Kick Up the Dust - 10 000 Miles Away Pirate Shanty

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All for a brave and a gallant ship, and a fast and favoring breeze
A bully crew, and a captain too, to carry me over the seas
To carry me over the seas, my boys, to my true love far away
Cause she's taking a trip on a government ship 10,000 miles away

Blow, you bully boys, blow, but roving I will go
I'll stay no more on England's shore to hear sweet music play
I'm off on the bounding main, and I'll not be back again
For I'm on the move to my own true love 10,000 miles away

Oh, my sweetheart, she was beautiful, my sweetheart, she was young
Her eyes were like the diamonds bright, and silvery was her tongue
And silvery was her tongue, my boys, as the big ship sailed away
I swore that I'd be true to her 10,000 miles away

Blow, you bully boys, blow, but roving I will go
I'll stay no more on England's shore to hear sweet music play
I'm off on the bounding main, and I'll not be back again
For I'm on the move to my own true love 10,000 miles away

Oh, it was a dark and a dismal day when last I saw my Meg
She'd a government band around her hand, and another one around her leg
And another one her leg, my boys, as the big ship sailed away
Said she, "Will you remember me 10,000 miles away?"

Blow, you bully boys, blow, but roving I will go
I'll stay no more on England's shore to hear sweet music play
I'm off on the bounding main, and I'll not be back again
For I'm on the move to my own true love 10,000 miles away

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I wish I was a bosun bold, or perhaps a bombardier
I'd man a boat, and away I'd float, and straight for my true love steer
And straight to my true love steer, my boys, where the whales and dolphins play
Where the whales and sharks are having their larks 10,000 miles away

Blow, you bully boys, blow, but roving I will go
I'll stay no more on England's shore to hear sweet music play
I'm off on the bounding main, and I'll not be back again
For I'm on the move to my own true love 10,000 miles away

Oh, the sun might shine through the London fog, or the river run quite clear
Or the ocean brine turn into wine, or I forget my beer
Or I forget my beer, my boys, or the landlord's quarter-day
But I'll never forget my own true love 10,000 miles away

Blow, you bully boys, blow, but roving I will go
I'll stay no more on England's shore to hear sweet music play
I'm off on the bounding main, and I'll not be back again
For I'm on the move to my own true love 10,000 miles away

Blow, you bully boys, blow, but roving I will go
I'll stay no more on England's shore to hear sweet music play
I'm off on the bounding main, and I'll not be back again
For I'm on the move to my own true love 10,000 miles away

I'm on the move to my own true love 10,000 miles away

10,000 Miles Away · Kick Up the Dust
Porter and Strong Whiskey
℗ 2012 Kick Up the Dust
Released on: 2012-12-12