Once I was a waitin´ man that lived at home at ease.
Now I am a mariner that ploughs the angry seas.
I always loved seafarin´ life, I bid my love adieu
I shipped as steward and cook, me boys, on board the Kangaroo.
Cho: Oh I never thought she would prove false or either prove untrue
As we sailed away through Milford Bay on board the Kangaroo
"Think of me, oh think of me," she mournfully did say,
"When you are in a foreign land and I am far away.
Take this lucky tuppenny bit, it´ll make you bear in mind
That lovin´ trustin´ faithful heart you left in tears behind."
"Cheer Up, cheer up, my own true love. Don´t weep so bitterly,"
She sobbed, she sighed, she choked, she cried and could not say goodbye
"I won´t be gone for very long, ´tis but a month or two.
When I will return again of course I´ll visit you."
Our ship it was homeward bound from many´s the foreign shore
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