James Keelaghan - Henrys downfall

Come ^Gall you wild and wicked youths wher^Dever you may be I ^Gpray you give attention and ^Dlisten unto me I ^Cwas brought up in Warwickshire, my ^Dparents raised me ^Gwell My ^Dname it is young ^AmHenry,^G a ^Ctale to you I'll ^Dtell

^GI and five more went one night to ^DSquire Dunhill's park All ^Ghoping we could get some game, the ^Dnight it did prove dark But ^Cto our great misfortune, we ^Dwere trepanned with ^Gspeed And ^Dsent away to ^AmWarwick gaol,^G which ^Ccaused my heart to ^Dbleed

It was ^Gat the March assizes, to the ^Dbar we did repair Like ^GJob we stood with patience to ^Dhear our sentence there Being ^Ccaught with old offenders, our ^Dcase it did go ^Ghard My ^Dsentence was for ^Amfourteen ^Gyears, I was ^Cquickly sent on ^Dboard

The ^Gship that bore us from the land, the ^DSpeedwell was her name For ^Gfull five months and upwards, oh, we ^Dploughed the raging Main No ^Cland, no harbour did we see, be^Dlieve me it's no ^Glie A^Dround us swamp black ^Amwater^G, a^Cbove is wan blue ^Dsky

The ^Gvery day we landed u^Dpon the fateful shore The ^Granchers they stood 'round us, oh, ^Dtwenty score or more They ^Cranked us up like horses and they ^Dsold us out of ^Ghand And ^Dyoked us to the ^Amplough right the^Gre, u^Cpon Van Diemen's ^DLand

It's ^Goften when I sleep at night and ^Dhave a pleasant dream My ^Gpretty girl, I rove abroad, through ^Dfield and sparkling stream Yes, in ^CEngland I've been robbed of ^Dher at my right ^Ghand But I ^Dwake up broken ^Amhearted here^G, u^Cpon Van Diemen's ^DLand

And al^Gthough the poor of England ^Dpay their end in toil ^GRobbed of every consequence, ^Dproduce of the soil Their ^Cproud, imperious landlord, if ^Dyou paid rent and ^Gthen ^DSent you off on ^AmBritish hulks^G to ^Cfoul Van Diemen's ^DLand