Chords for The Wellerman (and I wrote my own verses) -MALINDA cover

I thought I was months late to a trend, but judging by the TikTok that I posted last week that y'all kind of blew up
The Wellerman is immortal and I'm not mad about it.
So y'all wanted a full version and I'm gonna give that to you today
I think I'm gonna add some Irish flute to the song and I can, um, ooh, I can make the flute sound like the whale in the song
The flute will be the whale.
Yes
And I wrote some additional verses for the sponsor of today's video, HelloFresh, and honestly, they kind of slap
So, stay tuned
Editor Melinda here, I totally would have filmed what I did with the Irish flute, but I just improvised over it
I don't actually remember what I did.
I really do play the flute, I promise _
[B] Yay, here we go
_ There once was a ship that put to sea, and the name of the ship was the Billy O'Tee
The winds blew up, her bow dipped down, oh below my bully boys blow
Soon may the Wellerman come to bring the sugar and tea and rum
One day when the time is done we'll take our leave and go
She'd 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 [F#] tow
Soon may the Wellerman come to bring the [B] sugar and tea and rum
One day when the time is done we'll take our leave and [Em] go
La [Bm] dee da _ _ da [B] da da
_ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ 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 [Bm] when she dived down low
Soon may the Wellerman come to bring the sugar and tea and rum
[B] One day when the time 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
And he belonged to the whaleman's creed, she took that ship in tow
[F#] Soon may the Wellerman come to [B] bring the sugar and tea and rum
One day when the time is done we'll take our leave and [Bm] go _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] For forty days or even more the line went slack then tight once more
All boats were lost, there were only four, but still that whale did go
Soon may the Wellerman come to bring [Em] the sugar and tea and rum
One [Bm] day when the time is done we'll [B] take our leave and go
As far as I've heard the foot'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 go
[Bm] Soon may the Wellerman come to bring the sugar and tea and rum
One day when the time is done we'll [B] take our leave and [G] go
Soon [Bm] may the Wellerman [G] come to bring the sugar [B] and tea and rum
One day when the time is [Bm] done we'll take our leave and go
_ Alright, soprano alto voiced pirate crew, let's sing a few more verses for today's sponsor, [G#] HelloFresh Hi!
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