Wild and Ugly

(All the Whales are Wild and Ugly; Song... To Captain Samuel D. Oliver)

Far, Far to the Arctic Ocean
Where the Bow Heads Blow,
There's where my mind am turning ever
There's where I want to go.
All this Ocean am sad and dreary
Every where we stray
O Captain will you go to that Ocean
Go where the Bow heads Lay

All these whales are wild and ugly
All those we see
O Captain will you go to that Ocean
Go where the Bow heads Be

All up and down this sea we've wandered
Since I've been with you
Then Captain let us go to the Northard
Then we will see something new
All the whales that are in this ocean
All are wild we see
Then Captain will you go to the Northard
To where the Bow heads Lay

When shall I see the hills and valleys
Far away on the Nor'west shore
O Captain let us leave this Ocean
And not cruise here anymore
All this ocean am sad and dreary
Every where we stray
O Captain will you go to that Ocean
Go where the Bow Heads Lay

From the journal of George Edgar Mills (1855)