Jim Jones At Botany Bay chords by A. L. Lloyd
Verse 1
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Oh listen for a moment
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lads an d hear me tell me tale
I o 'er the sea from England shore
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I was obliged to sail
The jury says he's guilty,
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and says the judge says he
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For life, Jim Jones,
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Am
I'm sending you across the stormy sea
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And take me tip before you ship
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Am
to join the iron gang
Don't be too gay at Botany Bay
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Am
or else you'll surely hang
Or else you'll surely hang, he,
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Bb
And after that, Jim Jones.
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Am
Aye, upon the gallows tree
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Am
The crows'll pick your bones.
You'll have no chance for mischief then,
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Remember what I say,
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They'll flog the poachin' out of you
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Am
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Down there at Botany Bay.
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C
The wind blew high upon the sea
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Am
and the pirates come along
But the soldiers in our convict ship
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was nigh five hundred strong
They opened fire
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and somehow drove that pirate ship away
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I'd rather join the scall 'n bones
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Am
Than go to Botany Bay
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Now night and day the irons clang
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Unlike poor galley slaves
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We toil and strive and when we die
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We fill dishonoured graves
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But by and by I'll break me chains,
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and to the bush I'll go,
Am
And join the brave bush rangers there,
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like Donahoe and Co.
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And some dark night,
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when everything is silent in the town,
I'll kill them tyrants one by one,
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and shoot the floggers down
I'll give the law a little shock,
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remember what I say
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C
They'll yet regret they sent Jim Jones
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in chains to botany bay
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Jim Jones At Botany Bay
A. L. Lloyd
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