Stubb Kills a Whale

Lyrics

[CREW] Whaling, awhaling, oh that's the life for me Having to watch your back [?] upon the sea And my lips are set to scream and dart my harpoon through the sky [?] As the life goes out of his eye Whaling, awhaling, oh that's the life for me I dance-a with my lance [?] greatest destiny [?] heart of the peril [?] [STUBB] Pull, my children Why don't you break your backbones No, easy Don't hurry Why hurry? I'm sleeping! Why in the name of gudgeons and ginger-cakes Don't you stop your snoring [?] I said pull! [CREW] Aye, Mr. Stubb Aye, aye Mr. Stubb We are yours we [?] on the run We pull for dear life and we pull for [?] Hilarious and queer and [?] and fun Ho heave ho heave - heave Ho ho heave ho- heave hoe heave Heave ho Heave ho Heave ho [FEDALLAH] Captain, captain It is not the white whale we came for I would feel its spirit [AHAB, spoken] We give chase none the less, Fedallah It is good practice for the men [CREW] Whaling, awhaling oh that's the life for me Having to watch your back [?] upon the sea And my lips are set to scream and dart my harpoon through the sky [?] As the life goes out of his eye [TASHTEGO] Hey-oh we-oh Hark there she blows Hey-oh we-oh Heave hoe, there she blows [CREW] Hey-oh we-oh Hark there she blows Hey-oh we-oh Heave hoe, there she blows [ISHMAEL] Whales are swimming [AHAB, spoken] Forward men! [ISHMAEL] Men are singing [AHAB, spoken] Time to kill a fish! [FLASK] Pull pull pull, my strong boys Sing out Roar and shout Get the oil, get the gold Beach me on his black back [FLASK AND STUBB] Give a smack! Give a poke! Burst your livers and your lungs! [STUBB] I shall go stark, staring mad if I don't eat whale steak tonight! [ISHMAEL] Sublime wonder and awe Oh, the omnipotent sea How I cried in the fever of my first whale hunt My heart went thrilling like a dead man's ghost Opening his eyes to the unknown phantoms Of the other world [CREW] Aye yi-yi-yi And we race through white waters Aye yi-yi-yi And the boats quake and buckle Aye yi-yi-yi And the madness surrounds us And the whales scream out And the whales scream out [STARBUCK, spoken] Queequeg! Stand up! That's his hump! There! There! Give it to him! [QUEEQUEG] [Halla Ka!] [QUEEQUEG, STARBUCK & SAILOR] We are lost in helter-skelter in the white, curdling cream of the squall We are lost in the water and the whale escapes [CREW] And the whale escapes [QUEEQUEG, STARBUCK & SAILOR] And the whale escapes [STUBB] Mr. Flask! [AHAB] Flask, fish them out [FLASK] Aye, Captain [AHAB] Our boat is too far out, Mr. Stubb-- it is your time to kill [STUBB] Men-- double down [CREW] Wet, drenched through, and shivering cold, dashed by the waves, listening through the fog, we cast our hopes on Stubb's boat [STUBB] Steady, steady Keep cool, Tashtego Cucumbers is the word It's only grim death and grinning devils Now Tashtego! [CREW] Huzzah! Huzzah! Halakalaloo! Huzzah! Huzzah! Huzzah! Halakalaloo! Huzzah! [FLASK] Nantucket sleigh ride, boys! [STUBB] [?] [ISHMAEL] The whale towards the boat Until his [?] slow him down [STUBB] Haul him in, men Haul him in, men My lance, my lance, my lance! [ALL] A red tide of brine and blood pours from the monster [STUBB] There you go, my [?], there you go [ALL] The monster wobbles horribly The monster screams his death cry His spout hole spasms gush after gush of clotted agonized red gore Like a purple dredge of red wine, blood and brine shoots in the air Until Stubb thrusts his lance one last time And bursts the heart of the whale