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Now we go waaaaayyy back to 1977 when we were down under in New Zealand with the CBC Vancouver crew, the best crew in the industry. We were filming our "The Irish Rovers in New Zealand" show. Co-Production: CBC & Television One New Zealand
The waters around New Zealand were teaming with whales back in the whaling times. The Weller company was one of the leading firms employing many shore whalers and they were paid in goods while so waiting for the tea and rum to arrive the cry was "Soon May that Wellerman Come!"
Thank you to the television crews in Auckland.
Sound consultant: Bud Dant
Sound: Graham Ridding, Bob Paley
Director: Ron Meraska
Producer: Ken Gibson
LYRICS
There was a ship that went to sea
The name of the ship was the Billy of Tea
The winds blew up, and her bow dipped down
Blow, my bully boys, blow
Soon may the Wellerman come
To bring us sugar and tea and rum
Some day, when the tonguin' is done
We'll take our leave and go
She had not been two weeks from shore
When down on her a right whale bore
The captain called all hands and swore
He'd take that whale in tow
Before the boat had hit the water
The whale's tail came up and caught her
All hands to the side, harpooned and fought her
When she dived down below
Soon may the Wellerman come
To bring us sugar and tea and rum
Some day, when the tonguin' is done
We'll take our leave and go
For forty days or even more
The line went slacked and tight once more
All boats were lost there were only four
But still the whale did go
Well, as far as I heard the fight's still on
The line's not cut, the whale's not gone
The Wellerman makes his regular call
T' encourage the Captain and the crew and all
Soon may the Wellerman come
To bring us sugar and tea and rum
Some day, when the tonguin' is done
We'll take our leave and go
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