Well as I went out on a midsummer's day With a bellyful of bargain basement wine I was thinking about my own true love And the way she abused this heart of mine Let her go, let her go, blow boys blow Follow the ensign down Let her go, let her go, blow boys blow Blow out the lights of Sydney Town She was tall and fair and I loved her with my life I never tipped another girl the wink But she couldn't stop herself when the flash lads came around
She'd be lining up some fella for a drink Now I'm sick in the head, I haven't been to bed Take the bottle from your gob and give it here When a man's on the ground and his love has broken down Load him up with Mogadon and beer Well tonight I'm as drunk as I was the night before Tomorrow will be more or less the same And I'll drink to the girl with the dirty yellow hair She was coming round the mountain when she came