We left our sweethearts and our wives along that pier
Cheer up,
they said,
you'll soon return in half a year
So we sailed up north to reach the ice,
we took full sails
Each boat were manned with guns and rope to hunt that whale
We know that we're fighting in this frost on our own
And we'll see no sound or sight of our homes
And our lovers will be waiting there till spring
And to ramble in a race to be king
A race to be king
Now we've been sailing a league or three to be glimpsed at shore
And the night was dark and one no hearts,
so we stayed on board
And they fired their shot along our deck or down one side
And it cracked our mast and it swept in fast Our bird she cried out
We know that we're fighting in this frost on our own
And we'll see no sound or sight of our homes
And our lovers will be waiting there till spring
And to ramble in a race to be king A race to be king
A race to be king, yeah
A race to be king, yeah
A race to be king
And we know that we're fighting in this frost on our own
And we'll see no sound or sight of our homes
And our lovers will be waiting there till spring
And to ramble in a race to be king A race to be king
A race to be king
A race to be king
A race to be king