a song written in 1977 in regards to greenpeace and bridget bardots trip to st.anthony. aptly named save our swilers, the sealers gave her a badge saying save our swilers. which she wore proudly thinking a swiler was a seal. they had a great laugh off her until one of her fellow protesters told her that a swiler is a sealer, not a seal. its amazing that this song was written in the 70s, at the beginning of this mess, and not much has changed. it still rings true. written in 1977 by. A.R. Scammell. (to the tune of old polina) come all you newfoundlanders and listen to my song about st.anthonys visitors from away and up along there were movie types and media types and mounties, some fivescore, if we were bent on violence, theyd need a hundred more. they were out to ban the seal hunt and this they mean to do, brian davis and the greenpeacers and all their motley crew; this year theyve got franz weber with phony fur to sell-- a bleeding heart from switzerland who thinks hes william tell. they say the seals are threatened but the evidence is clear, with quotas carefully controlled, of that there is no fear; were the endangered species who live by coastal seas, we kill the seal as we kill fish to feed our families. a bedlamer boy from greenpeace he chained on to the whip and was dunked into the waterby the rolling of the shop; we had a job to save him in all the fuss and racket, but i bet his pelt wouldnt have been worth as much as a ragged jacket. when brigitte said in paris she cuddled a whitecoat dear, sure every swiler in the land he grinned from ear to ear; he knows from long experience shes pilin on the lies, a real whitecoats talons eould have slashed her face and eyes. they call us cruel, barbaric, hunting seal just for thrill these pampered city slickers that a days hard work would kill; what do they know of challenges of storm and sea and ice that dare the blood to answer and pay the sealers price? theyre out for front page stories, theyve come so far to roam, and blood on ice will show up well on t.v. screens back home; they know their media bosses have paid good money out, if they dont send juicy stories thir jobs are up the spout theres many things we dont approve in countries far away how people act and dress and talk and how they earn their pay; but we dont get up a hate campaign and stir up children too, to force our views on other folks as these do gooders do. our government must keep these types from off the whelping ice, or therell be tradgedies to tell--were men, not frightened mice.; we merit more protection than a motion on the floor where will you get your slippers when the seal hunt is no more? were not averse to meeting up with a star from hollywood, we sure would like to rescue her from an angry old dod hood; but the artic floes are not the place, yvette, to use your wiles, were not spruced oup for courtin when were out there peltin swiles! we have to take from nature whater the season bring, were fishrmen in summer and swilers in the spring; if you dont approve the seal hunt, you have a right to say, but when we go out on that ice, dont try to bar our way. so heres a health to romeo, who took the sealers part, he stood up to protesters, he has our case at heart; and raise your glass to tommy hughes who tells it like he knows, and dont forget rick cashin when youre culling friends from foes.
Posted on: Tue, 01 Apr 2014 18:04:54 +0000
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