Ten Thousand Miles Away

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It's Ho! for a brave and a 
gallant ship, With a fair and a 
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favouring' breeze,
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With a bully crew and a captain 
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too To carry me over the seas;
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To carry me over the seas, me lads,
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 To me true love far away,
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For I'm taking' a trip on a 
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Government ship Ten thousand 
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miles away.

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         And sing blow the winds 
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heigh-ho! A-roving I will go.
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         I'll stay no more on 
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England's shore to hear the music 
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play
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         I'm off on the morning 
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train and I won't be back again.
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         I'm taking a trip on a 
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government ship Ten thousand 
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miles away.

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Oh me true love, she was 
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beautiful, Me true love, she was 
fair,
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Her eyes were like two diamonds 
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bright And golden was her hair
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And golden was her hair, me boys As
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 the big ship sailed away
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And she said, "Will you remember 
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me Ten thousand miles away!"

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Oh, dark and dismal was the day 
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When last I saw me Meg
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She'd a Government band around 
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each hand And another one around her
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 leg
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And another one around her leg, me 
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boys As the big ship left the bay,
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And I swore I would be true to 
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her Ten thousand miles away!

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Well, I wish I was a bosun bold 
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Or even a bombardier
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I'd build a boat and away I'd 
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float And straight for me true 
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love's steer;
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And straight for me true love 
steer, me boys Where the dancing 
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dolphins play,
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Where the whales and sharks have 
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all their larks Ten thousand 
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miles away.

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Oh the sun may shine through the 
London fog Or the river run quite 
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clear,
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Or the ocean brine turn into wine 
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Or I'll forget my beer (Oh no!)
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Or I'll forget my beer, me lads Or 
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the landlord's quarter-pay
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But I won't forget my own true 
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Meg Ten thousand miles away.