Misc Traditional – Pm Adamson - Botany Bay (Guitar)

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[Verse]
      D           A7          D
Fare well to old England for e-ver

      D          G            A7
Fare well to my rum culls as well

       D           G              D
Fare  well to the well known Old Bailee

        D           A7         D
Where I used for to cut such a swell
[Chorus]
        D          A7       D
Singing Too-ral Li-ooral li-ad-dity

        D          G        A
Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ay

        D          G        D
Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ad-dity

          D         A7     D
And we're bound for Botany Bay
[Verse]
            D          A7     D
There's the captain as is our Commander

            D          G              A7
There's the bo'sun and all the ship's crew

            D         G            D
There's the first and second class passengers

      D            A7          D
Knows what we poor convicts go through
[Verse]
       D           A7         D
'taint leavin' old England we cares about

       D         G            A7
'taint cos we mispels what we knows

      D          G              D
But becos all we light-fingered gentry

      D            A7         D
Hops around with a log on our toes
[Chorus]
        D          A7       D
Singing Too-ral Li-ooral li-ad-dity

        D          G        A
Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ay

        D          G        D
Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ad-dity

          D         A7     D
And we're bound for Botany Bay
[Verse]
    D          A7            D
For seven long years I'll be staying here

    D          G           A7
For seven long years and a day

        D         G            D
All for bashing a bloke down an alleyway

    D          A7     D
And taking his ticker away
[Verse]
    D         A7         D
Oh, had I the wings of a turtle - dove

    D          G          A7
I'd soar on my pinions so high

     D           G          D
Slap bang to tha arms of my Polly Love

    D            A7           D
And in her sweet presence I'd die
[Chorus]
        D          A7       D
Singing Too-ral Li-ooral li-ad-dity

        D          G        A
Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ay

        D          G        D
Singing too-ral li-ooral li-ad-dity

          D         A7     D
And we're bound for Botany Bay
[Verse]
     D            A7          D
Now, all ye young Dookies and Duchesses

     D            G            A7
Take warning from what I have said

     D           G          D
Mind all as your own as you touchesses

          D          A7     D
Or you'll find us in Botany Bay