys No more, no more Greenland for you

[@lesleyhanson8359]

I saw Peter, Paul and Mary years ago at Woolsey Hall in New Haven, Connecticut and it was great!! They are just fun, outgoing and personal on stage as in life. They were very outgoing and extremely friendly and I really had a great time. When Mary died, I cried. Through their songs and personalities I felt like I knew them very well!!

[@lesleyhanson8359]

I have always loved Peter, Paul and Mary and was lucky and fortunate enough to see them at Woolsey Hall in New Haven, Connecticut years ago. I was upset that Mary had passed away.

[@Shaindl]

I've never been so excited at a concert as when I saw PP&M for the second time and they did this song. It's one of my favourits and I wasn't expecting it, so it made an already great night even better.

[@mpullen99]

Thank you. This is the video I have been looking for.

[@rondamico7802]

No one can ever sing it better.

[@gregorygovan1807]

Great album!, signature pp&m

[@mcpeanutful]

I read from notes on the first version of this song that I heard that even back when this song was written, most people knew that whales are air breathing mammals (not fish), they just liked to sing it that way.

[@collettewilson5768]

i can play this on my harmonica, my hubby plays the guitar

[@donqlfzahnke8158]

collette wilson I can sing it

[@tufur08]

Damn those valiant Greenlander's for taking whales to feed their children. They were well made up by the Greenpeace splashing bial over the Japanese. In the meantime the whales are safe.

[@bobdavis4848]

I am glad when whales are safe. Do you know if this was meant to be an anti-whaling song?

[@tufur08]

@@bobdavis4848 virtual signaling is so sending false emotions to our children and heavy commercial boats.

[@tufur08]

@@bobdavis4848 What is your interpretation of this song? I have seen the whaling ship anchoring in the sands of Davenport, California. I have stood under the bones of whale taken in the museums of SJSU. Whales the world over are in danger. Well, pres Biden has started a wind farm concept that can harm whales. BTW, 'we call this now 'Danger Science.' after the alarmist scientist that keep promoting it.

[@skipliles3362]

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