Race to Be King

We left our sweethearts and our wives Along the pier "Cheer up", they said "You'll soon return in half the year" So we sailed up north To reach the ice We took full sail Each boat was manned with guns and rope To hunt that whale We know we'll be fighting in this frost on our own And we'll see no sound nor sights of our homes And our lovers they'll be waiting there 'til spring It's a ramble and a race to be king A race to be king Now we'd been sailing a league or three To glimpse that shore The night was dark and won no hearts so we stayed on board There fired a shot along our deck and down one side And it cracked our mast and swept in fast Our bird she cried out That we know we'll be fighting in this frost on our own And we'll see no sound nor sights of our homes And our lovers they'll be waiting there 'til spring It's a ramble and a race to be king A race to be king A race to be king Race to be king A race to be king And we know we'll be fighting in this frost on our own And we'll see no sound nor sights of our homes And our lovers they'll be waiting there 'til spring It's a ramble and 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