Botany Bay Songtext

von John Williamson

Farewell to Old England forever
Farewell to my rum culls as well
Farewell to the well known Old Bailee
Where I used for to cut such a swell

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Singing toorali-orali-addity
Singing toorali-oolari-ai
Singing toorali-ollari-addity
We're bound for Botany Bay

[Chorus]

'Taint leaving Old England we cares about,
'Taint 'cos we mispells wot we knows
But becos all we light fingered gentry
Hop's around with a log on our toes.

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There's the captain as is our commander,
There's bo'sun and all the ship's crew
There's first and the second class passengers,
Knows what we poor convicts goes through

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

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

[Chorus: x2]