well, it just would not lie down and shut up, there may be more, I dont know, but I think the last 2 verses are

I never been a whaling, or fished Iceland's frozen shore
Never spent a drunken night with doxys or with whores
But the songs have taken me there and to places, furthermore
That would stretch the minds of most right here in Bolton

my love of this folk music takes me where I want to go
with sailor or with soldier or where tramps and hawkers go
my mind shares their experience and that is how I know
I am still alive tho' here in Bolton