Bellowhead – Across the Line Lyrics

I've sailed the whole world over, across the seven seas
I courted my sweat-heart, underneath the Kauri trees
I've travelled with the north wind, up to the Bering Strait
Around the horn and home again, for that is the sailor's fate

I crossed the barren wasteland of the frozen Arctic sea
Through Polynesian breezes, and southern storms sailed we
The wind all in the riggings sings a lonely lullaby
A sailor I have always been, a sailor I shall 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 rigged our sail in the strongest gale
And stood in the calmest seas
Ocean bound by Dusky Sound
The 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
Across the line, the Gulf Stream
Working your life away
Around the horn and home again
For that is the sailor's fate