10,000 Miles Away - Bellowhead

My true love she was beautiful,

My true love she was fair;

Her eyes were like the diamonds bright

And golden was her hair.

And golden was her hair, my lads,

As the big ship left the bay

She said will you remember me

Ten thousand miles away!

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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 morning train

And I won’t be back again.

For I’m taking a trip on a Government ship

Ten thousand miles away.

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 the leg.

And another one around the leg, my lads,

As the big ship sailed away,

I said that I’d be true to her

Ten thousand miles away.

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Oh the sun may shine through a London fog

And the river run quite clear,

And the ocean’s wine turn into brine

And I’ll forget my beer.

and I’ll forget my beer, my lads,

And the landlord’s cannot pay

Before I’ll forget my own dear Meg

Ten thousand miles away.

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