Once I was a waiting man that lived at home at Ayres
Now I am a mariner that ploughs the angry seas
Oh,
I always loved sea-faring life,
I bid my love adieu
I shipped a steward and cooked me boys on board the kangaroo
Oh,
I never thought she would prove false or either prove untrue
As we sailed away through Milford Bay on board the kangaroo
Think of me,
oh,
think of me,
she mournfully did say When you were
in a foreign land and I am far away
Take this lucky thruppeny bit,
it'll make you bear in mind That love and trust
and faithful heart you left in tears behind
Cheer up,
cheer up,
me aunt,
true love,
don't weep so bitterly
She sobbed,
she sighed,
she choked,
she cried and could not say goodbye
Oh,
I won't be gone for very long,
just but a month or two
When I will return again,
of course I'll visit you
Oh,
I never thought she would prove false or either prove untrue
As we sailed away through Milford Bay on board the kangaroo
Our ship was homeward bound from many's the Farden
shore And many's the Farden present unto me love I bore
I brought tortoises from Tenerife and ties from Timbuktu
A china rat and a Bengal cat and a Bombay cockatoo
Then off I saw her dwelling on the street above the town
Where an ancient *** upon the line was hanging out her gown
Where is me love,
she is vanished,
or about six months ago
With the smart young man that drives the van,
but she apple and sun and go
Oh,
I never thought she would prove false or either prove untrue
As we sailed away through Milford Bay on board the kangaroo
Here's to health to dreams of married life,
the soft sooths and blue
That's to love and paper and starch and washing soot too
Oh,
we're going to some Farden shore,
no longer can I stay
On some china hut and toddle, throw meself away
Oh,
me love,
she is no foolish girl,
her age it is to score
Me love,
she is no spinster,
she has been married twice before
Oh,
I cannot say it was her welt that stole me heart away
She's a washer in a laundry for one and nine a day
Oh,
I never thought she would prove false or either prove untrue
As we sailed away through Milford Bay on board the kangaroo