Botany Bay chords by The Irish Rovers

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Intro 1
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I'm on me way down

Verse 1
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to the quay
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Where the ship at anchor lays
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To command a gang of navvys there
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They told me to engage
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I thought i'd drop in for a drink
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Before i sail away
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For to take a trip on an immigrant ship
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To the shores of botany bay
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Farewell to your bricks and mor tar
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Farewell to your dirty lime
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Farewell to your gangway
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an  d your gang plank
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And to hell with your over time
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For the goodship ragamuffin
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She's lyin at the quay
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For to take oul pat with a shovel on his back
To the shores of botany bay
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The best years of our lives we spent
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Workin on the docks
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Buildin mighty wharves and quays
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Of earth and ballast rocks
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Our pensions keep our jobs secure
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But i won't rue the day
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When i take that trip on a imigrant ship
To the shores of botany bay
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Farewell to your bricks and mortar
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Farewell to your dirty lime
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Farewell to your gangway
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an  d your gang plank
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And to hell with your over time
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For the goodship ragamuffin
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She's lyin at the quay
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For to take oul pat with
a shovel on his back
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To the shores of botany bay
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The boss came up this mornin
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And he says "well pat you know,
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that if you don't mix that motar quick i'm afraid you'll have to go"
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Well of course he did insult me
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So i demanded all me pay
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And i told straight i was gonna imigrat
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To the shores of botnay bay
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Farewell to your bricks and mortar
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Farewell to your dirty lime
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Farewell to your gangway
and your gang plank
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And to hell with your over time
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For the goodship ragamuffin
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F 
C 
G 
She's lyin at the quay
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For to take oul pat with
a shovel on his back
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To the shores of botany bay
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And when i reach austraila
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I'll go and search for gold
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Theres plenty there for diggin up
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Or so i have been told
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And i  may me for tune
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There'll be no more bricks to lay
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But i'll take me ease
Doin what i please
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On the shores of botany bay
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Farewell to your bricks and mortar
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C 
Farewell to your dirty lime
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Farewell to your gangway
and your gang plank
D 
G 
And to hell with your over time
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Am 
For the goodship ragamuffin
F 
C 
G 
She's lyin at the quay
Am 
For to take oul pat with
a shovel on his back
E 
Am 
To the shores of botany bay
G 
C 
Am 
Farewell to your bricks and mortar
F 
C 
Farewell to your dirty lime
Farewell to your gangway
Am 
an  d your gang plank
D 
G 
And to hell with your over time
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Am 
For the goodship ragamuffin
F 
C 
G 
She's lyin at the quay
Am 
For to take oul pat with
a shovel on his back
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Am 
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To the shores of botany bay