Paddle Me Own Canoe

I've travelled about a bit in me time, of troubles I've seen a few
 I found it far better in every clime to paddle me own canoe
 Me wants they are small I care not at all, me debts they are paid when due
 I drive away strife from the ocean of life and paddle me own canoe
 And I have no wife to bother me life, no lover to prove untrue
 The whole day long I laugh with the song and paddle me own canoe
 It's all very well to depend on a friend, that is if you proved him true
 You'll find it better by far in the end to paddle your own canoe
 To borrow is dearer by far than to buy, a saying though old still true
 You never will sigh if you only will try to paddle your own canoe
 And I have no wife to bother me life, no lover to prove untrue
 The whole day long I laugh with the song and paddle me own canoe
 So love everybody, trust only the few as the world I go travelling through
 And never sit down with a tear and a frown, but paddle your own canoe
 I rise with the lark from daylight to dark, I do what I have to do
 I'm careless in wealth, I've only me health to paddle me own canoe
 And I have no wife to bother me life, no lover to prove untrue
 The whole day long I laugh with the song and paddle me own canoe
 Though England has ruled our small little land and manys the country too
 Just take my advice and never think twice to paddle your own canoe
 It's better I say to make your own way as the world you go travelling through
 You never will sigh if you only will try to paddle your own canoe
 And I have no wife to bother me life, no lover to prove untrue
 The whole day long I laugh with the song and paddle me own canoe