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BOTANY BAY; Traditional Irish/Australian
NOTE: The key of C is my own personal choice.
NOTE2: It's quite fastforward, I'd recomend lissening to a youtube-cover to get the right tempo.
Note 3: I'm not really sureif the "E4" is called a E4, but you grab it like this:
e|---0---|
B|---0---|
G|---1---|
D|---2---|
A|---0---|
E|---0---|
Intro:
C Am F G C
C x4
Chorus:
CFarewell to your bricks anAmd mortar, fFarewell to your Gdirty lCies
CFarewell to your gangers aAmnd gang planks and to hD4ell with your overtime
The Cgood ship RagaAmmuffin she's Flying Gat the CQuay
For to tCake oul Pat with his sAmhovel on his back
Am---->
To the shores of Botany Bay
C x4
(Away........)
Same thing, but different Lyrics:
Verse 1:
I'm on my way down to the Quay where the ship at anchor lies
To command a gang of navvys that they told me to engage
I thought I'd drop in for a drink before I went away
For to take a trip on an emigrant ship
To the shores of Botany Bay
Chorus: (Farewell to your... etc etc)
Verse 2:
The boss came up this morning, he says "well Pat, you know
If you don't get your navvys out, I'm afraid you'll have to go"
So I asked him for my wages and demanded all my pay
For I told him straight, I'm going to emigrate
To the shores of Botany Bay
Chorus
Verse 3:
And when I reach Australia I'll go and look for gold
There's plenty there for the digging of, or so I have been told
Or else I'll go back to my trade and a hundred bricks I'll lay
Because I live for an eight hour shift
On the shores of Botany Bay
Chorus:
The End! (on C)