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"Jack Was Every Inch A Sailor" is a traditional Newfoundland and Labrador folk song. It is a comical retelling of the Jonah tale, with a Newfoundland whaler as protagonist, but in this instance the whale gets his comeuppance. It may have been adapted from a New York music-hall song "Every Inch a Sailor", which itself was a burlesque of "HMS Pinafore". This song was covered by Canadian children's singing group Sharon, Lois and Bram on The Elephant Show. ==Lyrics== 'Twas 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 as she was lying to, 'Bout twenty-five or thirty miles southeast of Baccalieu. CHORUS: Oh, 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. When Jack grew up to be a man he went to the Labrador, He fished in Indian Harbour where his father fished before; On his returning in the fog he met a heavy gale, And Jack was swept into the sea and swallowed by a whale. CHORUS Oh, the whale went straight for Baffin Bay, 'bout ninety knots an hour, And every time he'd blow a spray he'd send it in a shower; Oh, now, says Jack unto himself, I must see what he's about, He caught the whale all by the tail and turned him inside out. CHORUS 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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