I've sailed the whole world over

Across the seven seas

I courted my sweetheart

Underneath the Kauri trees

I travelled with the north wind

Up to the Bering Strait

Around the horn and home again

For that is the sailor's fate

Across the line

The Gulf Stream

Working your life away

Around the horn and home again

For that is the sailor's way

Across the barren wasteland

Of the frozen Arctic sea

Through Polynesian breezes

And southern storms sailed we

The wind all in the rigging

Sings a lonely lullaby

A sailor I have always been

A sailor I will die

Across the line

The Gulf Stream

Working your life away

Around the horn and home again

For that is the sailor's way

We sailed up to the northward

We sailed up to the east

We reefed our sail

In the strongest gale

We stood in the calmest sea

Ocean bound by Dusky Sound

And Pegasus through the Strait

Port Cooper Ocean Tom Kane Bay

For that is the sailor's fate

Across the line

The Gulf Stream

Working your life away

Around the horn and home again

For that is the sailor's way

Across the line

The Gulf Stream

Working your life away

Around the horn and home again

For that is the sailor's way