Botany Bay Songtext
von Quilty

I′m on my way down to the quay, where the good ship lays
in bayn.
To command a gang of navvys, that they told me to
engage
But I thought I stop in for a while
Before I went away
For to take a trip in an emigrant ship
To the shores of Botany Bay

Farewell to bricks and mortar, farewell to
dirty lies
Farewell to gangways and the gang planks
And to hell with your overtime
For the good ship Ragamuffin, is lying at the quay
For to take oul Pat with a shovel on his back
To the shores of Botany Bay


The boss came up this morning, he said to me "Hello!
If you do not mix that mortar right
I'm afraid you′ll have to go"
Well since he did insult me
I demanded all my pay
So I told him straight I was going to emigrate
To the shores of Botany Bay

Farewell to bricks and mortar, farewell to
dirty lies
Farewell to gangways and the gang planks
And to hell with your overtime
For the good ship Ragamuffin, is lying at the quay
For to take oul Pat with a shovel on his back
To the shores of Botany Bay

And when I reach Australia I'll go and dig for gold
There's plenty there for the digging of, or so I have
been told
Or else I′ll go back to my trade and a hundred bricks
I′ll lay
In an eight hour day for eight bob pay on the shores of
Botany Bay


Farewell to bricks and mortar, farewell to
dirty lies
Farewell to gangways and the gang planks
And to hell with your overtime
For the good ship Ragamuffin, is lying at the quay
For to take oul Pat with a shovel on his back
To the shores of Botany Bay

Farewell to bricks and mortar, farewell to
dirty lies
Farewell to gangways and the gang planks
And to hell with your overtime
For the good ship Ragamuffin, is lying at the quay
For to take oul Pat with a shovel on his back
To the shores of Botany Bay

Singing too-rall, li-oo-rall, li-ad-di-ty,
Singing too-rall, li-oo-rall, li-ay,
Singing too-rall, li-oo-rall, li-ad-di-ty