South Australia – Roud #325
In South Australia I was born
Heave away, haul away
South Australia, round Cape Horn
We're bound for South Australia
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Heave away your rolling king
Heave away, haul away
Heave away, you'll hear me sing
Bound for South Australia
As I walked out one morning fair
It’s there I met Miss Nancy Blair
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Now only one thing grieves me mind
To leave Miss Nancy Blair behind
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Oh when I sailed across the sea
My girl said she’d be true to me
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And now I’m on a foreign strand
With a pint of Aegir’s best in hand
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And as we wallop 'round Cape Horn
We wish to God we’d never been born
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Yes, South Australia’s me native land
Full of flies and dust and sand
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Yes, South Australia’s a damn fine place
To get blind drunk is no disgrace
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