10000 Miles Song

Ten thousand miles away is a sea shanty whose writing and composition are attributed to joseph b.

10000 miles song. I love this song and this movie for those of you who haven t seen it i highly recommend it particularly to animal lovers it s based on a true story now. Lyrical similarities include the opening line fare thee well my own true love ten thousand miles or more word for word matches and the question of seeing a dove or other bird crying for its love. Fare thee well my own true love farewell for a while i m going away but i ll be back though i go 10 000 miles 10 000 miles my own true love 10 000 miles or more the rocks may melt and the seas may burn if i should not return oh don t you see that lonesome dove sitting on an ivy tree she s weeping for her own true love as i shall. Lovers mourning their separation and longing to return to one another.

Fare thee well my own true love farewell for a while i m going away but i ll be back though i go 10 000 miles 10 000 miles my own true love 10 000 miles or more the rocks may melt and the seas may burn if i should not return oh don t you see that lonesome dove sitting on an ivy tree she s weeping for her own true love as i shall weep for mine oh come ye back my own true love and stay a while. The subjects of the songs are practically identical. In his shanties from the seven seas hugill says that this was originally a shore ballad sung by street singers in ireland in the early nineteenth century. Later it became a popular music hall number.

Lyrics to 10 000 miles by mary chapin carpenter. Traditional fare thee well my own true love farewell for a while.