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''Ten Thousand Miles Away'' is a sea shanty whose writing and composition are attributed to Joseph B. Geoghegan. ==Text== The lyrics as given in ''The Scottish Students' Song Book'' of 1897 are as follows: :Sing Ho! for a brave and a valiant bark, And a brisk and lively breeze, :A jovial crew and a Captain too, to carry me over the seas, :To carry me over the seas, my boys, To my true love so gay, :She has taken a trip on a gallant ship Ten thousand miles away. ''Refrain'' :So blow the winds, Heigh-ho; A roving I will go, :I'll stay no more on England's shore, So let the music play! :I'll start by the morning train, To cross the raging main, :For I'm on the move to my own true love, Ten thousand miles away. ''Verse 2'' :My true love, she is beautiful, My true love she is young; :Her eyes are as blue as the violet's hue, and silvery sounds her tongue :And silvery sounds her tongue, my boys, But while I sing this lay, :She is doing the grand in a distant land, Ten thousand miles away. ''Verse 3'' :Oh! that was a dark and dismal day When last she left the strand :She bade good-bye with a tearful eye, and waved her lily hand - :And waved her lily hand, my boys, As the big ship left the bay :"Adieu" says she, "remember me, Ten thousand miles away." ''Verse 4'' :Oh! if I could be but a bo' s'n bold, Or only a bombadier, :I'd hire a boat and hurry afloat, and straight to my true love steer = :And straight to my true love steer, my boys, Where the dancing dolphins play, :And the whales and the sharks are having their larks, Ten thousand miles away. ''Verse 5'' :Oh! the sun may shine through a London fog. and the Thames run bright and clear, :The oceans' brine be turned to wine, And I may forget my beer - :And I may forget my beer, my boys, And the landlord's quarter-day; :But I'll never part from myy own sweetheart, Ten thousand miles away! 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ten Thousand Miles Away」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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