nantucket sleighride

• mountain'in ayni adli albumden bir sarkisi.
  
  goodbye, little robin-marie
  don't try following me
  don't cry, little robin-marie
  'cause you know i'm coming home soon
  
  my ships' leaving on a three-year tour
  the next tide will take us from shore
  windlaced, gather in sail and spray
  on a search for the mighty sperm whale
  
  fly your willow branches
  wrap your body round my soul
  lay down your reeds and drums on my soft sheets
  there are years behind us reaching
  to the place where hearts are beating
  and i know you're the last true love i'll ever meet
  
  starbuck's sharpening his harpoon
  the black man's playing his tune
  an old salt's sleeping his watch away
  he'll be drunk again before noon
  
  three years sailing on bended knee
  we found no whales in the sea
  don't cry, little robin-marie
  'cause we'll be in sight of land soon
• nantucket sleighride balina avcilari arasinda bir deyimdir.
  
  balinayi tek bir zipkinla oldurmek imkansiz oldugu icin balikcilar bir zipkini balinaya takarlar ve balinanin gemiyi arkasindan surukleyip yorulmasini beklerler. daha sonra baska zipkin darbeleriyle beraber yorulan balinayi avlarlar. iste biz pamuk elli norvecli balikcilar olarak balinanin gemiyi suruklemesine nantucket sleighride diyoruz.
• (bkz: ispermeçet balinası)
• şarkının twin peaks (1974) adlı yılı canlı kayıtlarında 31 dakikalık versiyonu bulunmaktadır.