Burl Ives - Paddy and the Whale      Chorus:   Caterwaulin', tarpaulin   Harpoonin' and all      Paddy Maloney left Ireland in glee   He had a strange notion to sail the Ross Sea   He shipped in a whalecatcher South Georgia bound   And the way that she pitched made his head go around      Paddy had never been whaling before   It made his heart leap when he heard the loud roar   The lookout he cried that a whale he had spied   Begod, says poor Pat, I'll be ate by and by      Now Paddy run for'ard and reached for the mast   He caught it a gripper and there he held fast   The boat gave a tip and poor Pat lost his grip   And into the whale's belly the silly fool slipped      He was in that whale's belly six months and a day   Till one morning by luck to its throat he made way   The whale gave a hoosh, boys, and then she did blow   And a mile in the air went old Paddy Maloney      Paddy got spat out quite safe on the shore   He swears that he'll not go to sea any more   And the next time he follows a venturesome notion   It'll be when the railway runs over the ocean