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

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 sailed away
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

Oh, the sun may shine through a London fog
And the river run quite clear
And the ocean's brine would turn to win
And I'll forget my beer

And I'll forget my beer, my lads
And the landlords cannot 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