The Argonaut Songtext / Lyric

'Twas the twenty-first of January

Eighteen fifty three

Our gallant ship the Argonaut

Set sail for jubilee

Singin' blow ye winds of morning

Blow ye winds hi ho

Stow away your runnin' gear and

Blow boys blow



We headed up to Greenland

Into the wintry seas

Where there's ice and snow, and the whale fish blow

And Jamaca rum would freeze

Singin' blow ye winds of morning

Blow ye winds hi ho

Stow away your runnin' gear and

Blow boys blow






Our captain Davy Grant me boys

He give us all a treat

And that is why we caught a whale

That measured fifty feet

Singin' blow ye winds of morning

Blow ye winds hi ho

Stow away your runnin' gear and

Blow boys blow



And when reached Cape Harrison

The weather it turned clear

Our pilot aimed us to the south

And homeward we did steer

Singin' blow ye winds of morning

Blow ye winds hi ho

Stow away your runnin' gear and

Blow boys blow



But shortly out of Newfoundland

A storm began to rise

The seas kicked up, the mast it broke

The Argonaut capsized

Singin' blow ye winds of morning

Blow ye winds hi ho

Stow away your runnin' gear and

Blow boys blow



Of all those bold, brave sailors

On that day did set sail

Well I'm the only one alive

Left to tell the tale

Singin' blow ye winds of morning

Blow ye winds hi ho

Stow away your runnin' gear and

Blow boys blow



It was the twenty-first of January

Eighteen fifty three

Our gallant ship the Argonaut

Set sail for jubilee

Singin' blow ye winds of morning

Blow ye winds hi ho

Stow away your runnin' gear and

Blow boys blow