My Army, O, My Army! and Other Songs by Henry Lawson

THE CAPTAINS sailed from all the World--from all the world and Spain; And each one for his country's ease, her glory and her gain; The Captains sailed to Southern Seas, and sailed the Spanish Main; And some sailed out beyond the World, and some sailed home again.

And each one for his daily bread, and bitter bread it was, Because of things they'd left at home--or for some other cause. Their wives and daughters made the lace to deck the Lady's gown, Where sailors' wives sew dungarees by many a seaport town.