Botany Bay

X:1
T:Botany Bay
B:Singing Together, Spring 1968, BBC Publications
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
M:3/4     %Meter
L:1/8     %
K:D
DE |F2 A2 A2 |E2 G2 G2 |GE D4-|D2z2
w:Fare -well to old Eng-land for ev-*er *
 AA |F2 A2 d2 |G2 B2 d2 |A6-|A2z2
w:Fare_ well to my old pals as well, *
 AA |d2 c2 d2 |e2 d2 B2 |AG D4-|D2
w:Fare-*well to the well-known Old Bail-*ley *
D2 E2 |F2 A2 A2 |E2 G2 F2 |D6-|D2z2
w:Where I once used to look such a swell. *
DE |F2 A2 A2 |E2 G2 G2 |FE D4-|D2z2
w:Sing-ing too-ral, li-oo-ral li-ad-di-ty *
AA |F2 A2 d2 |G2 B2 d2 |A6-|A2z2
w:Sing-ing too-ral, li-oo-ral, li-ay, *
 AA |d2 c2 d2 |e2 d2 B2 |AF D4-|D2z2
w:Sing-ing too-ral, li-oo-ral, li-ad-di-ty, *
DE |F2 A2 A2 |E2 G2 F2 |D6-|D2z4 |]
w:For we're bound for the Bot-a-ny Bay. *
W:Farewell to old England for ever,
W:Farewell to my old pals as well,
W:Farewell to the well-known Old Bailey
W:Where I once used to look such a swell.
W:
W:(chorus)
W:Singing too-ral, li-oo-ral li-ad-di-ty,
W:Singing too-ral, li-oo-ral, li-ay,
W:Singing too-ral, li-oo-ral, li-ad-di-ty,
W:For we're bound for the Botany Bay.
W:
W:There's the captain as is our commander,
W:There's the bosun and all the ship's crew,
W:There's the first and the second class passengers,
W:Knows what we poor convicts go through.
W:
W:'Taint leaving old England we cares about,
W:'Yaint 'cos we mis-spells wot we knows,
W:But becos all we light-fingered gentry
W:Hops around with a log on our toes.
W:
W:Oh! had I the wings of a turtle-dove
W:I'd soar on my pinions so high,
W:Slap bang to the arms of my Polly love,
W:And in her sweet presence I'd die.
W:
W:Now all my young Dookies and Duchesses,
W:Take warning from what I've to say,
W:Mind all is your own that you touchesses
W:Or you'll find us in Botany Bay.
W:

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