CHORUS

And sing blow the winds high-o

A-roving I will go

I'll stay no more on England's shore for to hear the music play

For I'm off on the bounding main

And I won't be back again

I'm taking a trip on a government ship

Ten thousand miles away

VERSE 1

Sing ho for a brave and a gallant ship

With a fair and a favourin' breeze

With a bully old crew and a captain too

To carry me over the seas

To carry me over the seas, me lads

To me true love far away

She's doin' it grand in a distant land

Ten thousand miles away.

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VERSE 2

My true love she was beautiful

My true love she was young

Her eyes shone like the diamonds bright

And silvery was her tongue

And silvery was her tongue, me lads

As the big ship left the bay

She said "Will you remember me

Ten thousand miles away?"

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VERSE 3

Oh, dark and dismal was the day

When last I saw my Meg

She'd a government band around each hand

And another one around each leg

And another one around each leg, me lads

As the big ship sailed away

And I said that I'd be true to her

Ten thousand miles away

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VERSE 4

Now if I were a bosun bold

Or even a bombadier

I'd build a boat and away I'd float

And straight to my Meg I'd steer

And straight to my Meg I'd steer, me lads

Where the fish and dolphins play

Where the whales and sharks are having their larks

Ten thousand miles away

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VERSE 5

Oh, the sun may shine through a London fog

And the river Thames run clear

Oh, the ocean's brine would turn to wine

And I'll forget me beer

Oh, I'll forget me beer, me lads

And the landlord's tab I'll pay

But I'll never forget my own dear Meg

Ten thousand miles away

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