Botany Bay Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Em]Fare[G]well to your bricks
and [Em]mor tar,
[C]Farewell to your dirty [G]line,
Farewell to your gangways
[Em]and your gangplanks,
And to [D]hell with your overtime,
For the [G]good ship
Ragamuffin [Em]is a -l[C]ying in a deca[G]y,
But the [Em]cake I'll pat with the
shovel on his back,
Till the shores of
Botany
Bay.
I'm [G]on my way down to the quay
[Em]Where the [C]good ship lies in [G]bay
To command a gang of navvies
[Em]I was to[D]ld to engage
I [G]stopped in far to drink a while
[Em]Thou[C]ght it was okay[G]
But to [Em]take a trip on an emigrant ship
To the shores of
Botany
Bay
[G]Farewell to your bricks and mortar
[Em]Farewell [C]to your dirty line
[G]Farewell to your gangways and[Em] your gangbanks
and to [D]hell with your overtime
For the [G]good ship
Ragamuffin [Em]is a -l[C]ying in deca[G]y
But to [Em]take your pat with the shovel
and the speck to the shores of
Botany
[G]Bay
[Em]Well, the fore[G]man called this morning,
[Em]he s[C]aid, well,
Pat, hello
[G]If you didn't get them navvies out[Em],
I'm [D]afraid you'll have to go
I [G]asked him for me wages,
[Em]he t[C]old me go away
[G]Then I tol[Em]d him straight I would
emigrate to the shores of
Botany
Bay
[G]Farewell to your rigs and mor[Em]tar,
farewell [C]to your dirty line
[G]Farewell to your gangways and[Em] your
gangplanks and to [D]hell with your overtime
For the [G]good ship
Ragamuffin [Em]is a -l[C]ying a[Em]t the qua[G]y
For to [Em]take your pat with the
shovel on his back
Till the shore is a -butting [G]hay[Em]
[C][G][Em][D][G]
[Em][C][G][Em]
And [G]when we reach
[Em]Australia, I'll [C]go and look for [G]gold
There's plenty there for diggin' up,
[Em]or s[D]o I have been told
And [G]if I take an ocean,
[Em]I'll go ba[C]ck to the sea[G]
But I'll [Em]take
Elpat with the shovel on his
back to the shores of
Antibay
[G]Farewell to your bricks and mor[Em]tar,
[C]Farewell to your dirty [G]lines,
Farewell to your gangways
and your gangplank[Em]s,
And to [D]hell with your overtime,
For to [G]good shipwreck a muffin
[Em]is a l[C]ie in the advoca[G]te,
But to [Em]take your pants with the shovel on his
back to the shore's a butt 'n 'y [G]day.[Em]