For the sake of you me lassie
I’m bound away me lassie
For the sake of you me lassie
I’m bound away

Far across away the sea me lassie
Far across away the sea me lassie

Bound to sail the seas to China
Bound aboard an ocean liner

Bound to sail the rolling ocean
Bound away [bad word] 
So dry your tears and have no more sorrow
For the packet sails tomorrow

For the sake of you me lassie
For the sake of you me lassie