This classic mid 19th century 'sea-song' is an accurate depiction of 'a dam tough life, full of toil and strife' that was whaling in the Southern Seas. The Pacific whalers gathered in numbers at Lahaina Maui for fitting out ready to hunt bowhead whales off the Kamchatka peninsula. Crews would also rest in Maui before making the long journey back to America. 'Rest' would have included plenty of drinking, general debauchery and no doubt some genuine romance as those 'big brown eyes looked out, hoping some fine day to see, baggy sails running for the gales rolling down to old Maui'.
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