Misc Traditional – Botany Bay (Guitar)

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[Verse]
      C           G7          C
Fare well to old England for e-ver

      C          F            G7
Fare well to my rum culls as well

       C           F              C
Fare  well to the well known Old Bailee

        C           G7         C
Where I used for to cut such a swell
[Chorus]
        C          G7       C
Singing Too-ral Li-ooral li-ad-dity

        C          F        G
Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ay

        C          F        C        Csus Am 
Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ad-dity

          C         G7     C
And we're bound for Botany Bay
[Verse]
            C          G7     C
There's the captain as is our Commander

            C          F              G7
There's the bo'sun and all the ship's crew

            C         F            C
There's the first and second class passengers

      C            G7          C
Knows what we poor convicts go through
[Chorus]
        C          G7       C
Singing Too-ral Li-ooral li-ad-dity

        C          F        G
Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ay

        C          F        C        Csus Am 
Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ad-dity

          C         G7     C
And we're bound for Botany Bay

       C           G7         C
'taint leavin' old England we cares about

       C         F            G7
'taint cos we mispels what we knows

      C          F              C
But becos all we light-fingered gentry

      C            G7         C
Hops around with a log on our toes
[Chorus]
        C          G7       C
Singing Too-ral Li-ooral li-ad-dity

        C          F        G
Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ay

        C          F        C        Csus Am 
Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ad-dity

          C         G7     C
And we're bound for Botany Bay

    C          G7            C
For seven long years I'll be staying here

    C          F           G7
For seven long years and a day

    C         F          C
For meeting a cove in an area

    C          G7     C
And taking his ticker away
[Chorus]
        C          G7       C
Singing Too-ral Li-ooral li-ad-dity

        C          F        G7
Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ay

        C          F        C        Csus Am 
Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ad-dity

          C         G7     C
And we're bound for Botany Bay

    C         G7         C
Oh, had I the wings of a turtle - dove

    C          F          G7
I'd soar on my pinions so high

     C           F          C
Slap bang to tha arms of my Polly Love

    C            G7           C
And in her sweet presence I'd die

     C            G7          C
Now, all my young Dookies and Duchesses

     C            F            G7
Take warning from what I've to say

     C           F          C       
Mind all is your own as you touchesses

          C          G7     C
Or you'll find us in Botany Bay
[Chorus]
        C          G7       C
Singing Too-ral Li-ooral li-ad-dity

        C          F        G
Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ay

        C          F        C        Csus Am 
Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ad-dity

          C         G7     C
And we're bound for Botany Bay