10000 Miles Away Lyrics

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!

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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.
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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.

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