Good Ship Kangaroo

D Am C D G G C G D G D Am C D G Once I was a waitin' man that lived at home at ease G C G D G Now I am a mariner that ploughs the angry seas D Am C D G I always loved seafarin' life, I bid my love adieu G C G D G I shipped as a steward and cook, me boys, on board the Kangaroo D Am C D G Oh I never thought she would prove false or either prove untrue G C G D G As we sailed away thru' Milford Bay, on board the Kangaroo D Am C D G Think of me, O think of me, she mournfully did say G C G D G When you are in a foreign land, and I am far away D Am C D G Take this lucky truppeny bit, it'll make you bear in mind G C G D G The lovin trustin' faithful heart you left in tears behind D Am C D G Cheer up, cheer up, my own true love, don't weep so bitterly G C G D G She sobbed, she sighed, she choked, she cried, & could not say goodbye D Am C D G I wont be gone for very long, tis but a month or two G C G D G When I will return again, of course I'll visit you D Am C D G Oh I never thought she would prove false or either prove untrue G C G D G As we sailed away thru' Milford Bay, on board the Kangaroo D Am C D G Our ship it was homeward bound from many's the foreign shore G C G D G And many's the foreign present unto me love I bore D Am C D G I brought tortoises from Tenerife and toys from Timbuktu G C G D G A China rat, a Bengal cat and a Bombay Cockatoo D Am C D G Paid off, I sought her dwellin' on a street above the town G C G D G where an ancient dame upon the line was hangin' out her gown D Am C D G 'Where is me love?' 'She's vanished, sir about six months ago G C G D G with a smart young man who drives the van for Chaplin, Son & Co. D Am C D G Oh I never thought she would prove false or either prove untrue G C G D G As we sailed away thru' Milford Bay, on board the Kangaroo D Am C D G G C G D G D Am C D G Here's a health to dreams of married life to soap suds & blue G C G D G Heart's true love & patent starch and washing soda too D Am C D G I'll go unto some foreign shore, no longer can I stay G C G D G And with some China Hottentot, I'll throw meself away D Am C D G Me love she is no foolish girl, her age it is two score G C G D G Me love she is no spinster, she's been married twice before D Am C D G I cannot say it was her wealth that stole me heart away G C G D G She's a washer in a laund-ery for one-and-nine a day D Am C D G Oh I never thought she would prove false or either prove untrue G C G D G As we sailed away thru' Milford Bay, on board the Kangaroo D Am C D G G C G D G