Tons of Sharks
Three hundred tons of sharks on board,
Three hundred tons of sharks,
killed in the national park me boys,
Killed in the national park.
With me way, hay, Greenies be damned,
We'll purge the life from sea and land.
We'll purge the life from sea and land.
We cut off all their fins, me boys,
Cut off all their fins,
And throw them into tins, me boys,
Throw them in to tins.
With me way, hay, Greenies be damned,
We'll purge the life from sea and land.
We'll purge the life from sea and land.
Ecuador won't check our hold,
They'll never check our hold,
Cause China lent them piles of gold,
It lent them piles of gold,
With me way, hay, Greenies be damned,
We'll purge the life from sea and land.
We'll purge the life from sea and land.
The silky and the hammer heard,
The silky and hammer head,
Do something or they'll all be dead,
Yes soon they'll all be dead
With me way, hay, Greenies be damned,
We'll purge the life from sea and land.
We'll purge the life from sea and land.
Source: From Daniel Kelly's singing
Folksinger Daniel Kelly wrote this “conservation shanty” to bring attention to the fishing of endangered sharks:
In 2017 a Chinese ship with 300 tons of endangered sharks and other marine life was stopped by Ecuadorian authorities…
The fishing vessels are gathering again.
He cites Sailors for the Sea and Sea Shepherd as helpful organizations.