He capsized the boat and we lost five men, and we did not catch the whale, brave boys.

/ Historiann

This time you’re going down, Moby Dick.

I hope as many readers out there as have time for it will join in Comradde PhysioProffe‘s interdisciplinary excursion into Melvilleana over at his blog. If you’re interested, be sure to click on over and let him know.

In the meantime, here’s a fun finals week tune, for these days when the daylight’s seldom seen.

3 thoughts on “He capsized the boat and we lost five men, and we did not catch the whale, brave boys.”

  3. Love this version since the first time I heard it, much better than the Peter, Paul, and Mary version. For me the payoff is
    “To lose five men it grieved the captain real sore
    But to lose a hundred-barrel fish it grieved him ten times more”
    which reverses the PPM logic.

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