Key: E major•
Verse 1
A
E
A
B
E
One Sunday
E
F#m
By Brisbane Waters I chance to stray
B
E
A
I heard a convict his fate be wailing
E
B
E
As on the sunny ri verbank he lay
Verse 2
Erin, Ireland
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F#m
But banished now from my native shore
E
A
They stole me from my independence
E
B
And from the maiden whom I
E
do adore
Verse 3
E
F#m
B
At Norfolk Island and Emu Plains
E
A
At Castle Hill and cursed
E
Toongabbie
At all these settlements
B
E
I've been enchained
Verse 4
E
B
E
A
To Moreton Bay I have found no equal
day prevails
Verse 5
E
F#m
And heavy irons on my legs I wore
B
E
A
My back from flogging was lacerated
B
E
crimson gore
Verse 6
E
F#m
Lies mouldering now beneath the clay
B
E
And Captain Logan he had
A
us mangled
E
B
E
On the triangles of Moreton Bay
Verse 7
E
A
Like the Egyptians and ancient Hebrews
E
F#m
We were oppressed under Logan's yoke
B
E
A
'Til a native black lying bare in ambush
Verse 8
stroke
E
A
My fellow prisoners be ex hilarated
E
F#m
Let all such monsters like death shall find
B
E
And when from bondage
will fade from mind
Verse 9
E
B
E
A
I heard a convict his fate bewailing
E
B
E
B
E
As on the sunny riverbank he lay
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsA E B F#m
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