Hard Worker (Part 1) [feat. John Gallagher Jr. & Wayne Duvall]

I'm a hard, hard worker every day

I'm a hard, hard worker, I'm workin' every day

I'm a hard, hard worker and I'm savin' all my pay

If I ever get some money put away

I'm going to take it all out to celebrate

I'm a hard, hard worker every day

Well, I woke up early this morn'

Well, I woke up early

And I woke up early this morn, morn, morn

Yeah, I woke up early this morn'

And I got up early to sing

And I got up early

Yeah, I got up early to sing

I got up early to sing

'Cause I'm a hard, hard worker, I'm workin' every day

I'm a hard, hard worker and I'm savin' all my pay

If I ever get some money put away

I'm going to take it all out to celebrate

I'm a hard, hard worker every day

New Bedford was past its day even then

1888, this was

Twenty-two years earlier

And wasn't I the handsome young scapegrace?

Eye to the main chance and always one to get by best on my wits

And, you might say, occasional guile

Life's happenstance led me on a circuitous downward spiral to this place

And these sad old ships

This was the end of the road for me

Second mate on a triple-master, heading out in search of the great Leviathans

Now, the whaling trade was dying then, and we all knew it

Anyone who still hunted these waters was clinging to a fading dream

We have secured the boats

Standing by for the harbor pilot

I don't know how they did it on your previous command

But when you're on my ship, you address the Captain as sir

You say, "Sir," you say it loudly, you say it every time

You hear me?

Sorry, sir

Are we ready to cast off?

Almost, sir

Almost?

Yes, sir, we're still lacking one of our crew

Where the hell is he?