Across The Western Ocean 

Pre 1849  English – Irish packet trade - the Western Ocean is the Atlantic - another version came about in 1849 due to the California gold rush  

Oh the times are hard and the wages low   

A-me-lia where you bound to

The Rock- y mountains is my home   

A - cross the western o - cean

 

The land of promise there you’ll see   

A – me - lia where you bound to

I’m bound across the Western sea   

A - cross the Western O - cean

 

I’ll take my way from Liverpool   

A-me – lia where you bound to

In Liverpool, that Yankee school   

A – cross the Western O – cean

 

There’s Liverpool Pat in a tarpaulin hat   

A – me – lia where you bound to

And Yankee Jack, the packet rat   

A – cross the Western O – cean

 

Be - ware these packet ships I say,   

A – me – lia where you bound to

They steal your stores and clothes away   

A – cross the Western O - cean  

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