Wanderoo’s Song.
“ Don’t You Remember my Going to Sea ?”
Air— “ Long, long ago.”
Don’t you remember my going to sea,1
Long, long ago—long ago ?2
Down at Southampton they tore you from me,3
Long, long ago—long ago.4
I was forced in my youth from my true love to part.5
I was ordered for tropical climates to start
:6
My liver in danger as well as my heart,7
Long, long ago—long ago.8
I lived seven years upon curry and rice—9
Horribly slow—horribly slow !10
Now I’ve returned to have something that’s nice,11
In Paradise Row—Paradise Row.12
A nice English home, with an English fireside ;13
Some nice English stout, and a nice English bride.14
Catch me again on the world’s t’other side ;15
Not if I know—not if I know.16