This Van Diemen's Land chords by Norma O'Hara Murphy

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Verse 1
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Oh Mary, I can hear you sing
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Those gentle words that echoes spring
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And take me far away from here
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And this fandyland's land
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I'm sitting on this island's sand,
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it's flowing freely through my hands,
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if only I were free again
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from this Van Diemen's land,
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for will I ever see your face,
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find freedom in this bitter place.
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Oh, take me from this sad disgrace
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they call Van Diemen's Land.
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So cold and damp these prison walls,
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as soft at night the plovers call,
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while silently the twilight falls
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on this Van Diemen's Land.
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And all these chains that weigh me down,
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For I'm a stranger in this town,
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On liberty they surely frown
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In this fan -demon's land.
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But soft blue skies at twilight shine
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I dream of island, home and mine
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But shadows always fill my mind
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In this phantemon's land
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Someday I'll sail back home to you
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As free as any man, that's true
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And  memory'll be all I knew
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Of this land, demons' land
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We're building towers tall and true
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Churches, steeples, bridges, too
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Tis the only thing they'll let us do
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In this Van Diemen's land
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As monuments one day they'll stand
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To all of us who built this land
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To all the cursed and all the damned
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In this land, demons' land
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Oh, Mary, I can hear you sing
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Those gentle words that echo spring
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And take me far away from here
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And  this Van Diemen's land
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And this Van Dieman's land