Botany Bay chords by 
Kate Rusby 
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Key: E minor•
Verse 1
Em
G
Farewell to your bricks
Em
and mor tar,
C
G
Farewell to your dirty line,
Farewell to your gangways
Em
and your gangplanks,
D
And to hell with your overtime,
G
For the good ship
Em
C
G
Ragamuffin is a -lying in a de cay,
Em
But the cake I'll pat with the
shovel on his back,
Till the shores of
Botany
Bay.
G
I'm on my way down to the quay
Em
C
G
Where the good ship lies in bay
To command a gang of navvies
Em
D
I was told to engage
G
I stopped in far to drink a while
Em
C
G
Thought it was okay
Em
But to take a trip on an emigrant ship
To the shores of
Botany
Bay
G
Farewell to your bricks and mortar
Em
C
Farewell to your dirty line
G
Em
Farewell to your gangways and your gangbanks
D
and to hell with your overtime
G
For the good ship
Em
C
G
Ragamuffin is a -lying in de cay
Em
But to take your pat with the shovel
and the speck to the shores of
Botany
G
Bay
Em
G
Well, the foreman called this morning,
Em
C
he said, well,
Pat, hello
G
Em
If you didn't get them navvies out ,
D
I'm afraid you'll have to go
G
I asked him for me wages,
Em
C
he told me go away
G
Em
Then I told him straight I would
emigrate to the shores of
Botany
Bay
G
Em
Farewell to your rigs and mor tar,
C
farewell to your dirty line
G
Em
Farewell to your gangways and your
D
gangplanks and to hell with your overtime
G
For the good ship
Em
C
Em
G
Ragamuffin is a -lying at the quay
Em
For to take your pat with the
shovel on his back
G
Em
Till the shore is a -butting hay
C
G
Em
D
G
Em
C
G
Em
G
And when we reach
Em
C
G
Australia, I'll go and look for gold
There's plenty there for diggin' up,
Em
D
or so I have been told
G
And if I take an ocean,
Em
C
G
I'll go back to the sea
Em
But I'll take
Elpat with the shovel on his
back to the shores of
Antibay
G
Em
Farewell to your bricks and mor tar,
C
G
Farewell to your dirty lines,
Farewell to your gangways
Em
and your gangplank s,
D
And to hell with your overtime,
G
For to good shipwreck a muffin
Em
C
G
is a lie in the advoc ate,
Em
But to take your pants with the shovel on his
G
Em
back to the shore's a butt 'n 'y day.
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ChordsEm G C D
Em
G
C
D
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