| In South Australia I was born | 
| Well, heave away, haul away | 
| In South Australia round Cape Horn | 
| We’re bound for South Australia | 
| Haul away, you rolling king | 
| Well, heave away, haul away | 
| Haul away, oh hear me sing | 
| We’re bound for South Australia | 
| As I walked out one morning fair | 
| Well, heave away, haul away | 
| 't was there I met Miss Nancy Blair | 
| We’re bound for South Australia | 
| Haul away, you rolling king | 
| Well, heave away, haul away | 
| Haul away, oh hear me sing | 
| We’re bound for South Australia | 
| There ain’t but one thing grieves my mind | 
| Well, heave away, haul away | 
| To leave Miss Nancy Blair’s behind | 
| We’re bound for South Australia | 
| Haul away, you rolling king | 
| Well, heave away, haul away | 
| Haul away, oh hear me sing | 
| We’re bound for South Australia | 
| O when I sail across the sea | 
| Well, heave away, haul away | 
| My girl says she’d be true to me | 
| We’re bound for South Australia | 
| Haul away, you rolling king | 
| Well, heave away, haul away | 
| Haul away, oh hear me sing | 
| We’re bound for South Australia | 
| I rung her all night, I rung her all day | 
| Well, heave away, haul away | 
| I rung her before we sailed away | 
| We’re bound for South Australia | 
| Haul away, you rolling king | 
| Well, heave away, haul away | 
| Haul away, oh hear me sing | 
| We’re bound for South Australia | 
| I shook her up, I shook her down | 
| Well, heave away, haul away | 
| I shook her round and round and round | 
| We’re bound for South Australia | 
| Haul away, you rolling king | 
| Well, heave away, haul away | 
| Haul away, oh hear me sing | 
| We’re bound for South Australia | 
| Oh, when we wallop around Cape Horn | 
| Well, heave away, haul away | 
| You’ll wish to God you’d never been born | 
| We’re bound for South Australia | 
| Haul away, you rolling king | 
| Well, heave away, haul away | 
| Haul away, oh hear me sing | 
| We’re bound for South Australia | 
| I wish I was on Australia strand | 
| Well, heave away, haul away | 
| With a glass of whiskey in my hand | 
| We’re bound for South Australia | 
| Haul away, you rolling king | 
| Well, heave away, haul away | 
| Haul away, oh hear me sing | 
| We’re bound for South Australia |