Sing ho for a brave and a gallant ship
And a fast and favoring breeze
With a bully crew and a captain to 
To carry me over the seas
To carry me over the seas me boys
To my [bad word] love far away 
For I'm taking a trip on a Government ship 
Ten thousand miles away

 [bad word] after each verse

Then blow, ye winds and blow and a roving I will go
I'll stay no more on England's shore 
To hear sweet music play 
For I'm on the move to me own [bad word] love 
Ten thousand miles away

My [bad word] love was beautiful  
And my [bad word] love was [bad word] But she's taken a trip on a Government ship 
Bound out to Botany Bay
Bound out to Botany Bay my boys
And though she's far away
I'll never forget me own [bad word] love
Ten thousand miles away

Oh it was a summer's morning
When last I saw my Meg 
She'd a Government band around each hand 
And another one round her leg 
Oh another one round her leg my boys 
As the big ship left the bay
Adieu she says "remember me Ten thousand miles away"

I wish I was a bosun bold 
Or a sailor without fear 
I'd man a boat and away I'd float 
And straight for me [bad word] love steer
And straight for me [bad word] love steer my boys 
Where the whales and dolphins play
Where the whales and sharks are having their larks 
Ten thousand miles away

Oh, the sun may shine through the London fog 
Or the [bad word] 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 pay 
But I'll never forget me own [bad word] love 
Ten thousand miles away