10,000 Miles Away

It's all for the life on a gallant ship With a fair and fave'rin breeze With a goodly crew and a Captain too To carry me over the seas To carry me over the seas, me boys To me true love far away For I'm taking a trip on a government ship Ten thousand miles away And sing blow, you bully boys, blow A-roaming I will go I'll stay no more on England's shore or hear the music play I'm off on the morning train And won't be back again For I'm making a trip on a government ship Ten thousand miles away Well me true love she was beautiful Me true love the was young Her eyes were like the diamonds bright And silver was her tongue And silver was her tongue me boys As the big ship sailed away And she said will you remember me ten thousand miles away And sing blow, you bully boys, blow A-roaming I will go I'll stay no more on England's shore or hear the music play I'm off on the morning train And won't be back again For I'm taking a trip on a government ship Ten thousand miles away Oh now 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 boys As the big ship left the bay And I said that I'd be true to her ten thousand miles away And sing blow, you bully boys, blow A-roaming I will go I'll stay no more on England's shore or hear the music play I'm off on the morning train And won't be back again For I'm taking a trip on a government ship Ten thousand miles away Oh I wish I was a boson Or even a bombardier I'd build a boat, away I'd float And straight for me true love steer And straight for me true love steer, me boys Where the dancing dolphins play And the whales and sharks are having their larks Ten thousand miles away And sing blow, you bully boys, blow A-roaming I will go I'll stay no more on England's shore or hear the music play I'm off on the morning train And won't be back again For I'm taking a trip on a government ship Ten thousand miles away Oh the sun may shine through the London fog Or the river run right clear Or the ocean brine might turn to wine Or I'll forget my beer Or I'll forget me beer, me boys Or the landlord's quarter-pay B'fore I forget me own true Meg Ten thousand miles away And sing blow, you bully boys, blow A-roaming I will go I'll stay no more on England's shore or hear the music play I'm off on the morning train And won't be back again For I'm making a trip on a government ship Ten thousand miles away And sing blow, you bully boys, blow A-roaming I will go I'll stay no more on England's shore or hear the music play I'm off on the morning train And won't be back again For I'm taking a trip on a government ship Ten thousand miles away