Bound for South Australia
In South Australia I was born
Heave away, haul
away
South Australia round Cape Horn
We're bound for South Australia
Chorus
Heave away, you rolling king
Heave away, haul away
Heave
away, oh hear me sing
We're bound for South Australia
There ain't
but one thing grieves my mind
Heave away, haul away
To leave Miss Nancy
Blair behind
We're bound for South Australia
Oh when I sailed across
the sea
Heave away, haul away
My girl said she'd be true to me
We're
bound for South Australia
I rung her all night I rung her all day
Heave away, haul away
I rung her before we sailed away
We're bound for
South Australia
And now I'm on some foreign strand
Heave away, haul
away
With a bottle of whiskey in my hand
We're bound for South Australia
And as we wallop around Cape Horn
Heave away, haul away
You wish
to God you'd never been born
We're bound for South Australia
Notes
From the singing of A.L.Lloyd. A version was collected by Laura Smith from sailors in Tyneside and printed in her The Music of the Waters in 1888.