“Ten Thousand Miles Away”

Description

"Sing ho! for a brave and a gallant ship, And a fair and fav'ring breeze, With a bully crew and a captain too To carry me over the seas...." The singer wishes for a ship to carry him to his sweetheart, transported to Botany Bay "ten thousand miles away"

Same tune

• The Old Palmer Song (File: PASB038)
• No More Shall I Work in the Factory (File: Grnw122)

Cross references

• cf. "A Capital Ship" (tune & meter)
• cf. "Ho for California (Banks of Sacramento)" (tune & meter)
• cf. "The Old Palmer Song" (tune)

Broadsides

• Bodleian, Harding B 11(3763), "Ten Thousand Miles Away" ("Sing oh! for a brave and valiant bark"), J. Harkness (Preston), 1840-1866; also Firth c.13(286), 2806 c.16(88), Harding B 16(286c), "Ten Thousand Miles Away"

Recordings

• Robert Cinnamond, "Ten Thousand Miles Away" (on IRRCinnamond03)
• Eugene Jemison, "Ten Thousand Miles Away" (on Jem01)

References

1. Colcord, pp. 159-161, "Ten Thousand Miles Away" (1 text, 1 tune)
2. Harlow, pp. 116-118, "Ten Thousand Miles Away" (1 text, 1 tune)
3. Hugill, pp. 409-410, "Ten Thousand Miles Away" (1 text, 1 tune) [AbEd, pp. 311-312]
4. Meredith/Anderson, pp. 84-85, 272-273, "Ten Thousand Miles Away" (2 texts, 2 tunes)
5. Flanders/Brown, pp. 148-149, "Ten Thousand Miles Away" (1 text, 1 tune)
6. Fahey-Eureka, pp. 31-32, "Ten Thousand Miles Away" (1 text, 1 tune)
7. Sandburg, pp. 100-101, "Ten Thousand Miles Away" (1 text, 1 tune)
8. Copper-SoBreeze, pp. 232-233, "Blow the Winds I Oh" (1 text, 1 tune)
9. Manifold-PASB, pp. 8-9, "Ten Thousand Miles Away" (1 text, 1 tune)
10. Silber-FSWB, p. 86, "Ten Thousand Miles Away" (1 text)
11. DT, THOUSMIL*
12. Roud #1778
13. BI, MA084