Misc Traditional – Good Ship Ragamuffin (Guitar)

    Bm                      D           Bm                 E
Farewell to your bricks and mortar, farewell to your dirty lies

    E                    E
Farewell to your gangers and your gang planks

       A                  Bm
And to hell with your overtime

        Bm            D          Bm           E
For the good ship Ragamuffin, is lying at the quay

       E                   E
For to take ol’ Pat with a shovel on his back

       A                Bm
To the shores of Botany Bay

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I'm on my way down to the quay, where the ship at anchor lies

      E              E
to command a gang of navvys,

     A            Bm
they told me to engage

  Bm                  D             Bm           E
I thought I'd stop in for a drink before I went away

       E                 E
for to take a trip on an emigrant ship

       A                Bm
to the shores of Botany Bay

    Bm                      D           Bm                 E
Farewell to your bricks and mortar, farewell to your dirty lies

    E                    E
Farewell to your gangers and your gang planks

       A                  Bm
And to hell with your overtime

        Bm            D          Bm           E
For the good ship Ragamuffin, is lying at the quay

       E                   E
For to take ol’ Pat with a shovel on his back

       A                Bm
To the shores of Botany Bay

    Bm                D            Bm                  E
The boss came in this morning, and said "Well, Pat you know,

   E                  E
if you don't get your navvys out,

     A                    Bm
I'm afraid you'll have to go"

     Bm            D             Bm            E
well since he did insult me, I demanded all my pay

      E                       E
and I told him straight I was gonna emigrate

       A                Bm
to the shores of Botany Bay

    Bm                      D           Bm                 E
Farewell to your bricks and mortar, farewell to your dirty lies

    E                    E
Farewell to your gangers and your gang planks

       A                  Bm
And to hell with your overtime

        Bm            D          Bm           E
For the good ship Ragamuffin, is lying at the quay

       E                   E
For to take ol’ Pat with a shovel on his back

       A                Bm
To the shores of Botany Bay

    Bm             D            Bm             E
And when I reach Australia I'll go and dig for gold

        E                    E
There's plenty there for the digging of,

   A              Bm
or so I have been told

   Bm                Dm                Bm                   E
Or else I'll go back to my trade and a thousand bricks I'll lay

  E                   E
Because I live for an eight hour shift

       A                Bm
on the shores of Botany Bay

    Bm                      D           Bm                 E
Farewell to your bricks and mortar, farewell to your dirty lies

    E                    E
Farewell to your gangers and your gang planks

       A                  Bm
And to hell with your overtime

        Bm            D          Bm           E
For the good ship Ragamuffin, is lying at the quay

       E                   E
For to take ol’ Pat with a shovel on his back

       A                Bm
To the shores of Botany Bay