Botany Bay

C Am

Farewell to your bricks and mortar,

F G C

farewell to your dirty lies.

Am

farewell to your gangways and your gang planks.

D G

And to hell with your overtime,

C Am F G C

for the good ship Ragamuffin is lying at the Quay,

Am

for to take out Pat with a shovel on his back,

G F - G

to the shores of Botany Bay.

C Am F G C

1. While on my way down to the quay where the ship at anchor lays,

Am D G

to command a gang of navvys that I was told to engage.

C Am F G C

I stopped in for to drink awhile before I go away,

Am G F - G

for to take a trip on an emigrant ship to the shores of Botany Bay.

+ CHORUS + G

C Am F G C

2. Well the boss came up this morning, and he said "Well, Pat you know,

Am D G

if you didn't get those navvys out I'm afraid you'll have to go ".

Am F G C

So I asked him for my wages and demanded all my pay,

Am

And I told him straight, we would all emigrate

G F - G

to the shores of Botany Bay.

+ CHORUS + G

C Am F G C

3. And when I reach Australia I'll go and search for gold,

Am D G

there's plenty there for digging up, or so I have been told.

C Am F G C

Or else I'll go back to my trade and a hundred bricks I'll lay,

Am G F - G

because I live for an eight hour shift on the shores of Botany Bay.

+ CHORUS + G + CHORUS + G - C

(orig. = capo 5th) (Trad. / Noel McLoughlin)