(solo) Oh South Australia is me home^[8]
(chorus) Heave away! Heave away!
(solo) South Australia is me home
(chorus) An’ we’re bound for South Australia.

Heave away, heave away

Oh heave away, you rolling king,

We’re bound for South Australia

Solo verse couplets documented to have been sung to “South Australia” include the following from sailors of the 19th century.

I see my wife standing on the quay
The tears do start as she waves to me. I’ll tell you the truth and I’ll tell you no lie;
If I don’t love that girl I hope I may die. And now I’m bound for a foreign strand,
With a bottle of whisky in my hand. I’ll drink a glass to the foreign shore
And one to the girl that I adore.^[1]