| It’s of a brave and a gallant ship
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| With a fair an' a fav’ring breeze,
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| And a goodly crew and a captain too,
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| For to carry me over the seas.
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| For to carry me over the seas, my boys,
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| To my true love far away;
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| I’m taking a trip on a Government ship
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| Ten thousand miles away!
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| And sing blow the winds high-o,
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| A-roving I will go.
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| I’ll stay no more on England’s shore
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| For to hear the music play,
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| For I’m off on the morning train
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| And I won’t be back again.
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| For I’m taking a trip on a Government ship
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| Ten thousand miles away.
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| Oh, my true love she was beautiful,
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| My true love she was young;
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| Her eyes were like the diamonds bright
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| And silvery was her tongue.
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| And silvery was her tongue, my boys,
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| As the big ship left the bay
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| She said, will you remember me
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| Ten thousand miles away?
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| And sing blow the winds high-o,
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| A-roving I will go.
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| I’ll stay no more on England’s shore
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| For to hear the music play,
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| For I’m off on the morning train
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| And I won’t be back again.
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| For I’m taking a trip on a Government ship
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| Ten thousand miles away.
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| Now the sun may shine through the London fog
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| Or the river run quite clear,
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| Or the ocean’s brine turn into wine
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| Or I forget my beer.
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| Or I forget my beer, my boys,
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| And the landlord’s quarter-day
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| Before I’ll forget my own delight
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| Ten thousand miles away.
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| And sing blow the winds high-o,
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| A-roving I will go.
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| I’ll stay no more on England’s shore
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| For to hear the music play,
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| For I’m off on the morning train
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| And I won’t be back again.
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| For I’m taking a trip on a Government ship
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| Ten thousand miles away.
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| And sing blow the winds high-o,
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| A-roving I will go.
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| I’ll stay no more on England’s shore
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| For to hear the music play,
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| For I’m off on the morning train
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| And I won’t be back again.
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| For I’m taking a trip on a Government ship
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| Ten thousand miles away. |