[ti:Jim Jones At Botany Bay]
[ar:Gary Shearston]
[al:Folk Songs And Ballads Of Australia]
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[00:00.00]Jim Jones At Botany Bay - Gary Shearston
[00:06.27]Composed by：Trad arr Gary Shearston
[00:12.54]Oh listen for a moment lads
[00:15.72]And hear me tell my tale
[00:19.36]How o'er the sea from Englan's shore
[00:22.78]I was condemned to sail
[00:26.13]The jury said he's guilty sir
[00:29.53]And said the judge said he
[00:32.84]For life Jim Jones I'm sending you
[00:36.33]Across the stormy sea
[00:41.32]And take my tip before you ship
[00:44.77]To join the iron gang
[00:48.06]Don't be too gay at Botany Bay
[00:51.65]Or else you'll surely hang
[00:54.87]Or else you'll surely hang said he
[00:58.27]And after that Jim Jones
[01:02.12]High upon the gallows tree
[01:05.24]The crows will pick your bones
[01:08.44]You'll have no chance for mischief then
[01:11.87]Remember what I say
[01:15.30]They'll flog the poaching out of you
[01:18.83]Down there at Botany Bay
[01:32.39]The wind blew high upon the sea
[01:35.16]And some pirates come along
[01:38.82]But the soldiers in our convict ship
[01:42.30]They were a hundred strong
[01:45.72]They opened fire and somehow drove
[01:48.92]That pirate ship away
[01:52.35]I'd rather have joined the buccaneers
[01:55.70]Than come to Botany Bay
[02:00.79]Now night and day the irons clang
[02:04.20]And like poor galley-slaves
[02:07.35]We toil and strive and when we die
[02:10.63]We fill dishonoured graces
[02:13.86]But by and by I'll break my chains
[02:17.21]And to the bush I'll go
[02:20.39]And join the brave bushrangers there
[02:23.91]Like Donahue and Co
[02:27.13]And some dark night when everything
[02:30.46]Is silent in the town
[02:33.73]I'll kill all the tyrants one by one
[02:37.16]And shoot the floggers down
[02:40.34]I'll give the law a little shock remember what I say
[02:47.10]They'll yet regret they sent Jim Jones
[02:50.36]In chains to Botany Bay