Ten Thousand Miles Away

<Blow, me bully boys blow, a-roving I will go

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

For I'm off on a bounding main, and I won't be back again

I'm taking a trip on a government ship, ten thousand miles away>

Oh for a brave and a gallant ship, And a fair an' a favorin' breeze,

With a bully crew an' a captain too, to carry me o'er the seas;

To carry me o'er the seas, me boys, to me true love far away,

I'm takin' a trip on a Government ship Ten thousand miles away. [I'm doing it grand in a distant land...]

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My true love she was beautiful, my true love she was young;

Her eyes shone like two diamonds bright and silvery was her tongue

And silvery was her tongue, my lads, as the big ship left the bay

"Adieu" said she, remember me ten thousand miles away!

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Oh dark and dismal was the day, when last I saw me Meg

She'd a government band around each hand, and another one around her leg

And another one around her leg, me lads, as the big ship left the bay

I said that I'd be true to her ten thousand miles away

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I wish I was a bosun, or even a bombardier

I'd build a boat and away I'd float, And straight for me true love steer

And straight for me true love steer my boys, where the fish and dolphins play

Where the whales and sharks are having their larks ten thousand miles away

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Oh the sun may shine through a London fog, and the river Thames run clear

And the ocean's brine turn into wine, and I'll forget my beer

And I'll forget my beer, me lads, and the landlord's quarter-pay

But I'll never forget my own true love, ten thousand miles away

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