Artist: | Traditional (English) |
User: | Paul O'Neill |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
Abusive: | |
Comment: | - |
Botany Bay
[Verse]
C G7 C
Fare well to old England for e-ver
C F G7
Fare well to my rum culls as well
C F C
Fare well to the well known Old Bailee
C G7 C
Where I used for to cut such a swell
[Chorus]
C G7 C
Singing Too-ral Li-ooral li-ad-dity
C F G
Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ay
C F C Csus Am
Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ad-dity
C G7 C
And we're bound for Botany Bay
[Verse]
C G7 C
There's the captain as is our Commander
C F G7
There's the bo'sun and all the ship's crew
C F C
There's the first and second class passengers
C G7 C
Knows what we poor convicts go through
[Chorus]
C G7 C
Singing Too-ral Li-ooral li-ad-dity
C F G
Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ay
C F C Csus Am
Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ad-dity
C G7 C
And we're bound for Botany Bay
C G7 C
'taint leavin' old England we cares about
C F G7
'taint cos we mispels what we knows
C F C
But becos all we light-fingered gentry
C G7 C
Hops around with a log on our toes
[Chorus]
C G7 C
Singing Too-ral Li-ooral li-ad-dity
C F G
Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ay
C F C Csus Am
Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ad-dity
C G7 C
And we're bound for Botany Bay
C G7 C
For seven long years I'll be staying here
C F G7
For seven long years and a day
C F C
For meeting a cove in an area
C G7 C
And taking his ticker away
[Chorus]
C G7 C
Singing Too-ral Li-ooral li-ad-dity
C F G7
Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ay
C F C Csus Am
Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ad-dity
C G7 C
And we're bound for Botany Bay
C G7 C
Oh, had I the wings of a turtle - dove
C F G7
I'd soar on my pinions so high
C F C
Slap bang to tha arms of my Polly Love
C G7 C
And in her sweet presence I'd die
C G7 C
Now, all my young Dookies and Duchesses
C F G7
Take warning from what I've to say
C F C
Mind all is your own as you touchesses
C G7 C
Or you'll find us in Botany Bay
[Chorus]
C G7 C
Singing Too-ral Li-ooral li-ad-dity
C F G
Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ay
C F C Csus Am
Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ad-dity
C G7 C
And we're bound for Botany Bay