(Bound for) South Australia
(clipper ship sea shanty)
In South Australia I was born
(Chorus) Heave away, haul away
South Australia round Cape Horn
(Chorus) We're bound for South Australia
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Heave away, you rolling king
Heave away, haul away
Heave away, oh hear me sing
We're bound for South Australia
I see my wife standing on the quay
(Chorus) Heave away, haul away
The tears do start as she waves to me.
(Chorus) We're bound for South Australia
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Heave away, you rolling king
Heave away, haul away
Heave away, oh hear me sing
We're bound for South Australia
Oh when I sailed across the sea
(Chorus) Heave away, haul away
My girl said she'd be true to me
(Chorus) We're bound for South Australia
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Heave away, you rolling king
Heave away, haul away
Heave away, oh hear me sing
We're bound for South Australia
I'll tell you the truth and I'll tell you no lie;
(Chorus) Heave away, haul away
If I don't love that girl I hope I may die.
(Chorus) We're bound for South Australia
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Heave away, you rolling king
Heave away, haul away
Heave away, oh hear me sing
We're bound for South Australia
And now I'm bound for a foreign strand,
(Chorus) Heave away, haul away
With a bottle of whisky in my hand.
(Chorus) We're bound for South Australia
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Heave away, you rolling king
Heave away, haul away
Heave away, oh hear me sing
We're bound for South Australia
I'll drink a glass to the foreign shore
(Chorus) Heave away, haul away
And one to the girl that I adore.
(Chorus) 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
And as we wallop around Cape Horn
(Chorus) Heave away, haul away
You wish to God you'd never been born
(Chorus) 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