The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem - The shores of botany bay

^GFarewell to your bricks and ^Emmortar, fare^Cwell to your dirty ^Glime Farewell to your gangways ^Emand your gangplanks and to ^A7hell with your over^Dtime For the ^Ggood ship Ragga^Emmuffin is ^Clying at the ^Gquay For to ^Emtake old Pat with a shovel on his back to the shores of Botany Bay ^D

^GI'm on my way down ^Emto the quay, where the ^Cship at anchor ^Glay To command a gang of ^Emnavvies that they ^A7told me to en^Dgage I ^Gthought I would stop ^Emin awhile ^Cbefore I went a^Gway For to ^Emtake a trip on an emigrant ship to the shores of Botany Bay ^D

^GFarewell to your bricks and ^Emmortar, fare^Cwell to your dirty ^Glime Farewell to your gangways ^Emand your gangplanks and to ^A7hell with your over^Dtime For the ^Ggood ship Ragga^Emmuffin is ^Clying at the ^Gquay For to ^Emtake old Pat with a shovel on his back to the shores of Botany Bay^D

^GThe boss comes up this ^Emmorning and he ^Csays to me "hel^Glo If you don't mix your ^Emmortar right, I'm af^A7raid you'll have to ^Dgo" Well, ^Gsince he did in^Emsult me, I ^Cdemanded all my ^Gpay And I ^Emtold him straight I was gonna emigrate to the shores of Botany Bay^D

^GFarewell to your bricks and ^Emmortar, fare^Cwell to your dirty ^Glime Farewell to your gangways ^Emand your gangplanks and to ^A7hell with your over^Dtime For the ^Ggood ship Ragga^Emmuffin is ^Clying at the ^Gquay For to ^Emtake old Pat with a shovel on his back to the shores of Botany Bay^D

^GAnd when I reach Aus^Emtralia, I'll ^Cgo and dig for ^Ggold There's plenty there for the ^Emdigging up or ^A7so I have been ^Dtold Or ^Gelse I'll go back ^Emto my trade and a ^Chundred bricks I'll ^Glay Eight ^Embob I'll lift for an eight hour shift on the shores of Botany Bay ^D

^GFarewell to your bricks and ^Emmortar, fare^Cwell to your dirty ^Glime Farewell to your gangways ^Emand your gangplanks and to ^A7hell with your over^Dtime For the ^Ggood ship Ragga^Emmuffin is ^Clying at the ^Gquay For to ^Emtake old Pat with a shovel on his back to the shores of Botany Bay^{D G}