Soon May the Wellerman Come

在18世纪和19世纪，鲸油被用于润滑精密机械的清洁，油灯燃料，需求量巨大。在18世纪晚期，来自欧洲、美洲和澳大利亚的捕鲸船在新西兰附近海域捕鲸。捕鲸站的工作人员工作环境艰苦，没有工资，Weller(威尔曼）公司成为了为这些捕鲸站提供生活所需品的主要供应商，例如成衣，烈酒，烟草，船只等。然而，1840年，Weller公司并未能够及时提供物资。

There was a ship that put to sea

The name of the ship was the Billy of Tea

The winds blew up, her bow dipped down

O blow, my bully boys, blow

Soon may the Wellerman come

And bring us sugar and tea and rum

One day, when the tonguin' is done

We'll take our leave and go

She had not been two weeks from shore

When down on her a right whale bore

The captain called all hands and swore

He'd take that whale in tow

Soon may the Wellerman come

And bring us sugar and tea and rum

One day, when the tonguin' is done

We'll take our leave and go

Before the boat had hit the water

The whale's tail came up and caught her

All hands to the side, harpooned and fought her

When she dived down below

Soon may the Wellerman come

And bring us sugar and tea and rum

One day, when the tonguin' is done

We'll take our leave and go

No line was cut, no whale was freed

The Captain's mind was not of greed

But he belonged to the whaleman's creed

She took the ship in tow

Soon may the Wellerman come

And bring us sugar and tea and rum

One day, when the tonguin' is done

We'll take our leave and go

For forty days, or even more

The line went slack, then tight once more

All boats were lost (there were only four)

But still the whale did go

Soon may the Wellerman come

And bring us sugar and tea and rum

One day, when the tonguin' is done

We'll take our leave and go

As far as I've heard, the fight's still on

The line's not cut and the whale's not gone

The Wellerman makes his regular call

To encourage the Captain, crew, and all

Soon may the Wellerman come

And bring us sugar and tea and rum

One day, when the tonguin' is done

We'll take our leave and go

Soon may the Wellerman come

And bring us sugar and tea and rum

One day, when the tonguin' is done

We'll take our leave and go