Lyrics to “10,000 Miles Away” by Bellowhead
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, me lads
The big ship left the bay
She said "Will you remember me
Ten thousand miles away?"
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
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 her leg
And another one around her leg, my lads,
As the big ship left the bay,
I said that I'd be true to her
Ten thousand miles away
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
I'm taking a trip on a government ship
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 brine would turn to wine
And I'll forget me beer
and I'll forget me beer, me lads,
And the landlord's tab I'll pay
Before I'll forget my own dear Meg
Ten thousand miles away
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
I'm taking a trip on a government ship
Ten thousand miles away
So we'll 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
I'm taking a trip on a government ship
Ten thousand miles away
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