# Folk Files #2.1 - A-Fishin' For The Whale

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Published: 2025-01-24T18:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Greenland Whale Fisheries is the featured song in this episode of Folk Files. While delving into the origins of the song, we will explore other ballads about Greenland and dip our toes into the extensive history of whaling. Well row'd, jolly trouts! Host: Olivia Harding Special thanks to: Pegmouth, ARRR!!!, and Aaron J. Morton Musical excerpts: ARTIST: ARRR!!! WORK: Greenland Whale Fisheries SOURCE: Plunderstruck (2010) ARTIST: Peter, Paul, and Mary WORK: Greenland Whale Fisheries SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKsJrFy4Q_E ARTIST: The Watersons WORK: The Greenland Whale Fishery SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzMQYfRexUU ARTIST: A.L. Lloyd WORK: The Greenland Whale Fishery SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEOzI4IEkF0 ARTIST: David Pryor (Recorded by Alan Lomax and Mary Elizabeth Barnicle) WORK: When the Whale Get Strike SOURCE: https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-alan-lomax-collection-deep-river-of-song-bahamas-1935/2675148 ARTIST: Stan Rogers WORK: Northwest Passage SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVY8LoM47xI ARTIST: Clanna Morna WORK: Bonnie Ship the Diamond SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i51KjpPvRKU ARTIST: Judy Collins WORK: Farewell to Tarwathie SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV29xK2xyZ4 ARTIST: Whales! (recorded by the Oceania Project) WORK: Whale Song SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WabT1L-nN-E

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