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Listen to my story, listen to my tale
Across the sea from England I was condemned to sail
A jury found me guilty and the judge said to me
For life, boy, I'm sending you across the sea
But take a little warning before you join the gang
One day you're gonna mess up boy and then you're gonna hang
One day you're gonna hang boy and then Jim Jones
Well up on the gallows the crows will pick your bones

On Botany Bay
On Botany Bay
On Botany Bay

The winds were high upon the sea when pirates came along
But the soldiers on our convict ship were five hundred strong
The soldiers soon drove those pirates away
Oh god I'd rather've been a pirate than gone to Botany Bay
The waves were high and the rain poured in gales
I wish I'd died right there and then than gone to New South Wales
No chance for mischief there believe me when I say
They'll beat the poaching out of you on Botany Bay

On Botany Bay
On Botany Bay
On Botany Bay

Day and night in irons like poor galley slaves
We toil and we toil just to fill dishonoured graves
But soon I'll slip my chains and to the bush I'll go
Join those bush-rangers Jack Donoghue and co
Then one dark night when all is quiet in the town
I'll get my captors one and all, I'll gun the floggers down
I'll give them all a little taste, believe me when I say
They'll regret the day they put me on Botany Bay

On Botany Bay
On Botany Bay
On Botany Bay
On Botany Bay

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from Kick The Curb, released September 30, 2022
Trad; 'Jim Jones' Jig' by Laura Boston-Barber
Arranged and performed by Blackbeard's Tea Party
Recorded, mixed and produced by Dave Boothroyd at 6Db Studios
Mastered by Sam Proctor

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