"10,000 Miles"
Fare thee well, my own true loveFarewell for a while
I'm going away but I'll be back
Though I go ten thousand miles
Ten thousand miles
My own true love
Ten thousand miles or more
The rocks may melt
And the seas may burn
If I should not return
Oh, don't you see ... that lonesome dove
Sitting on an ivy tree
She's weeping for her own true love
As I shall weep for mine
Oh, come ye back, my own true love
And stay a while with me
If I had a friend all on this earth
You've been a friend to me
And fare thee well my own true love
And farewell for a while.
I’m going away, but I’ll be back
If I go ten thousand miles.
--18th century English folk ballad, sung by Mary Chapin Carpenter, and others