botany bay — текст песни (misc traditional)

Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 09:22:10 +1100 (EST)
From: mike
Subject: botany_bay.crd

Botany Bay

traditional Australian

(Briskly 3/4)

C G7 C
Fare- well to old England for e-ver
C F G7
Fare- well to my rum culls as well
C F C
Fare - well to the well known Old Bailee
C G7 C
Where I used for to cut such a swell

Chorus:

Singing Too-ral Li-ooral li-ad-dity
Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ay
Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ad-dity
And we`re bound for Botany Bay

There`s the captain as is our Commander
There`s the bo`sun and all the ship`s crew
There`s the first and second class passengers
Knows what we poor convicts go through

`taint leavin` old England we cares about
`taint cos we mispels what we knows
But becos all we light-fingered gentry
Hops around with a log on our toes

For seven long years I`ll be staying here
For seven long years and a day
For meeting a cove in an area
And taking his ticker away

Oh, had I the wings of a turtle - dove
I`d soar on my pinions so high
Slap bang to tha arms of my Polly Love
And in her sweet presence I`d die

Now, all my young Dookies and Duchesses
Take warning from what I`ve to say
Mind all is your own as you touchesses
Or you`ll find us in Botany Bay


- submitted by Mike Hiltonwood