Then blow, ye winds, then blow And a-rovin' I will go I'll stay no more on England's shore To hear the fiddles play For I'm on the move to me own true love Ten thousand miles away Oh, my true love was beautiful And my true love was gay But she's taken a trip on a Government ship Bound out for Botany Bay Bound out for Botany Bay, me boys And though she's far away I'll never forget me own true love Ten thousand miles away Then blow, ye winds, then blow And a-rovin' I will go I'll stay no more on England's shore To hear the fiddles play For I'm on the move to me own true love Ten thousand miles away Oh, it was a summer's morning When last I seen me Meg She'd a Government band around her hand And another one round her leg And another one round her leg, me boys As the big ship left the bay "Adieu, me love, remember me Ten thousand miles away" Then blow, ye winds, then blow And a-rovin' I will go I'll stay no more on England's shore To hear the fiddles play For I'm on the move to me own true love Ten thousand miles away I wished I was a bosun Or a sailor without fear I'd man a boat and away I'd float And straight to me true love steer And straight to me true love steer, me boys Where the whales and dolphin play Where the whales and sharks are havin' their larks Ten thousand miles away Then blow, ye winds, then blow And a-rovin' I will go I'll stay no more on England's shore To hear the fiddles play For I'm on the move to me own true love Ten thousand miles away Oh, the sun may shine through the London fog Or the river run quite clear Or the ocean brine turn into wine Or I forget me beer Or I forget me beer, me boys Or the landlord's quarter-pay But I'll never forget me own true love Ten thousand miles away Then blow, ye winds, then blow And a-rovin' I will go I'll stay no more on England's shore To hear the fiddles play For I'm on the move to me own true love Ten thousand miles away