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Verse 1
(G major) (F major) Me (C major) and three more went (F major) out one
(C major) night (G major) in to the Squire's Park
We were (C major) hoping that we'd (F major) get some
(C major) game the (G major) night it being dark
(F major) To our sad misfor (C major) tune they
(G major) captured us with (C major) speed
And they brought us down to (F major) Warwick (D minor) jail
It (G major) caused our hearts to (F major) bleed
(G major) Young Men (C major) all (F major) be (C major) aware,
(F major) lest you be (G major) drawn into a snare (C major)
Come Monday (F major) morning (C major) at
the (G major) court we did appear
Like (C major) Job we stood with (F major) pa
tience (C major) our (G major) sentence to hear
No (F major) jury, bail nor (C major) witness
our (G major) case it did go (C major) hard
Our sentence was for (F major) four
teen (D minor) years straight (G major) away
Being sent on (F major) board (G major) (C major)
(F major) The (C major) (F major) (G major) (C major) ship that bore us (F major) from the
(C major) land the (G major) Speedwell was her name
For (C major) full five months and (F major) upward
(G major) s we ploughed the ragin' main
We (F major) saw no land nor (C major) har
bour I (G major) tell you it's no (C major) lie
All around us one Black (F major) Ocean (D minor) (G major) above us
one Blue (F major) Sky (C major) (F major) (C major) (F major) (G major) (C major)
About the Fifth (F major) of August (C major) its
(G major) then that we made land
And at (C major) 5 o'clock next (F major) morning
(C major) they (G major) tied us hand to hand
To (F major) see our fellow (C major) sufferance,
it (G major) filled me heart with (C major) woe
There's some chained to the (F major) har (D minor) row and
(G major) others to the (F major) plough (C major) (F major) (C major) (F major) (G major) (C major)
To see our fellow (F major) sufferance
(G major) filled me with despair
They'd (C major) leather smocks and
(F major) Lindsay shorts (C major) their (G major) feet
And hands were bare
They (F major) tied them up (C major) two by
two like (G major) horses in a (C major) dray
And the ganger he stood (F major) over (D minor) them with (G major) his
Malacca cane (F major) (G major) (C major) (F major) (C major) (F major) (G major) (C major)
There was a female (F major) servant
(C major) there Ros (G major) anna was her name
For (C major) 16 years a (F major) convict (C major) from
(G major) Wolverhampton came
She (F major) of ten told her (C major) tale of love when
(G major) she was young at (C major) home
Now its rattling (F major) of her (D minor) chains in a (G major) foreign
land to (F major) roam (G major) (C major) (F major) (C major) (F major) (G major) (C major)
So, come all of you young (F major) poaching
(C major) lads and a (G major) warning take from me
Mark you (C major) well the story (F major) that I (C major) tell
and (G major) guard your destiny
It's (F major) all about trans (C major) ported lads as
(G major) you must under (C major) stand
The hardships we (F major) did undergo (D minor) going (G major) to Van
Diemen's (F major) land (G major) (C major) (F major) (C major) (F major)
(G major) (D minor) (C major) (F major) (C major) (F major) (G major)
Van Diemens Land
Christy Moore
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