SOUTH AUSTRALIA
(learned in 1975 while in Westwind Folk Ensemble)
South Australia is my home,
Heave away, haul away,
South Australia 'round Cape Horn,
And we're bound for South Australia!
Heave away, my rolling king,
Heave away, haul away,
Heave away and hear me sing,
And we're bound for South Australia!
There's just one thing that grieves my mind,
To leave my wife and child behind,
My wife is standing on the quay,
Her tears do flow as she waves to me,
So fare you well, and fare you well,
It's fare you well, I wish you well,
(from miriam berg's folksong collection)