Soon be back
We're coming back today
I'm feeling so pleased about it
I feel like sailing
Across the seas
Beneath the clear blue skies

I see all my ancestors
Cut their way to here
They're all aboard the ships like
Endeavour

Chorus:
And they were calling you
And they were calling me
Across the seas
Across the great divide
They were calling

Ship ahoy
We've come this far today
I'm feeling so pleased about it
I feel like sailing
Across the seas
Across the great divide
I feel all my ancestors
Who have cut their way to here
They're all aboard
The ships like Endeavour

Ko te iwi Maori e ngunguru nei
Manini waka
Tere waka
Tere titaha
Tere ki tai