its all for the life on a gallant ship with a fair and faverin breeze with a goodly crew and a captain too to carry me over the seas to carry me over the seas me boys to me true love far away for im taking a trip on a government ship ten thousand miles away and sing blow you bully boys blow a roaming i will go ill stay no more on englands shore or hear the music play im off on the morning train and wont be back again for im making a trip on a government ship ten thousand miles away well me true love she was beautiful me true love the was young her eyes were like the diamonds bright and silver was her tongue and silver was her tongue me boys as the big ship sailed away and she said will you remember me ten thousand miles away and sing blow you bully boys blow a roaming i will go ill stay no more on englands shore or hear the music play im off on the morning train and wont be back again for im taking a trip on a government ship ten thousand miles away oh now dark and dismal was the day when last i saw me meg shed a government band around each hand and another one around her leg and another one around her leg me boys as the big ship left the bay and i said that id be true to her ten thousand miles away and sing blow you bully boys blow a roaming i will go ill stay no more on englands shore or hear the music play im off on the morning train and wont be back again for im taking a trip on a government ship ten thousand miles away oh i wish i was a boson or even a bombardier id build a boat away id float and straight for me true love steer and straight for me true love steer me boys where the dancing dolphins play and the whales and sharks are having their larks ten thousand miles away and sing blow you bully boys blow a roaming i will go ill stay no more on englands shore or hear the music play im off on the morning train and wont be back again for im taking a trip on a government ship ten thousand miles away oh the sun may shine through the london fog or the river run right clear or the ocean brine might turn to wine or ill forget my beer or ill forget me beer me boys or the landlord s quarter pay bfore i forget me own true meg ten thousand miles away and sing blow you bully boys blow a roaming i will go ill stay no more on englands shore or hear the music play im off on the morning train and wont be back again for im making a trip on a government ship ten thousand miles away and sing blow you bully boys blow a roaming i will go ill stay no more on englands shore or hear the music play im off on the morning train and wont be back again for im taking a trip on a government ship ten thousand miles away1