My true love she was beautiful,
My true love she was fair;
Her eyes were like the diamonds bright
And golden was her hair.
And golden was her hair, my lads,
As the big ship left the bay
She said will you remember me
Ten thousand miles away!Chorus (after each verse):
And sing blow the winds high-o,
A-roving I will go.
I'll stay no more on England's shore
For to hear the music play,
For I'm off on the morning train
And I won't be back again.
For I'm taking a trip on a Government ship
Ten thousand miles away.Oh dark and dismal was the day
When last I saw my Meg,
She'd a Government band around each hand
And another one around the leg.
And another one around the leg, my lads,
As the big ship sailed away,
I said that I'd be true to her
Ten thousand miles away.Chorus
Oh the sun may shine through a London fog
And the river run quite clear,
And the ocean's wine turn into brine
And I'll forget my beer.
and I'll forget my beer, my lads,
And the landlord's cannot pay
Before I'll forget my own dear Meg
Ten thousand miles away.ChorusChorus
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