There once was a ship that put to sea, And the name of the ship was the Bay of Tea. The winds blew hard, her boat dipped down, Bloomy, woolly boys blow. Ha! So many a woman had come, To bring us sugar and tea and rum. One day, at a time, when it's done, We'll take our leave and go. Ha! She had not been two weeks from shore, When down on her arrived well more. The captain called all hands and swore, He'd make that well in tone. Ha! So many a woman had come, To bring us sugar and tea and rum. One day, at a time, when it's done, We'll take our leave and go. Ha! Before the boat had hit the water, The whale still came, open called her. As her side, Harpoon then fought her, And she dived down below. Ha! So many a woman had come, To bring us sugar and tea and rum. One day, at a time, when it's done, We'll take our leave and go. Ha! The lane was cut, the whale was freed, The captain's mind was not on greed. But he belonged to the whaleman's creed, He took that chick if he could. Ha! So many a woman had come, To bring us sugar and tea and rum. One day, at a time, when it's done, We'll take our leave and go. Ha! For forty days, or even more, The line was slack, then tight once more. The ponds were lost, there were only four, But still that whale did go. Ha! So many a woman had come, To bring us sugar and tea and rum. One day, at a time, when it's done, We'll take our leave and go. Ha! It's wise, I've heard, that fights belong. The lane's not cut, and the whales won't go. The whaleman makes his run, To encourage the captain no more. Ha! So many a woman had come, To bring us sugar and tea and rum. One day, at a time, when it's done, We'll take our leave and go. Ha! So many a woman had come, To bring us sugar and tea and rum. One day, at a time, when it's done, We'll take our leave and go.