across the western ocean
across the western ocean:
traditional song
song sample:
lyrics:
oh, times are hard and the wages low --
amelia, where you bound to?
the rocky mountains is my home,
across the western ocean.
oh, times are hard and the wages low --
amelia, where you bound to?
the rocky mountains is my home,
across the western ocean.
the land of promise, there you'll see -
amelia, where you bound to?
i'm bound across the western sea,
to join the irish army.
to liverpool i'll take my way -
amelia, where you bound to?
to liverpool that yankee school,
across the western ocean.
there's liverpool pat with his tarpaulin hat -
amelia, where you bound to?
and yankee jack the packet rat,
across the western ocean.
beware these packet ships i say -
amelia, where you bound to?
they steal your hide and soul away,
across the western ocean.
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