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Source: Australian Melodist Songster Sung by Miss MAGGIE MOORE and BILLY EMEREON TEN THOUSAND MILES AWAYSinging oh for a brave and gallant barque,With a brisk and a lively crew ; Singing oh for a jolly captain, And a jolly good ship, too, To carry me over the seas, my boys, To my true love away; For she's taken a trip in a gove'ment ship, Ten thousand miles away. CHORUS. Then blow ye winds " Ay-ho,” A roving I will go, I'll stay no more on England's shore So let the music play—' I'll start by the morning train, And cross the raging main, And I'll away to my own true love, Ten thousand miles away. My true love she was han'some, And my true love she was young, Her eyes were blue as the vi'lets hue, And silv'ry sounds her tongue, And silv'ry sounds her tongue, my boys, And while I sing this lay She's doing the grand, in a distant land, Ten thousand miles away. Then blow, etc Oh, dark and dismal was the day I parted with my Sue; She wept, and so did I, my boy, I'm sure you'd do so too, I'm sure you'd done so too, my boys ; As the good ship left the bay, "Adieu,” said she, " remember me," Ten thousand miles away. .Then blow, etc |