Intro
Verse 1
Oh Listen For A Moment Lads And Hear Me Tell My Tale
How O'er The Sea From England's Shore I Was Compelled To Sail
The Jury Says He Guilty Sir The Hanging Judge Says He
For Life Jim Jones I'm Sending You Across The Stormy Sea
Verse 2
And Take My Tip Before You Ship To Join The Iron Gang
Dont Be Too Gay At Botany Bay Or Else You'll Surely Hang
Or Else You'll Surely Hang He Says And After That Jim Jones
It's High Upon The Gallows Tree The Crows Will Pick Your Bones
Verse 3
You'll Have No Chance For Mischief There Remember What I Say
They'll Flog The Poaching Out Of You Out There At Botany Bay
The Waves Were High Upon The Sea The Wind It Blew In Gales
I'd Rather Have Drowned In Misery Than Come To New South Wales
Verse 4
The Winds Blew High Upon The Sea And The Pirates Came Along
But The Soldiers On Our Convict Ship Were Full Five Hundred Strong
They Opened Fire And Somehow Drove That Pirate Ship Away
I'd Rather Have Joined That Pirate Ship Than Come To Botany Bay
Verse 5
For Night And Day The Irons Clanged And Like Poor Galley Slaves
We Toil And Moil And When We Die We Must Fill Dishonoured Graves
But Bye And Bye I'll Break My Chains Into The Bush I'll Go
I'll Join The Bold Bushrangers There Jack Donahoo And Co.
Verse 6
And Some Dark Night When Everything Is Silent In The Town
I'll Kill The Tyrants One By One And Shoot The Floggers Down
I'll Give The Law A Little Shock Remember What I Say
They'll Yet Regret They Sent Jim Jones In Chains To Botany Bay
Outro
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