Ten Thousand Miles Away Lyrics

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 the 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 the 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 the 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
And the Liffey 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 ne'er 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 the 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 the 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