WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Traditional Irish - Botany Bay Ukulele | Ver. 1
BOTANY BAY; Traditional Irish/Australian
NOTE: The key of C is my own personal choice.
Note 3: I'm not really sureif the "E4" is called a E4, but you grab it like this:
e|---0---|
B|---0---|
G|---1---|
D|---2---|
A|---0---|
E|---0---|
Intro:
C Am F G C
C x4
Chorus:
C Am F G C
Farewell to your bricks and mortar, farewell to your dirty lies
C Am D4
Farewell to your gangers and gang planks and to hell with your overtime
C Am F G C
The good ship Ragamuffin she's lying at the Quay
C Am
For to take oul Pat with his shovel on his back
Am---->
To the shores of Botany Bay
C x4
(Away........)
Same thing, but different Lyrics:
Verse 1:
I'm on my way down to the Quay where the ship at anchor lies
To command a gang of navvys that they told me to engage
I thought I'd drop in for a drink before I went away
For to take a trip on an emigrant ship
To the shores of Botany Bay
Chorus: (Farewell to your... etc etc)
Verse 2:
The boss came up this morning, he says "well Pat, you know
If you don't get your navvys out, I'm afraid you'll have to go"
So I asked him for my wages and demanded all my pay
For I told him straight, I'm going to emigrate
To the shores of Botany Bay
Chorus
Verse 3:
And when I reach Australia I'll go and look 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
Because I live for an eight hour shift
On the shores of Botany Bay
Chorus:
The End! (on C)