The Whitby Lad chords by The Watersons

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Verse 1
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Go home all ye bold and ye ramblin'
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boys and the warnin' take by me,
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Or I'd have ye quit night walkin'
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and shun but company,
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For it's sun,  oh sun,
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what have ye done, ye'll bound for
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Botany
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I was born and bred in
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Whitby town an d raised most honestly
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Till I be came a roving blade
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which proved me destiny
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For it's son, son,
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what have ye done?
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Ye're bound for
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Botany
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Wel, broke into  some lady's
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house about the hour of three,
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And two palers stood behind the door,
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and they soon had an hold on  me.
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For it's sun, oh sun,
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what have you done?
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You're bound for
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Botany
Bay.
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It was at the quarter sessions
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that the judge to me did say
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Well the jury's found you guilty,
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you were bound for
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Botany
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Well it's done, oh it's done,
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what have you done, you're bound for
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Botany
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Well I   seen me agin' father there
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a  -tremblin' at the bar
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Likewise me dear old mother
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a   -tearin' her white hair
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For it's son o'  son what have
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ye done ye're bound for
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It was on the 28th of
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June from
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England we made way
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And as we come down the
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Humber while we hear them sailors say
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Well it's boys, oh boys,
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there are no joys down there in
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Botany
Bay
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Oh, there is a lass in
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Whitby town and a girl that I love full well
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And it's safe I   add me liberty
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along with her and dwell
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For it's boys, oh boys,
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there are no joys down there in
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Botany
Bay