Oh for a brave and a gallant ship, And a fair an' a fav'rin' breeze, With a bully crew an' a captain to To carry me o'er the seas; To carry me o'er the seas, me boys, To me true love far away, For I'm takin' a trip on a Government ship Ten thousand miles away.
Then, O ye winds I ho! A rovin' I will go. I'll stay no more on Erin's shore To hear fiddlers play I'm off on the bounded Maine And I won't be back again For I'm on the move to my own true love Ten thousand miles away
My true love she was beautiful, My true love she was young, Her eyes were like the diamonds, bright and silvery was her tongue An' Silvery was her tongue me lads, as the big ship left the bay And she said will you remember me ten thousand miles away.
Then, O ye winds I ho! A rovin' I will go. I'll stay no more on Erin's shore To hear fiddlers play I'm off on the bounded Maine And I won't be back again For I'm on the move to my own true love Ten thousand miles away
It was a dark and dismal day when last I saw my Peg She'd a Government band around each hand An' another one round her leg And another one round her leg, me boys As the big ship left the bay, "Adieu," says she, "remember me ten thousand miles away"
Then, O ye winds I ho! A rovin' I will go. I'll stay no more on Erin's shore To hear fiddlers play I'm off on the bounded Maine And I won't be back again For I'm on the move to my own true love Ten thousand miles away
Oh, the sun may shine through the Dublin fog Or the liffy run quite clear, and the ocean brine turn into wine and I forget my beer and I forget my beer, me boys Or the landlord's quarter-day But I'll ner forget my own true love Ten thousand miles away.
Then, O ye winds I ho! A rovin' I will go. I'll stay no more on Erin's shore To hear fiddlers play I'm off on the bounded Maine And I won't be back again For I'm on the move to my own true love Ten thousand miles away
Then, O ye winds I ho! A rovin' I will go. I'll stay no more on Erin's shore To hear fiddlers play I'm off on the bounded Maine And I won't be back again For I'm on the move to my own true love Ten thousand miles away